In considering whether to deport a person pursuant to the provisions of s.3(5)(b) Immigration Act 1971, where that person had been convicted of a criminal offence and where the relevant Home Office departmental policy guidance was DP2/93, the seriousness of the offence on the one hand (which could often usefully be gauged by the length of the sentence) had to be carefully balanced against the family ties on the other.

CA (Civ Div) (Swinton Thomas LJ, Sedley LJ, Hale LJ)

24/07/2000