In this in-depth review and update, Law Friends regular Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers at Goldsmith Chambers, explores SSHD v Banger and its implications for the rights of extended family members of UK citizens (who have been exercising treaty rights in an EU country) to return to the United Kingdom with the UK citizen and to enter the United Kingdom on the basis of the EU Regulations rather than the British Immigration Rules. In particular, the seminar looks at:

• Factual summary background
• Procedural background
• The judgment of the CJEU
• The resumed hearing of the UT on 20 March 2019
• Appeal rights
• Regulation 9 and EFMs
• P: A Minor EFM: A judicial review challenge
• Brexit and beyond: Appendix EU and the settlement scheme

Anthony Metzer QC is a highly regarded silk known for his committed and forensically detailed approach to his practice. He specialises in crime, immigration, claimant civil actions against the police, defamation and inquests.

Anthony has been instructed on some of the most influential cases in recent years, including Banger v UK.

He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge for England and Wales in the Administrative Court hearing Judicial Review applications, and in the Upper Tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, having previously sat as a First Tier Judge in the IAT since 2002. He was also appointed to the War Pensions and Armed Forces Tribunal as a First Tier Judge.

Anthony is highly recommended as a leading silk again in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.