IA229912014

The appellant brings a challenge to the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Cameron sent on 24 August 2015 dismissing his appeal against the refusal by the respondent of his application for leave to remain as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant under the points-based system.

The written grounds of appeal were essentially twofold. First it was argued that the decision of the respondent dated 27 May 2014 was not in accordance with the law because it was based on the fact that Future Venture Capital is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, whereas on 16 May 2014 he had sent an application based on receipt of support from a different financial institution - Philpott Reed Venture Capital Fund - which was duly registered.

The second ground of appeal contends that the judge erred in not dealing with the appellant's Article 8 case. Mr Bellara submitted that this was a fundamental error of law on the part of the judge and he pointed to what the appellant had written in his grounds seeking permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal wherein he made reference to having entered the UK in 2009 and so having an "established private and family life in the UK since my arrival ..." and to having gained many friendships through his life as a student and at his work place.

"However, such considerations do not by themselves provide grounds of appeal under Article 8 ..."

Hence even if I were to accept (1) that the appellant raised Article 8 grounds of appeal; and (2) that the judge erred in not addressing these, any such error was plainly not a material one since the appellant's Article 8 claim as put had no realistic prospect of success.