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This is an appeal against a determination of the First-tier Tribunal Judge NMK Lawrence promulgated on the 10 th January 2014, following a hearing at Hatton Cross on 3 rd January 2014, in which he dismissed the Appellant's appeal under both the Immigration Rules and on human rights grounds.
The Appellant is a national of Kenya born on 16 th June 1972. On 21 st October 2012 he was granted leave to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor with leave valid until 21 st April 2013. On 5 th March 2013 he applied for leave to remain outside the Immigration Rules claiming he needed to remain in the UK to care for his infirm mother. That application was refused by the Secretary of State on the basis that appropriate care for his mother, a British citizen, is available on the NHS.
Notwithstanding this being the Appellant's appeal he failed to attend the hearing, despite valid service of the notice of hearing. The Tribunal have received further correspondence from Community Logg Sewa, a group providing assistance to the Appellant in relation to the determination. The group have also provided evidence of developments since the date of the hearing but that is not relevant to the question of whether Judge Lawrence made a material error of law based upon information he was asked to consider.
The Judge found the Appellant could not succeed under the Immigration Rules and indeed the application was for leave to remain outside the Rules. The Judge considered a number of letters from the community group providing assistance and medical evidence confirming that the Appellant's mother is elderly and frail and suffers from a number of conditions for which she is receiving treatment.
The Secretary of State's response in the refusal is that the Appellants presence is not required as other support services are available. It must be remembered that the key finding of the Judge is that the Appellant has not discharged the burden of proof upon him to the required standard to show that Article 8 was engaged. To assess whether this is the case it is necessary to follow the guidance provided in the case of Razgar [2004] UKHL 27 , at paragraph 17, which poses five questions which are:
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