VW (Uganda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AB (Somalia) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted January 20th, 2009 in human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

VW (Uganda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; AB (Somalia) v Same [2009] EWCA Civ 5; [2009] WLR (D) 7

If removal from, or refusal of admission to, the United Kingdom pursuant to lawful immigration controls were to be held a disproportionate interference with private or family life under art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms it would be necessary to show more than mere hardship, mere difficulty or mere obstacle: there was a seriousness test which required obstacles or difficulties to go beyond matters of choice or inconvenience.”

WLR Daily, 16th January 2009

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