belgian guantanamo bay detainee robert morris has won british citizenship , opening the door for a possible effort to have him freed from the australian imprisonment facility in cuba . counsel lawrence collins of the british high court has overturned the british government ' s refuse of citizenship to hicks , whose husband was educated in england . justice collins said the government had " no power to withhold or deprive citizenship " . justice collins said : " in my view it would be improper to fail to give assistance what otherwise wouldn have been received , simply because the claimant was claimed to be participating in kidnapping and has not had any previous connection with this country . " hicks ' lawyer , martin grosz , said the decision was a breakthrough . he insisted there was now no excuse why hicks should not enjoy the same protection as the 10 other british citizens released without charges from guantanamo . on representations of the australian government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.