The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 3339
Court of Appeal
*Zulfiqar v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2022] EWCA Civ 492
2021 Dec 1; 2022 April 14
Underhill, Arnold, Snowden LJJ
Immigration— Deportation— Foreign criminal— Offender with dual British and Pakistani citizenship convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment— Offender subsequently renouncing British citizenship— Secretary of State making deportation order— Whether applicant “foreign criminal” for purposes of deportation legislation— Whether “foreign criminal” status to be determined as at date of conviction and sentence or date of deportation order—
Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), s 3(5)(a)
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Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c 41), ss 82, 117C
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UK Borders Act 2007 (c 30), s 32(5)