FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 45996/11 Raolatu IJAOLA-JOKESENUMI against the United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights ( Fourth Section ), sitting on 4 September 2014 as a Committee composed of :

George Nicolaou , President, Nona Tsotsoria , Paul Mahoney , judges, and Fatoş Aracı , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 18 July 2011 ,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Raolatu Ijaola-Jokesenumi , is a Nigerian national, who was born in 1972 and lives in London . She was represented before the Court by Mr A. King, a solicitor practising in London at the Cambridge House Law Centre.

The United Kingdom Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms R. Tomlinson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office .

The applicant complained under Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention that the decision not to treat her as being in priority need of housing assistance was based on her, and her children ’ s, immigration status.

On 9 June and 20 June 2014 the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the United Kingdom in respect of the facts giving rise to this application against an undertaking by the Government to pay her 3,000 pounds sterling to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses and any tax that might be due on the amount to the applicant. The amount will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government will be required to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

FatoÅŸ Aracı George Nicolaou              Deputy Registrar President