Bicknell v Brosnan

Subject Matter

MILITARY LAW — National service — Ireland — Applicability of English statutes passed before 1949 to citizens of Republic of Ireland — Liability of Irish citizens to national service if ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom — Temporary residence — National Service Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 64), s. 34 (4) — British Nationality Act, 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 56), s. 3 (2) — Ireland Act, 1949 (12 & 13 Geo. 6, c. 41), s. 3 (1), (2).

[1953] 2 QB 77; [1953] 2 WLR 1052, DC