Court of Justice 25 November 2010, C-434/09 (Shirley McCarthy v Secretary of State for the Home Department.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. Can a person who is a national of two Member States of the European Union but has always lived in only one of those two States rely upon European Union law (‘EU law’) against that State in order to obtain there a right of residence for him or herself and in particular for his or her spouse?