Motala v Attorney-General

Hearings

England & Wales

30 Jan 1991 [1991] 2 All ER 312; The Times, 5 February 1991, CA (Lord Donaldson MR, Beldam and Nolan LJJ)

07 Nov 1991 [1992] 1 AC 281; [1991] 3 WLR 903; [1991] 4 All ER 682; [1992] 1 FLR 207; [1992] Imm AR 112; The Times, 8 November 1991; The Independent, 22 November 1991, HL(E) (Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Ackner, Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and Lord Lowry)

Additional names

Attorney General v Safiya and Faruce Motala

Subject Matter

NATIONALITY — British protected person — Loss of citizenship — Plaintiffs born in British protectorate to citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies by registration — Protectorate becoming independent state of Zambia — Zambian independence legislation giving Zambian citizenship to British protected persons — Citizenship of United Kingdom and Colonies ceasing thereupon — Whether plaintiffs both British protected persons and citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies — Whether British citizenship lost on attaining Zambian citizenship — British Nationality Act 1948, s 32(1) — British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order in Council 1949, s 9(1)(a) — Zambia Independence Act 1964, s 3(3) — Zambia Independence Order 1964, Sch 2, s 3(1)

[1992] 1 AC 281; [1991] 3 WLR 903

Appellate History

Motala v Attorney-General [1991] 2 All ER 312; The Times, 5 February 1991, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Motala v Attorney-General [1992] 1 AC 281; [1991] 3 WLR 903; [1991] 4 All ER 682; [1992] 1 FLR 207; [1992] Imm AR 112; The Times, 8 November 1991; The Independent, 22 November 1991, HL(E)

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