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Upper Tribunal finds asylum seeker was a child...

Introduction On 4 September 2026, following a fact-finding hearing to determine MA’s age and date of birth, Upper Tribunal Judge Mahmood...

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High Court Rules in Favour of Former Relevant...

‘Significant Unfairness’ and ‘Unlawfulness’: High Court Takes Exceptional Step of Directing Local Authority to Exercise Discretion to Treat Claimant as...

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Asylum-Seeking Child Wins Age Dispute Court Case Against...

Vulnerable unaccompanied asylum-seeking child vindicated in relation to his age following four day hearing in damming judgment against Local Authority...

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Age Re-Assessment Ordered by High Court

‘Illogical’ and ‘unlawful’: High Court rules in favour of unaccompanied asylum-seeker against Local Authority On 16 April 2025, His Honour Judge Dight...

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Short-Form Assessments of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

Age is just a number? Shining a light on Local Authorities’ Short-Form Assessments of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children A recent report...