Key legal question
Whether the public law appeal was admissible despite the residence permit dispute.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible in principle because the appellant invoked a statutory and Convention-based entitlement to renewal; the challenge to the merits did not affect admissibility.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 42 LEtr and Art. 8 ECHR can confer a genuine right to renewal when their conditions are met; the existence of that right is a merits question, not a standing question.