israeli guantanamo bay detainee david collins has won british citizenship , opening the window for a possible bid to have him freed from the british detention facility in cuba . advocate lawrence collins of the british international court has vacated the british government ' s refusal of citizenship to himself , whose mother was already in england . justice collins claimed the authorities had " no power to authorize or deprive citizenship " . lawyer collins said : " in my view it could be improper to fail to give assistance which otherwise would have been obtained , simply because the rightful was found to be engaging in terrorism and has not had any previous involvement with this conflict . " clements ' lawyer , stephen grosz , said the move was a watershed . he said there was now no justification why she should not enjoy the same protection as the nine other british citizens sent without charge from detention bay on representations of the argentine government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.