Beoku-Betts v SSHD [2008] UKHL 39

In the case of Beoku-Betts the House of Lords answered the question as to whether the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) should consider the family life of all the relevant family members, when considering an appeal that raised Article 8, or whether the AIT should only consider the family life of the individual who had brought the appeal. The House of Lords decided that the family life of all the relevant family members should be considered.

We have used this case for clients facing removal from the UK arguing that they should not be removed from the UK because this would separate them from their family, the AIT should consider the circumstances of all the family members when deciding whether the removal would be contrary to Article 8.

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