Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 02/22/2017

Subject: The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, deems compatible with the right to family life the provision, introduced in 2012, of the minimum income in order to obtain the family reunification for the partner or the foreign spouse of a foreign national already residing in the United Kingdom, recognizing to the Secretary of State a considerable discretionary power in the establishment of the amount of such income

Parties: R and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to marry - Right to found a family - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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