“…ory obligations, including the s.55 duty, was affirmed by the Supreme Court in R(AA) (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 49, [2013] 1 WLR 2224.…”
“…In R (AA (Afghanistan)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 49, [2013] 1 WLR 2224, the Supreme Court held that the detention of a child who at the time was reasonably believed to be an adult did not constitute a breach of section 55 of the 2…”
“…n light of a Merton-compliant age assessment unless (by happenstance) one is already available. As was noted by Lord Toulson in AA (Afghanistan) [[2013] SC 49, [2013] 1 WLR 2224] at [34] - a proposition unaffected in my judgement by the amendments to Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 - one cannot ‘make a Merton compliant age asses…”