M and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judge | Mr Justice John Edwards |
| Judgment Date | 23 November 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | [2009] IEHC 500 |
| Court | High Court |
| Date | 23 November 2009 |
[2009] IEHC 500
THE HIGH COURT
AND
IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 S4(7)
CONSTITUTION ART 41
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 8
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 14
IMMIGRATION ACT 1999 S3(4)
IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 S4
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2003 S3
IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 S4(1)
IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 S4(6)
IMMIGRATION ACT 2004 S4(10)
EEC DIR 2004/38 CHAPTER III
JOWELL & LE SUEUR & WOOLF DE SMITHS JUDICIAL REVIEW 6ED 2007 PARA 9.002
JOWELL & LE SUEUR & WOOLF DE SMITHS JUDICIAL REVIEW 6ED 2007 PARA 9.005
JOWELL & LE SUEUR & WOOLF DE SMITHS JUDICIAL REVIEW 6ED 2007 PARA 9.016
R v PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY, EX PARTE KYNOCH LTD 1919 1 KB 176
MCDONAGH & CLARE CO COUNCIL 2002 2 IR 634 2003 1 ILRM 36 2002/19/4958
CHIKWAMBA v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPT 2008 1 WLR 1420 2009 1 AER 363
M v MIN FOR JUSTICE UNREP EDWARDS 17.7.2009 (EX TEMPORE)
ABDULAZIZ & ORS v UNITED KINGDOM 1985 7 EHRR 471
PETROVIC v AUSTRIA 2001 33 EHRR 14
R (MORRIS) v WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL & ANOR (NO 3) 2006 1 WLR 505 2005 EWCA CIV 1184
MARCKX v BELGIUM 1979-80 2 EHRR 330
STEC v UNITED KINGDOM 2005 41 EHRR SE18
THLIMMENOS v GREECE 2001 31 EHRR 15 9 BHRC 12
OGUEKWE v MIN FOR JUSTICE 2008 3 IR 795 2008 2 ILRM 481 2008/51/10890 2008 IESC 25
SEN v NETHERLANDS 2003 36 EHRR 7
KUTZNER v GERMANY 2002 35 EHRR 25 2003 1 FCR 249
SLIVENKO v LATVIA 2004 39 EHRR 24 2004 2 FCR 28 15 BHRC 660
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 8.1
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ART 8.2
BERREHAB v NETHERLANDS 1989 11 EHRR 322
CONSTITUTION ART 41.1.2
O (A) & ORS v MIN FOR JUSTICE 2003 1 IR 1 2003/31/7267
MCGEE v AG & REVENUE CMRS 1974 IR 284
N (E) & N (ML) v HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE & ORS 2006 4 IR 374
CONSTITUTION ART 40.4.2
BEOKU-BETTS v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPT 2009 1 AC 115 2008 3 WLR 166 2008 4 AER 1146
A (M) v MIN FOR JUSTICE & ORS UNREP CLARK 26.5.2009 2009 IEHC 245
S (BI) & ORS v MIN FOR JUSTICE UNREP DUNNE 30.11.2007 2007/54/11584 2007 IEHC 398
OLSSON v SWEDEN 1989 11 EHRR 259
MOUSTAQUIM v BELGIUM 1991 13 EHRR 802
BOUGHANEMI v FRANCE 1996 22 EHRR 228
RADOVANOVIC v AUSTRIA 2005 41 EHRR 6
ART 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION & S5 & S10 OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) BILL 1999, IN RE 2000 2 IR 360 2000/11/4122
LAURENTIU v MIN FOR JUSTICE & ORS 1999 4 IR 26 2000 1 ILRM 1
OSHEKU v IRELAND & ORS 1986 IR 733
SHUM v IRELAND & ORS 1986 ILRM 593 1986/4/1484
O v MIN FOR JUSTICE & ORS [BABY O CASE] 2002 2 IR 169 2003 1 ILRM 241 2002/3/501
KOUAYPE v MIN FOR JUSTICE & REFUGEE APPEALS TRIBUNAL (EAMES) UNREP CLARKE 9.11.2005 2005/35/7364 2005 IEHC 380
IMMIGRATION ACT 1999 S3
MISHRA v MIN FOR JUSTICE & ORS 1996 1 IR 189 1996/13/4227
BRITISH OXYGEN CO LTD v MIN OF TECHNOLOGY 1971 AC 610 1970 3 AER 165 1970 3 WLR 488
EEC DIR 2004/38 ART 3
EEC REG 1612/68
