Title THE QUEEN, on the application of SB (a child, by his litigation friend Roxanne Nanton of the Refugee Council) Claimant - and - ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA Defendant
Publisher United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)
Publication Date 17 February 2022
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | South Sudan
Topics Children-at-risk | Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)
Citation / Document Symbol [2022] EWHC 308 (Admin)
Cite as THE QUEEN, on the application of SB (a child, by his litigation friend Roxanne Nanton of the Refugee Council) Claimant - and - ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA Defendant , [2022] EWHC 308 (Admin), United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales), 17 February 2022, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_HC_QB,622f0f614.html [accessed 18 May 2023]
Comments The issue in the case focuses on the Defendant's determination of whether the Claimant is a child, as the effect of such a finding has an impact on a number of aspects of how he will be treated within the United Kingdom. The precise terms of the issue are themselves disputed: (1) The Claimant submits that his case is a challenge to the lawfulness of the decision of the Defendant, on 11 June 2021 ["the June determination"], that he was not a child. (2) The Defendant argues that these proceedings are, in fact, about their refusal to reassess the 11 June determination at some later date.
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