Katy Gallagher did not do enough to renounce UK citizenship, high court hearsThe Labor senator Katy Gallagher did not take all steps reasonably required to renounce her British citizenship, the attorney general has argued. Gallagher was referred to the high court in December and will be a test case for Labor’s interpretation that parliamentarians are not disqualified by the constitution where they have taken “all steps reasonably required” to renounce foreign citizenship. The high court had already decided when it considered Malcolm Roberts and Fiona Nash’s cases that UK law did not “irremediably” prevent renunciation. Therefore the reasonable steps defence did not apply to Gallagher, the submission argued. Gallagher, who filled a Senate vacancy in March 2015, submitted forms to renounce her British citizenship on 20 April 2016.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2018 08:03 UTC