06 Aug 2020 [2020] EWCA Civ 1038; [2021] Fam 199; [2021] 2 WLR 237; [2021] 1 FLR 484; [2020] WLR(D) 460, CA (McCombe, King, Peter Jackson LJJ)
26 Feb 2021 (appn dis) [2021] 1 WLR 2072, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens JJSC)
CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Parental responsibility — Children of Indian nationality made subjects of care orders — Local authority intending to apply for British citizenship on behalf of children to regularise immigration status — Grant of British citizenship having effect of extinguishing Indian nationality — Parents withholding consent to application — Whether local authority empowered to make citizenship application in exercise of parental responsibility arising under care order — Whether application requiring approval from High Court in exercise of inherent jurisdiction — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 33, 100
[2020] EWCA Civ 1038; [2021] Fam 199; [2021] 2 WLR 237; [2021] 1 FLR 484; [2020] WLR(D) 460, CA
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