“…The main issue on these appeals is whether the decision of the House of Lords in Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40; [2008] 1 WLR 1420 now has any, and if so, what, bearing on the issues which tribunals have to consider when appellants who have been in the United Kingdom unlawfully for many ye…”
“…ry in order to correct a venial administrative error made thirteen years previously: see Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40, [2008] 1 WLR 1420, and the subsequent authorities.…”
“…nate for him to return to Pakistan to make a re-entry application, because cases such as Chikwamba v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40; [2008] 1 WLR 1420 and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hayat [2012] EWCA Civ 1054; [2013] Imm AR 15 stress that the public interest in sending an individual back to …”
“…ily in order to go through a futile process of that kind would be unreasonable. This appears to refer to the Chikwamba line of authorities (see [2008] UKHL 40, [2008] 1 WLR 1420), though the Judge does not explicitly refer to them.…”