The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 241
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Howard) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2021] EWHC 1023 (Admin)
2020 Dec 10, 17; 2021 April 23
Swift J
Nationality — British citizenship — Acquisition — Claimant arriving in United Kingdom from Jamaica as part of “Windrush generation” — Home Secretary refusing claimant’s application for naturalisation on basis of his criminal record— Whether Home Secretary erring in failing to disapply “good character” requirement— Whether requirement discriminating against claimant in breach of Convention rights—
British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), s 6, Sch 1, para 1(1)(b)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3(1), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14