Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 73 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWCA Civ 595
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Lady Justice Hallett DBE and Lord Justice Stanley Burnton
Representation Robert Latham (instructed by Hansen Palomares) for the claimant.
  Catherine Rowlands (instructed by Corporate Services Department of Croydon Borough of London) for the authority.
Judgment Dates: 8 May 2012

Catchwords

Costs - Judicial review - Settlement - Claimant asylum seeker being a child upon entry - Defendant disputing age of claimant - Defendant carrying out age assessment of claimant - Dispute as to proper age of claimant - Claimant submitting defendant unreasonable in refusing to reassess claimant's age - Defendant conceding judicial review proceedings after clarification in legal position - Defendant refusing to agree to pay claimant's costs - Judge making no order as to costs - Claimant submitting judge erring where claimant successful on sole issue - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Costs Judicial review. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, gave general guidance on costs issues in relation to Administrative Court cases which had settled on all issues save costs, and held that the position was no different for litigation in the Administrative Court from that which it was in general litigation.

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