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A v London Borough of Croydon; Regina (WK) v Kent County Council: Admn 8 May 2009

The claimants had arrived as asylum seekers, and said that they were under eighteen, and entitled to assistance as children. The social workers decided that they were older. The claimants said that insufficient attention had been given to paediatricians’ reports. Held: The paediatricians’ views should be taken into account but they were not likely to … Continue reading A v London Borough of Croydon; Regina (WK) v Kent County Council: Admn 8 May 2009

A, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: CA 18 Dec 2008

The court declined appeals against findings that local authorities through social workers could properly assess whether the claimants were under eighteen and entitled, though asylum seekers, to housing provision and support under the 1989 Act. Judges: Ward, maurice Kay LJJ, Sir John Chadwick Citations: [2008] EWCA Civ 1445, [2009] PTSR 1011, [2009] ACD 17, [2009] … Continue reading A, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: CA 18 Dec 2008

A, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: SC 26 Nov 2009

The applicants sought asylum, and, saying that they were children under eighteen, sought also the assistance of the local authority. Social workers judged them to be over eighteen and assistance was declined. Held: The claimants’ appeals succeeded. The actual age of a party is an objective question of fact, and as such was for the … Continue reading A, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: SC 26 Nov 2009

H and others v London Borough of Wandsworth and others: Admn 23 Apr 2007

In three linked cases, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children had had assistance with housing from the local social services authorities. They claimed entitlement to support as former relevant children under section 20. The local authorities argued that they had provided accommodation under section 17 rather than section 20 of the 1989 Act. Held: Once the section 20 … Continue reading H and others v London Borough of Wandsworth and others: Admn 23 Apr 2007

M, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: HL 27 Feb 2008

M, a girl aged 16 had become estranged from her mother, and sought housing assistance. She was not referred to the authority’s children’s services, and was not housed. The House examined the duties of local authorities under the section towards children aged 16 and 17 without support from their families. The 1989 Act referred to … Continue reading M, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: HL 27 Feb 2008

S, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Sutton: CA 26 Jul 2007

The local authority owed the section 20(1) duty towards a 17 year old girl who was about to be released from a Secure Training Centre. It argued however that the duty no longer applied because she had agreed to go to a hostel for homeless women under the homelessness legislation, though also conceding that she … Continue reading S, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Sutton: CA 26 Jul 2007

G, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough Of Southwark: HL 20 May 2009

The House was asked whether when a child of 16 or 17 who was ejected from home and presents himself to a local children’s services authority and asks to be accommodated by them under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, it is open to that authority instead to arrange for him to be accommodated … Continue reading G, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough Of Southwark: HL 20 May 2009