Key legal question
Whether the expulsion order against the settlement permit holder should be set aside or deferred.
Extracted holding
The expulsion was justified because the serious drug trafficking offence created a strong public interest in removal that outweighed his private and family interests.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on the gravity of the narcotics offences, the applicant’s recidivist and insufficiently integrated history, and the limited weight of rehabilitation and family ties under the strict practice for serious drug crime.