“…E. In so concluding the judge was following the decision of a two judge Court of Appeal in the case of Masum Ahmed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1070 which dismissed an appeal against a refusal to grant leave for judicial review. That case had held that section 276B(v) laid down a requirement wholly independ…”
“…, second, the decision of this Court (Floyd and Haddon-Cave LJJ) to refuse permission to appeal in R (Masum Ahmed) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1070. I take them in turn.…”