No clear rationale for decision refusing Pakistani national a residence card

Judicial review – asylum and immigration – European law – free movement of persons – Pakistan challenging the decision for a residence card as a permitted family member of his British and, hence, European Union citizen brother - failed to establish that he is a ‘permitted family member’ - failed to establish that in the United Kingdom (as the country from which he had come), he was either: (a) a dependant of his brother as a Union citizen; or (b) a member of the household his brother, as a Union citizen - procedural history and grounds of challenge – background facts – relevant statutory provisions - Minister did not err in law in failing to set out the test to be applied in determining whether he was a member of the household of his brother in the country from which he had come – decision does not comply with the well-established principles on the duty to provide reasons - existence and scope of the requirement to give reasons for an administrative decision affecting the rights and obligations of persons is by now a well-settled aspect of the administrative law of the State - Minister did not disclose the essential rationale for his decision that the evidence submitted failed to establish that he was a member of the household of his brother in the United Kingdom - rationale is not patent from the terms of the decision – not capable of being inferred from its terms and its context – judicial review granted