![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)
Author: Adrian Berry
Specialist Immigration Lawyer for Global Migration, Citizenship and Settlement, UK Immigration Law, British Nationality Law, EU Free Movement of Persons, Human Rights, Statelessness and Asylum
![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 on conduct grounds: procedural fairness, discretion, and post-decision review after Kolicaj
Discretion and policy: Deprivation of British citizenship on fraud grounds after Daci
Deprivation of British citizenship on grounds of fraud: The test on appeal after Chaudhry
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![British Nationality law in Family Court proceedings: Confusion and Resolution in BD v London Borough of Barnet [2024] EWFC 159](https://nationalityandcitizenshiplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_0411.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
British Nationality law in Family Court proceedings: Confusion and Resolution in BD v London Borough of Barnet [2024] EWFC 159
Nationality and Citizenship Law 