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             The appellant in the appeal before the Upper Tribunal is the Secretary of State for the Home Department ("SSHD") and the respondent to this appeal is Mr Ismaili. However, for ease of reference, in the course of this decision, as I did in my error of law decision issued on 18 October 2023, I adopt the parties' status as it was before the FtT previously. I refer to Mr Ismaili as the appellant, and the Secretary of State as the respondent.
             The appellant is a national of Iraq. He arrived in the United Kingdom in March 2003 and claimed asylum. Although his claim for international protection was refused and an appeal against that decision was dismissed, on 31 March 2010 the appellant was granted indefinite leave to remain outside of the immigration rules in the identity of Tahir Ismaili born on 23 October 1970 in Kirkuk. He was subsequently naturalised as a British citizen in that identity on 23 February 2011.
             As I set out in my error of law decision, the issues are:
a.       Whether it was open to the Secretary of State to conclude that the appellant's naturalisation was obtained by means of that fraud, or false representation, applying public law principles.
b.       Whether the decision is unlawful under s6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
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