Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to renewal of his residence permit despite the separated marriage.
Extracted holding
No entitlement existed because the authorities could lawfully find that the marriage was maintained only formally and that reliance on it was abusive.
Extracted reasoning
The spouses had been separated for years, the wife had clearly expressed her refusal to resume cohabitation, and the factual findings showed no realistic prospect of restoring the marital life required by Art. 7 ANAG.