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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
Italian citizenship by descent and Brexit rights under the Withdrawal Agreement: Home Office error as to foreign nationality law
10 hours ago September 14, 2026September 14, 2026Adrian Berry

Italian citizenship by descent and Brexit rights under the Withdrawal Agreement: Home Office error as to foreign nationality law

The Contest over Italian Citizenship by Descent: Legislation, Constitutional Adjudication, and the Impact of EU Law Recently, Italy has moved away from its liberal position on Italian citizenship by descent. While it may not have reached the narrowly cast provision obtaining in respect of British citizenship by descent, the way in which the new rule has been drawn had led to adverse criticism, as well as litigation before senior Italian courts and soon the Court of Justice of the European Union
August 4, 2026August 4, 2026Adrian Berry

The Contest over Italian Citizenship by Descent: Legislation, Constitutional Adjudication, and the Impact of EU Law

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.
November 6, 2025November 6, 2025Adrian Berry

Deprivation of British citizenship on fraud grounds after Onuzi

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.
November 3, 2025November 3, 2025Adrian Berry

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

Briefing of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill
June 27, 2025June 27, 2025Adrian Berry

Briefing for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill

Earned Settlement and Citizenship: The pursuit of virtue in the White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System
June 23, 2025June 27, 2025Adrian Berry

Earned Settlement and Citizenship: The pursuit of virtue in the White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’

Deprivation of citizenship on conduct grounds: procedural fairness, discretion, and post-decision review after Kolicaj
February 10, 2025February 10, 2025Adrian Berry

Deprivation of citizenship on conduct grounds: procedural fairness, discretion, and post-decision review after Kolicaj

What constitutes sufficient reasons for the Secretary of State to exercise discretion to deprive a person of British citizenship acquired by fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of a material fact? Parliament has provided that the mere establishment of fraud is insufficient for the Secretary of State to deprive; in addition, she must exercise discretion. In a connected question, how ought such matters to be considered on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal?
February 3, 2025February 3, 2025Adrian Berry

Discretion and policy: Deprivation of British citizenship on fraud grounds after Daci

January 22, 2025February 3, 2025Adrian Berry

Deprivation of British citizenship on grounds of fraud: The test on appeal after Chaudhry

Grants of British nationality under the Illegal Migration Act 2023: a change of direction by the new Labour government
July 27, 2024July 27, 2024Adrian Berry

Grants of British nationality under the Illegal Migration Act 2023: a change of direction by the new Labour government

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