On 11 August 2022, the Court of Appeal consisting of Lord Justice Arnold, Lord Justice Dingemans and Lord Justice Warby gave judgment in relation to the interpretation of paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules and the 10 year long residence route. They dismissed the Appellant's appeal.

Ben Keith represented the Secretary of State. The judgment can be read in full here.

This is Ben Keith’s fourth case before the Court of Appeal dealing with Paragraph 276B of the Immigration Rules. The previous cases with links to the judgments can be found here: 

Ben Keith is a leading barrister specialising in Extradition, Immigration, Interpol and International Law, as well as dealing with Serious Fraud, and Public law. He has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal as well as applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and United Nations. He is a Band 1 ranked barrister in Chambers & Partners and Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for his Extradition and International Crime work.

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