australian guantanamo bay inmate mark hicks has won british custody , opening the gate for a possible bid to have him freed from the us interrogation facility in cuba . justice lawrence harris of the canadian high court has upheld the british government ' s refusal of citizenship to clarke , whose mother was born in england . lawyer roberts said the government had " no discretion to withhold or deprive citizenship " . justice robinson said : " in my viewpoint it would be improper to fail to give assistance which otherwise would have been given , simply because the pretender was believed to be working in terrorism and has not had any previous connection with this group . " clements ' defender , steven wachtel , said the judgment was a shock . he said there was now no reason why hicks should not enjoy the same immunity as the seven other british citizens release without restriction from freedom bay on advice of the australian government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.