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For the Respondent: Mr S Karim of Counsel, instructed by Liberty Legal Solicitors LLP
              In a decision promulgated on 11 December 2023, UTJ Jackson found an error of law in the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Graves promulgated on 14 July 2023, in which Mr Chowdhury's appeal against the decision to refuse his human rights claim dated 6 October 2022 was allowed. A copy of that decision is annexed to this one. For ease I continue to refer to the parties as they were before the First-tier Tribunal, with Mr Chowdhury as the Appellant and the Secretary of State as the Respondent.
              The Respondent refused the application the basis of (i) suitability grounds, that the Appellant had previously relied on a false document/false representations, namely a false English language test certificate), (ii) the requirements of the Immigration Rules in Appendix FM and paragraph 276ADE not being met; and (iii) there being no other basis upon which leave to remain should be granted outside of the Immigration Rules.
              In his written statement, signed and dated 2 February 2023, the Appellant set out his immigration and studying history as well as his educational background in Bangladesh. This included English modules from primary school upwards and specific English courses and English language films and TV. The Appellant's learning environment in the UK has been in English, as has his work and social environment. The Appellant passed an IELTS test on 24 November 2007 with an overall score of 4.5.
              The speaking test took around 20-25 minutes and was taken on a computer. It included 11 questions and instructions were given for each. The writing test took place 15 minutes after the speaking test and had 8 questions, lasting about an hour. The questions included writing a sentence based on a picture, responding to a written request and writing an opinion essay, but the Appellant could not remember the specific topics. The Appellant received the results about two weeks after the test.
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