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[2018] UKSC 9
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“…ses such as “direct descendant” which was construed by the Supreme Court to have a discrete meaning in EU law in SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer (SC(E)) [2018] UKSC 9 at paragraph [25]. It was argued that cases such as these showed how phrases in a measure of secondary EU law could have autonomous meanings. I disagree. The j…”
“…Nothing in the later authorities cited on the present appeal casts doubt on the analysis in Rahman. The Supreme Court in SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer [2018] UKSC 9, [2018] 1 WLR 1035 was evidently basing itself on Rahman when it stated at para 18 that “[t]he obligation of the host Member State is to facilitate entry and r…”