Index card R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Dec 2019 [2019] EWHC 3536 (Admin); [2020] 1 WLR 1486; [2020] 2 All ER 572; [2020] WLR (D) 26, QBD (Jay J)

10 Mar 2020 (appn dis) [2020] 1 WLR 2632, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black JJSC)

18 Feb 2021 (Speaker of the House of Commons intervening) [2021] EWCA Civ 193; [2021] 1 WLR 3049; [2021] 4 All ER 445; [2021] WLR(D) 107, CA (David Richards, Singh, Nicola Davies LJJ)

02 Feb 2022 [2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Briggs, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC, Lady Arden)

Additional names

R (O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Fees — Children applying for registration as British citizens unable to afford registration fee — Whether regulations prescribing registration fee ultra vires — Whether regulations made in breach of Secretary of State’s statutory duty to have regard to need to safeguard and promote children’s welfare — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), ss 1(4), 3(1) — Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c 11), s 55 — Immigration Act 2014 (c 22), s 68 — Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016 (SI 2016/177), art 10 — Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/330), reg 10, Sch 8, Table 19

[2019] EWHC 3536 (Admin); [2020] 1 WLR 1486; [2020] 2 All ER 572; [2020] WLR (D) 26, QBD

[2021] EWCA Civ 193; [2021] 1 WLR 3049; [2021] 4 All ER 445; [2021] WLR(D) 107, CA

PARLIAMENT — Privilege — Proceedings in Parliament — Claim for judicial review of regulations on ground Secretary of State in breach of statutory duty — Whether Secretary of State able to rely on Parliamentary materials to demonstrate compliance with duty — Bill of Rights 1688 (1 Will & Mary, Sess 2, c 2), art 9

[2021] EWCA Civ 193; [2021] 1 WLR 3049; [2021] 4 All ER 445; [2021] WLR(D) 107, CA

NATIONALITY — British citizenship — Fees — Children applying for registration as British citizens unable to afford registration fee — Whether regulations prescribing registration fee ultra vires — British Nationality Act 1981 (c 61), s 1(4) — Immigration Act 2014 (c 22), s 68 — Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016 (SI 2016/177), art 10 — Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/330), reg 10, Sch 8, Table 19

[2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E)

STATUTE — Construction — Aids — Role of external aids when interpreting statute

[2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E)

Appellate History

R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWHC 3536 (Admin); [2020] 1 WLR 1486; [2020] 2 All ER 572; [2020] WLR (D) 26, QBD

Decision of Jay J affirmed on partly different grounds

R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 193; [2021] 1 WLR 3049; [2021] 4 All ER 445; [2021] WLR(D) 107, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

R (Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 255; [2022] 2 WLR 343; [2022] 4 All ER 95; [2022] INLR 189; [2022] WLR(D) 65, SC(E)

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