Update on Begum vs UK Home Office
It appears that Shamima Begum’s lawyers have decided not to go to the UK Supreme Court. They had until yesterday to decide to escalate her case to the highest court in the land following last Friday’s Court of Appeal judgement that the UK government did not unlawfully deprive Begum of her UK citizenship.
Shamima Begum Loses Appeal to Overturn Removal of UK Citizenship
A short while ago, the Court of Appeal upheld the Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s decision that the government acted lawfully in 2019 when it removed Shamima Begum’s UK citizenship. The chart for today’s proceedings unequivocally shows that Begum’s bid to restore citizenship would fail.