The grounds on which permission was granted concern:
- The circumstances in which a person born in the UK to an EU citizen exercising Treaty rights, during the period of the UK’s membership of the EU, was born a British citizen;
- The meaning of ‘settled’ for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981 in relation to a parent exercising EU Treaty rights in the UK; and
- The correctness of the decisions of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in Gal TH/25885/92 (10620) and of the Upper Tribunal (IAC) in Capparrelli (EEA Nationals – British Nationality) [2017] UKUT 00162.
The Claimant is represented by:
- Adrian Berry, senior counsel at Garden Court Chambers,
- Admas Habtelasie, Landmark Chambers,
- Jessica Simor QC, Matrix Chambers,
- Solange Valdez-Symonds, solicitor at Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) and consultant solicitor at Cardinal Hume Centre
with assistance of:
- Steve Valdez-Symonds, volunteer legal researcher for Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC)