Sohail Tasib, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Facts

Mr Sohail Tasib is a national of Pakistan who came to the United Kingdom with his family in 1998 aged six and was granted indefinite leave to remain in June 2006. He married a British citizen, and his parents and siblings live in the United Kingdom. In February 2018 he pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and of cocaine with intent to supply, dangerous driving and other offences, and in November 2018 was sentenced in the Crown Court at Cambridge to 52 months' imprisonment, making him a foreign criminal within the UK Borders Act 2007. Because of an administrative error by HM Prison and Probation Service, the Secretary of State learned of the convictions only in February 2024. On 16 September 2024 Mr Tasib travelled to Pakistan with his wife; on 25 September a stage 1 deportation decision was sent to his home address here. When he sought to fly back, authority to carry him was refused on 27 September 2024 under paragraph 14(f) of the Authority to Carry Scheme 2023. On 13 June 2025 the Secretary of State directed his exclusion and his indefinite leave was cancelled. Farbey J dismissed his judicial review claim in part and refused permission on other grounds; he appealed.