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You are not habitually resident….

DebbieS
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....because you have not been granted leave to remain in the UK.

And why has my client not been granted leave? Because she has a permanent residence card.

*weeps quietly in a corner*

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DebbieS - 01 May 2019 10:40 AM

....because you have not been granted leave to remain in the UK.

And why has my client not been granted leave? Because she has a permanent residence card.

*weeps quietly in a corner*

how wholly bizarre

of course, once you come out of the corner, trip to tribunal in order…..

but dear lord, what a waste of time and money to have to do that….

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ClairemHodgson - 02 May 2019 12:27 PM

but dear lord, what a waste of time and money to have to do that….

Ohhh? is that not the purpose of the new & dynamic benefits system?

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ClairemHodgson - 02 May 2019 12:27 PM
DebbieS - 01 May 2019 10:40 AM

....because you have not been granted leave to remain in the UK.

And why has my client not been granted leave? Because she has a permanent residence card.

*weeps quietly in a corner*

how wholly bizarre

of course, once you come out of the corner, trip to tribunal in order…..

but dear lord, what a waste of time and money to have to do that….

Well exactly and I shall point that out. Fortunately we are still at MR stage but even these seem to take forever and a day to decide.

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If your client is experiencing hardship whilst waiting for the MR, you could contact CPAG’s judicial review project to discuss sending a pre-action letter -

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