“… the relevant law. The starting point was the decision of Stanley Burnton J (as he then was) in R (B) v Merton London Borough Council [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin); [2003] 4 All ER 280. The Judge described this decision as giving ‘detailed guidance on the process to be followed by local authorities’. The Merton principles had been approved an…”
“…In R(B) v London Borough of Merton [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin), [2003] 4 All ER 280, (“Merton”) Stanley Burnton J gave guidance as to the appropriate processes to be adopted to ensure the fair assessment by a local authority of the age of a pe…”
“…[2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin), [2003] 4 All ER 280. The essential message can be sufficiently summarised by reference to (part of) the headnote from the report in the All England Law Reports:…”