MORSON & JHANJAN v NETHERLANDS 1983 2 CMLR 221 1982 ECR 3723
R v SAUNDERS 1980 QB 72 1979 3 WLR 359 1979 2 AER 267
LAND NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN v UECKER; JACQUET v LAND NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN 1997 3 CMLR 963 1997 ICR 1025
METOCK & ORS v MIN FOR JUSTICE 2009 QB 318 2009 2 WLR 821 2009 AER (EC) 40
NICOLAOU, STATE v BORD UCHTALA 1966 IR 567
O'BRIEN v KEOGH & O'BRIEN 1972 IR 144
DE BURCA & ANDERSON v AG 1976 IR 38
BODE v MIN FOR JUSTICE 2008 3 IR 663 2007/6/1033 2007 IESC 62
GAVRYLYUK & BENSAADA v MIN FOR JUSTICE UNREP BIRMINGHAM 14.10.2008 2008/26/5682 2008 IEHC 321
CALDARAS v MIN FOR JUSTICE UNREP O'SULLIVAN 9.12.2003 2004/6/1247
O (G) & ORS v MIN FOR JUSTICE UNREP BIRMINGHAM 19.6.2008 2008/47/10172 2008 IEHC 190
R (MAHMOOD) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPT 2001 1 WLR 840 2001 1 FLR 756 2001 2 FCR 63
OMOREGIE v NORWAY 2009 IMM AR 170
BOUJLIFA v FRANCE 2000 30 EHRR 419
UNER v NETHERLANDS 2007 45 EHRR 14 2006 3 FCR 340
ADAMI v MALTA 2007 44 EHRR 3 20 BHRC 703
RASMUSSEN v DENMARK 1985 7 EHRR 371
SAHIN v GERMANY 2003 2 FLR 671 15 BHRC 84
SAHIN v GERMANY 2003 36 EHRR 43 2002 1 FLR 119 2002 3 FCR 321
M (P) v UNITED KINGDOM 2005 STC 1566 2005 3 FCR 101 2006 42 EHRR 45
M (P) v UNITED KINGDOM 2004 39 EHRR SE21
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (TRAFFICKING) ACT 2000 S5
Z (V) v MIN FOR JUSTICE & ORS 2002 2 IR 135 2002 2 ILRM 215 2003/49/12190
MOKRANI v FRANCE 2005 40 EHRR 5
ADVIC v UNITED KINGDOM 1995 20 EHRR CD125
IMMIGRATION
Residence permit
Visa - Extension of permission to remain - Mother and grandmother of naturalised Irish citizens - Integrity of visa system - Claim to be dependent on Irish citizen applicants - Whether decision did not represent genuine and judicial exercise of discretion - Discrimination - No provision for Irish National to bring in non-EU national as dependent to reside permanently in State - Discretion - Family rights under Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Right to respect for family life - Unfair discrimination - Prohibition of discrimination - Right of residence - Inherent right and duty to control the access of aliens to State - Principle of reverse discrimination - Dependency - Meaning of dependency - Elements of dependence other than normal emotional ties - Whether receipt of financial support constituted dependency - Evidence of dependency - Whether evidence of financial dependency insufficient - Whether Minister failed to have proper regard to executive discretion - No prima facie evidence that Article 41 and/or article 8 rights engaged - R v Port of London Authority ex parte Kynoch Limited (1919) 1 KB 176, McDonagh v Clare County Council [2002] 2 IR 634, Chikwamba v Home Secretary [2008] 1 WLR 1420, M v Minister for Justice (Unrep, Edwards J, 17/7/2009) Abdulaziz v United Kingdom (1985) 7 EHRR 471, Petrovic v Austria (1998) 33 EHRR 14, R (Morris) v Westminster City Council [2005] EWCA Civ 1184, [2006] 1 WLR 505, Marckx v Belgium (1979-80) 2 EHRR 330 , Stec v United Kingdom (2005) 41 EHRR 18, Thlimmennos v Greece (2001) 31 EHRR 15, Oguekwe v Minister for Justice [2008] IESC 25, [2008] 3 IR 795,Sen v Netherlands (2003) 36 EHRR 7, Kutzner v Germany (2002) 35 EHRR 25, Olsson v Sweden (1989) 11 EHRR 259, Slivenko v Latvia (2004) 39 EHRR 24, Beerehab v Netherlands (1989) 11 EHRR 322, AO & DL v Minister for Justice [2003] 1 IR 1, McGee v Attorney General [1974] IR 284, N v Health Service Executive [2006] IEHC 278 [2006] 4 IR 374, Beoku-Betts v Home Secretary [2009] 1 AC 115, Mokrani v France (2003) 40 EHRR 123, M v Minister for Justice [2009] IEHC 245, (Unrep, Clark J, 26/5/2009), S v Minister for Justice [2007] IEHC 398,(Unrep, Dunne J, 30/11/2007) Moustaquim v Belgium (1991) 13 EHRR 802, Boughanemi v France (1996) 22 EHRR 228, Radovanovic v Austria (2005) 41 EHRR 6, Advic v United Kingdom (1995) 20 EHRR 125, Sen v Netherlands (2003) 36 EHRR 7, Lobe v Minister for Justice [2003] IR 17, The Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Bill, 1999 [2000] 2 IR 360, Laurentiu v Minister for Justice [1999] 4 IR 42, Osheku v Ireland [1986] IR 733, Pok Sun Shum v Ireland [1986] ILRM 593, Baby O v Minister for Justice [2002] 2 IR 169, Kouaype v Minister for Justice [2005] IEHC 380, (Unrep, Clarke J, 9/11/2005), Mishra v Minister for Justice [1996] 1 IR 189, British Oxygen Co v Board of Trade [1971] AC 610, Morson and Jhanjan v Netherlands (Cases C-35/82 and C-36/82) [1982] ECR I-3723, R v Saunders (Case C-175/78) [1980] QB 1979, Uecker and Jacquet v Land Nordrhein Westfallen (Cases C-64 and 65/97) [1997] CMLR 963, Metock v Minister for Justice (Case C-127/08) [2009] QB 318, State (Nicolaou) v An Bord Uchtala [1966] IR 567, O'Brien v Keogh [1972] IR 144, De Burca v Attorney General [1976] IR 38, Bode v Minister for Justice [2007] IESC 62, [2008] 3 IR 663, Gavrylyuk v Minister for Justice [2008] IEHC 321, (Unrep, Birmingham J, 14/10/2008), Caldaras v Minister for Justice [2003] IEHC 89, (Unrep, O'Sullivan J, 9/12/2003), GO v Minister for Justice [2008] IEHC 190, (Unrep, Birmingham J, 9/6/2008), R (Mahmood) v Home Secretary [2001] 1 WLR 840, Omorgegie v Norway (2009) Imm AR 70, Uner v Netherlands (2007) 45 EHRR 14, Boujlifa v France (2000) 30 EHRR 419, Adami v Malta (2007) 44 EHRR 49, Rasmussen v Denmark (1984) 7 EHRR 371, Sahin v Germany (2003) 36 EHRR 43, MP v UK (2004) 39 EHRR 21 and VZ v Minister for Justice [2002] 2 IR 135 considered - Constitution of Ireland 1937, Article 41 - Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act, 2000 (No 29), s 5 - Immigration Act 2004 (No 1), ss 3(4) and 4 - European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003 (No 20), s 3 - European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, arts 8 and 14 - Directive 2004/38/EC, arts 6 and 7 - Leave to apply for judicial review refused (2009/629JR - Edwards J - 23/11/2009) [2009] IEHC 500
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Facts The fifth named applicant, a Chinese citizen, is the mother of the first named applicant and the grandmother of the third and fourth named applicants. She is a widow and it is claimed that she is now dependent on her daughter and son-in-law. She travelled on a number of occasions to visit her family on short term stay visa's. She was refused an extension to remain in the state. The applicants successfully obtained leave in the High court to challenge the decision of the respondent to refuse to extend her permission to reside in the State, on the grounds, inter alia, that the respondent has adopted and had applied an inflexible policy position such that his decision did not represent a genuine and a judicial exercise of the discretion vested in him. The applicants...
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