Zulfiqar v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

IMMIGRATION — Deportation — Foreign criminal — Offender with dual British and Pakistani citizenship convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment — Offender subsequently renouncing British citizenship — Secretary of State making deportation order — Whether applicant “foreign criminal” for purposes of deportation legislation — Whether “foreign criminal” status to be determined as at date of conviction and sentence or date of deportation order — Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), s 3(5)(a) — Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c 41), ss 82, 117C — UK Borders Act 2007 (c 30), s 32(5)

[2022] EWCA Civ 492; [2022] 1 WLR 3339; [2023] 1 All ER 397; [2022] WLR(D) 179, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

Free Movement
UK-born murderer to be deported after renouncing British citizenship Case comment

Past British citizenship not enough to save murderer from deportation Case comment