This article was first published in Free Movement, 6 October 2026 R (on the application of Akinyemi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2388 (Admin) is the second reported decision on the operation of section 4L of the British Nationality Act 1981, brought into force in 2022. The claimant, who was born in the UK and has an extensive record of offending, challenged the refusal to register him as British on several grounds, but did not succeed on any of th