“…The practice of this Court in relation to appeals that have become academic save as to costs was considered by Gross LJ in Hamnett v Essex CC [2017] EWCA Civ 6 at [35]-[37]. He summarised the position at [37] as follows:…”
“… amount to saying that a statutory appeal to the County Court is a claim for judicial review. The contrary has been decided by this court in Hamnett v Essex CC [2017] EWCA Civ 6; [2017] 1 WLR 1155. Gross LJ, with whom Tomlinson and King LJJ agreed, upheld the decision of Singh J (as he then was), reported at [2014] 1 WLR 2562, that the…”
“…treated as academic. The conditions set out by Lord Neuberger in Hutcheson v Popdog Ltd were followed in the more recent case of Hamnett v Essex County Council [2017] EWCA Civ 6 where Gross LJ said:…”