The Court of Appeal has today upheld the High Court ruling that the £1,012 fee for a child to register as a British citizen is unlawful because it is set without consideration of the best interests of children. Two judges also indicate they see “considerable force” in PRCBC’s argument that the fee is additionally unlawful because it effectively deprives many children of their rights to British citizenship. While the court decides it is bound by its previous decision in R (Williams) to nonetheless reject this additional argument. PRCBC has sought and been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court on this point.
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We are grateful to all for their support in particular:
- Our beneficiaries (children with citizenship rights)
- Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK
- PRCBC Legal Team: Our solicitors, Maria Patsalos and Lucy Grant (Mishcon de Reya), Richard Drabble QC (Landmark Chambers), Miranda Butler (Garden Court Chambers) and Isabel Buchanan (Blacktsones)
- The Legal Team in O: Richard Drabble QC, Admas Habteslasie (Landmark Chambers), Jason Pobjoy (Blackstones Chambers). Solange Valdez- Symonds (Solicitor)
- Steve Valdez-Symonds’ colleagues, Amnesty International UK
- Therium Access (our funder)
- Fiona Carrick-Davies, Surrey Square School
- Baroness Lister (PRCBC patron)
- Lord Alton
- Prof Helen Stalford (Liverpool Law Clinic)
- Our volunteers: Mike Poulter (Turpin Miller solicitors), Amarjit Ahluwalia (SCOMO), Kitty Falls (Kitty Falls Immigration Law), Joanna Hunt (Lewis Silkin) and Steve Valdez-Symonds (Amnesty UK).
- Organisations and individuals who provided statements and other support in this court case: Baroness Lister, Lord Alton, Prof. Helen Stalford (Liverpool University Law Clinic), Stuart McDonald MP, Prof. Donald Hirsch (Loughborough University), Henry St Clair Miller (No Recourse to Public Funds Network), Fiona Carrick-Davies (Surrey Square Primary School), Steve Valdez-Symonds (Amnesty UK), Julian Bild (ATLEU), Sian Pearce (Avon & Bristol Law Centre), Clemence Aymon (RAMFEL), Eve Dickson (Project 17) and Akwaaba, Catherine Theharne-Evans (LB of Hounslow), Katie Fennell (KIND), PRCBC ambassadors, Caz Hattam (Unity Project), PRCBC clients, Solange Valdez-Symonds (PRCBC volunteer director), Dr Bronwen Manby (London School of Economics), Sue Willman (Deighton Pierce Glynn solicitors), Lara ten Caten (Liberty), Children Human Rights Network at Amnesty International UK, Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei (Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy) and Ian Hollings (Legal Aid Agency), May Bulman (The Independent), Ronan Toal (Garden Court Chambers).
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