High Court dismisses applications to amend the statement of grounds of Zimbabwean mother and her Zimbabwean and Democratic Republic child, on the grounds that the legal grounds advanced had already been rejected, and the grounds pleaded fail to allege any specific problems with the impugned decision.
Judicial review – asylum and immigration - Zimbabwean mother and Zimbabwean and DRC child challenging the decisions refusing them subsidiary protection – application to amend statement of grounds – refused asylum and subsidiary protection – deportation orders made - circumstances changed, that she was living apart from the husband and that she had primary care of the child - no longer any realistic prospect of returning the child to the DRC – deportation orders revoked – five year delay before making application for amendment - court should normally be very accommodating of adjustments sought by an applicant in the process of moving the leave application - legal grounds in the case have already been rejected - fact-specific grounds in relation to the child - best interests of the child - grounds as pleaded are completely boilerplate and fail to allege any specific problems with the impugned decision - fact-specific grounds in relation to the mother – applications dismissed.