“…In R (HAM) v Brent London Borough Council [2022] EWHC 1924 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 1779 Swift J held that even though a young person’s age is a question of fact for the reviewing court, that does not reduce the need for a fair pr…”
“…12], on the one hand, and Swift J’s approach based upon his analysis of the relevant principles going back to Merton itself in R(HAM) v London Borough of Brent [2022] EWHC 1924 (Admin), on the other. That difference may require resolution by a higher court, in due course, but this is not the case in which to do so. The appeal has proceeded up…”