Key legal question
Whether the withdrawal of the settlement permit under Art. 9(4)(a) ANAG was lawful because the permit had been obtained by concealment of a material fact.
Extracted holding
Yes. The courts found that X. knew before the permit was granted that the marriage had irretrievably broken down and failed to disclose this decisive fact.
Extracted reasoning
The findings that the marriage was already doomed when the application was filed were not manifestly incorrect. The case involved no arbitrary factual assessment. The withdrawal ground was therefore met.