“…culating ten years’ continuous residence has been the subject of much litigation. In MG (Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-400/12) [2014] 1 WLR 2441 (a case in which, it should be noted, the appellant had already resided in the UK for 10 years before being sentenced to imprisonment) the CJEU considered four…”
“… years. These need not be the five years immediately prior to the expulsion decision: MG(Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-400/12) [2014] 1 WLR 2441 at [24]. On the other hand, it is apparent from the wording of Regulation 21(4)(b) that the ten year period for obtaining enhanced protection must be calculate…”
“…The judgment of the CJEU in Secretary of State for the Home Department v MG (Portugal) (Case C-400/12) [2014] 1 WLR 2441 was delivered on the same day as its judgment in Onuekwere, having been heard by the same constitution. In MG, the applicant was a Portuguese national who had …”