The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR (D) 52
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (AB) v Kent County Council
[2020] EWHC 109 (Admin)
2019 Dec 10, 11; 2020 Jan 23
Thornton J
Immigration— Asylum— Child— Claimant seeking asylum as unaccompanied minor— Local authority social workers assessing claimant as adult based on physical appearance and demeanour— Whether “abbreviated assessment” based on physical appearance and demeanour unlawful— Whether local authority required to apply margin of error and give claimant benefit of doubt