“…f the public authority: and will not normally decide contested issues of fact: see, for example, R v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison ex p St. Germain (No. 2) [1979] 1 WLR 1401 at page 1410H and R (Watkins-Smith) v. Aberdare Girls High School[2008] EWHC 1865 (Admin), [2008] FCR 203 at [135]; R (Safeer) v Secretary of State for the Hom…”
“…the facts will be accepted. There is a consistent line of authority to that effect starting with R v. Board of Visitors of Hull Prison ex p St. Germain (No. 2) [1979] 1 WLR 1401 at 1410 Hand more recently encapsulated in para 135 of R (Watkins-Smith) v. Aberdare Girls High School,[2008] EWHC 1865 (Admin); [2008] FCR 203). The court:…”
“…The basic rule reflects the approach of Lane LJ (as he then was) in R v Board of Visitors of Hull Prison ex p St Germaine No. 2 [1979] 1 WLR 1401 at 1410:…”