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Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 the Respondent is granted anonymity.
             The Respondent is an Iraq Kurd who naturalised as a British citizen on the 17 th April 2008. On the 27 th September 2023 the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Hollings-Tennant) allowed his appeal against the Secretary of State's decision under s40(3) British Nationality Act 1981 to deprive him of that British citizenship. The Secretary of State now has permission to appeal against that decision.
             The background to this appeal can be shortly stated. The Respondent arrived in the United Kingdom in 2002 and claimed asylum using identity X. He stated that he was from Kirkuk. He was granted 'Exceptional Leave to Remain' (ELR) in September 2002. The Respondent maintained the use of identity X throughout all of his subsequent dealings with the Home Office. He was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) on the 21 st November 2006 and naturalised as a British citizen, using identity X, on the 17 th April 2008.
             The Secretary of State purports to only have one ground of appeal, but under that single heading he raises several points.
             The third point raised is that the Tribunal misunderstood what public law error the Respondent (then the Appellant) had been pleading. The grounds assert that:
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