The applicant challenged the decision of the respondent to refuse to accommodate him as a former relevant child on the basis that he was the age he claimed to be, having been born on 6 July 1990. The essential reason why the respondent did not accept that the applicant is the age he claimed he is, is because the respondent believed him to be a person born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 21 February 1987. Although this is an age assessment judicial review the essential issue is that of identity. If the applicant is who he said he was then his application for judicial review must succeed. Alternatively, if he is the person who the respondent says he is, then his claim must fail.
Allen, Goldstein UTJJ
[2013] UKUT 256 (IAC)
Bailii
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 14 November 2021; Ref: scu.511230