Case No. UKUT-00180-(IAC)

be examined in accordance with the laws of the Member State from which the Union citizen obtains nationality.” 16. At paragraph [20] of TA, Upper Tribunal Judge O’Connor held: “Given that which I set out above, it is difficult to see how the Upper Tribunal in Kareem could have been any clearer in its conclusion that when consideration is being given to whether an applicant has undertaken a valid marriage for the purposes of the 2006 Regulations, such consideration has to be assessed by reference to the laws of the legal system of the nationality of the relevant Union citizen. Mr Akohene’s submissions to the contrary are entirely misconceived and are born out of a failure to read the determination in Kareem as a whole.”