| Publisher Citation: | [2009] All ER (D) 86 (Aug) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2009] EWHC 1993 (Admin) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) |
| Judge: | Burton J |
| Representation | Azeem Suterwalla (instructed by Harter & Loveless) for the claimant. |
| Peggy Etiebet (instructed by London Borough of Croydon, Legal Services) for the authority. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 3 July 2009 |
Catchwords
Immigration - Asylum seeker - Unaccompanied asylum seeking claiming to be under 18 years old - Age assessment - Local authority assessing claimant's age - View taken that claimant aged 17-and-a-half - Review of age assessment being undertaken - Assessors at review deciding to uphold original age assessment - Whether decision of assessors flawed.
The Case
Immigration Asylum seeker. Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London): The instant claim for judicial review was allowed on the basis that the assessors who had conducted an age assessment review of the claimant had failed to consider material information, namely, evidence from the solicitor who had been dealing with the claimant's case.
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