IA222672014

The evidence which led the First-tier Tribunal to doubt the nature of the claimed relationship between the Appellant and her daughter is an Order of the Manchester County Court date 19 th September 2007 in which parental responsibility for M is conferred upon the Appellant's sister Camilla Kamara.

The Appellant now relies upon the following material to demonstrate that she does have a genuine and subsisting relationship with M:

i) A letter dated 14 th June 2016 from the Secretary of St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School in Salford. Mrs Sarah Wallace writes to confirm that M was a pupil there between September 2007 and July 2015. As far as the school are concerned the Appellant had parental responsibility for M throughout that entire period, or at least from October 2007. The Appellant dropped her at and picked her up from school and was the first point of contact for teachers. She was "hugely involved" in M's school life and is described as "one of the most supportive parents" the school has ever known.

ii) A letter dated 2 nd June 2016 from Reverend David R.Macfarlane P.P of St Thomas of Canterbury Church. Rev. Macfarlane writes that he has known the Appellant since October 2007 and that she regularly attends mass with her two daughters. He describes her as a "good mother to her children and is bringing them up very well".

iii) A statement from the Appellant dated 12 th July 2016 in which she avers that she has had full responsibility for M since resuming living with her in October 2007. Prior to that she was away training as a nurse and M was living with her aunt Camilla Kamara. It was at that time that the Court Order was obtained.