Taking a logical step forward? Comment on Ibrahim and Teixeira

Examines the European Court of Justice rulings in Harrow LBC v Ibrahim (C-310/08) and Teixeira v Lambeth LBC (C-480/08) on whether a parent, as a third country national responsible for the care of a migrant worker's child who was educated in the host Member State, could derive a right of residence from the child by virtue of being the child's primary carer, or was required to demonstrate that they were self-sufficient without having recourse to social assistance before being granted a right of residence. Considers the interpretation of Regulation 1612/68 art.12 adopted in Baumbast v Secretary of State for the Home Department (C-413/99) and the effect of Directive 2004/38.