Home Office unlawfully refused to grant access to public funds to destitute mother

October 6, 2023

Earlier this year, the Home Office refused to consider lifting the ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) condition from the claimant’s leave to remain as the erstwhile dependent of a student, claiming they could not do so because of the type of leave to remain she had. The claimant challenged that decision, and on 6 October 2023 the High Court declared that the Home Office had been wrong to consider that it could not remove the condition from this type of leave.

The judgment can be found here: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/2023/2476

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