On 7 February the High Court gave judgment in the case of R (oao) APD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 246
On 14 October 2022 the Home Office released a second iteration of their caseworker guidance for handling applications to register as a British citizen in
A raft of changes to nationality law came into force a few weeks ago. I covered the changes at a high level on my own
When the Nationality and Borders Bill returns to the House of Lords later today, it will contain a registration provision allowing direct descendants of those
On 7 February the High Court gave judgment in the case of R (oao) APD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 246 (Admin). This was the first judicial treatment of section 4L of the British Nationality Act 1981, which was inserted by the Nationality and Borders...
On 14 October 2022 the Home Office released a second iteration of their caseworker guidance for handling applications to register as a British citizen in special circumstances (section 4L, inserted by the Nationality Act Borders Act 2022). The caseworking scenarios from the first version are now supplemented by fresh examples,...
A raft of changes to nationality law came into force a few weeks ago. I covered the changes at a high level on my own firm’s website (shameless plug), but wanted to write in more depth about the new section 4L, which opens up tantalising possibilities for securing British citizenship...
When the Nationality and Borders Bill returns to the House of Lords later today, it will contain a registration provision allowing direct descendants of those born on the Chagos Islands to become British nationals. The Chagossians will be entitled to British overseas territories citizenship (BOTC) and, if they want it,...
