R (JS) v SSHD
[2020] EWHC 30653 (Admin).Age Assessment Judicial Review43.Part III of the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) imposes a range of duties on local authorities in respect of children within their area who are in need. Section 17 of that Act, for example, obliges local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of such children and to provide a range and level of services appropriate to their needs. Section 20(1) of the Act requires that every local authority shall provide accommodation for any child in need within their area. And, by section 23C of the Act, a local authority may continue to be obliged to perform certain functions in respect of a former relevant child (or a person who should be treated as such) even after that individual has attained the age of eighteen.44.By section 105(1) of the 1989 Act, ‘child’ means a person under the age of eighteen. In
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