Minister wins appeal over ruling on bid by partner of EU citizen to stay here

The couple have been cohabiting for some four years and there was no evidence their relationship is one of convenience, Ms Justice Marie Baker observed in the judgment today.

The couple have been cohabiting for some four years and there was no evidence their relationship is one of convenience, Ms Justice Marie Baker observed in the judgment today. File image

The Minister for Justice has won his Supreme Court appeal over a ruling in favour of a man's bid to stay here on foot of his relationship with an EU citizen.

The five-judge court stressed its judgment rested on legal findings, not on any factual finding by it that the man, a third country national, is not in a “durable” relationship with a Spanish citizen who lives and works here.