![Onuzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1337, Court of Appeal (judgement handed down 21 October 2025), is yet another case where the lack of detail in the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 Act) as to how tribunals should consider appeals in citizenship deprivation cases has led to further consideration by Senior Courts.](https://nationalityandcitizenshiplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/onuzi-e1762421464576.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
![The Deprivation of Citizenship (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 received the Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and came into force the same day. It had been introduced in the House of Commons on 19 June 2025. It is a slight thing, with two sections, designed to rectify what the Government considers an unintentional consequence of the Supreme Court’s judgment in N3(ZA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 6.](https://nationalityandcitizenshiplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_2722-e1762156020187.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
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Deprivation of Citizenship: Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill: Notice of Decision to Deprive a Person of Citizenship
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