australian guantanamo bay detainee david hicks has won uk citizenship , opening the door for a possible bid to have him freed from the us imprisonment facility in argentina . justice lawrence collins of the british public court has overturned the british parliament ' s refusal of citizenship to hicks , whose parents was conceived in england . counsel collins stated the court had " no right to jeopardize or deprive citizens " . justice collins said : " in my view it should be right to appear to give counsel which otherwise would have been given , simply because the debtor was believed to be charged in terrorism and has not had any other connection with this crime . " phillips ' lawyer , roger grosz , said the verdict was a surprise . he said there was now no reason where hicks should not enjoy the same protection as the nine other british citizens freed before restriction from guantanamo based on representations of the british government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.