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Permission granted to a Zambrano carer
from garden court chambers -
‘On 18 December 2013, Pitchford LJ granted Ms Sanneh (a Zambrano carer) permission to appeal against Upper Tribunal Judge Jacobs’ decision that she was not entitled to income support based on a claim made in June 2011 ...’
More @ http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/news_detail.cfm?iNewsID=900
We have client’s R2R successful appeal decision, that DWP lodged application with UT against subsequently, and which has been stayed ever since on basis of Sanneh decision.
We were told yesterday that a fixed hearing date has now been arranged for this case i.e. Sanneh for 14/11/14.
spotted this via b’ham law centre twitter -
http://eutopialaw.com/2014/05/28/zambrano-unwritten
not had a chance to read through it but thought it might be of interest?
Birmingham Law Centre reporting that Sanneh successful in Court of Appeal, although seems Court found no entitlement to mainstream benefits for Zambrano carers after November 2012 -
rightsnet summary to follow…
Court of appeal judgment now available on BAILII -
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/49.html
is a joint decision on four Zambrano cases including Sanneh.
Desmond Rutledge, barrister at Garden Court Chambers, who acted for the appellant, has also posted a summary of the judgment @
https://www.freemovement.org.uk/new-zambrano-case-good-news-and-bad-news-for-zambrano-carers/
Spotted via Twitter:
The AIRE Centre has been granted permission to intervene in the Supreme Court in HC (Sanneh) re Zambrano carers …. hearing listed for 21 and 22 June 2017
https://twitter.com/Mr_Matt_Evans/status/847844421353828352?s=09
R (on the application of HC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents) confirmed for Supreme Court on 21 June 2017
[ Edited: 25 May 2017 at 12:37 pm by Daphne ]Supreme Court today dismisses the appeal, ruling that regulations which provide that Zambrano carers are not entitled to social security benefits and housing assistance in the UK are lawful - R (on the application of HC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Respondents)