Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite the foreign-national permit restriction.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible because the appellant could rely on a statutory family reunification right and, in any event, on Article 8 ECHR due to the close family life with his spouse and minor child.
Extracted reasoning
Article 43 LEtr grants a right to a residence permit to the foreign spouse of a settlement permit holder living in common household; the family life was close and effective.