When considering adoption of a child the whole range of benefits flowing from the adoption including the benefits of British nationality were to be allowed for, but adoption could properly be refused where the intention was to benefit an adult.
Citations:
Times 15-Mar-1999, Gazette 08-Apr-1999, [1999] 2 WLR 714, [1999] UKHL 11, [1999] 2 All ER 576
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Adoption
Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.81708