Introduction
1.This is an application for judicial review, brought with permission granted on 7 February 2018 by Philip Mott QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge), of the decisions of the London Borough of Brent (“the Council”) to refuse to recognise the Claimant as a child in need requiring accommodation under s. 20 of the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) and, subsequently, on his attaining the age of 18 on 5 January 2018, refusing either to recognise his status as a “former relevant child” (“FRC”) for the purposes of s. 23C of the 1989 Act or, if he was not, to exercise its discretion to treat him as such (see
- Hearing date: 1 May 2018
- Introduction
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Duty of candour
- R (Quark Fishing Limited) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- R. (Midcounties Co-operative Ltd) v Forest of Dean DC
- Relevant law
- Provision of accommodation for children: general
- local authority in relation to children looked after by them.
- R. (G) v Southwark LBC
- R (A) v Croydon LBC
- R (G) v Barnet LBC
- R (O) v London Borough of Lambeth
- Continuing functions in respect of former relevant children
- R (D) v Southwark LBC
- GE (Eritrea
- R(Birara) v Hounslow LBC
- R (M) v Hammersmith & Fulham LBC
- Facts
- ACCOMMODATION and HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE HOME
- McDonald v RBKC
- The grounds of challenge
- Ground 2
- G v Southwark
- R. (Collins) v Knowsley MBC
- D v. Southwark
- Southwark
- GE (Eritrea)
- Ground 3
- Simplex GE (Holdings) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment
- R (BC) v Birmingham CC