Imagine I am selling you a car. You give me money for the car. When you come to collect the car, I refuse to give you the car keys. You have a legitimate expectation that when you paid for the car, you also paid for the car keys.
The Home Office said repeatedly that Zambrano carers would be taken care of. Then, they changed the rules and rejected people anyway.
If you are going to court as a Zambrano carer, you need to decide what your argument will be.
You can argue you had a legitimate expectation as a Zambrano carer, that you would be able to achieve settled status after Brexit.
Legitimate expectation just means any reasonable person could have expected to be successful in their application, based on how the Home Office behaved.
The Home Office made statements that made Zambrano carers think they would be ok. Well, now a majority have been refused.
People need to go to court and show the proof, the statements the Home Office made.
Some proof
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... e_2018.pdf
https://questions-statements.parliament ... -11/163111
If they said Zambrano carers with LTR would be refused back in 2016, that is one thing. But they didn't. They said all Zambrano carers would be eligible for settlement. So, people need to go to court and argue for "legitimate expectation".