CLW -v- London Borough of Hillingdon (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-001505

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court

In the matter of an application for judicial review

13 October 2025

Before:

Sarah Clarke KC,
sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High

Between:

The King
on the application of
CLW
(A child, by his litigation friend, Madeleine Harris)

-v-

London Borough of Hillingdon

Order

Notification of Judge’s Decision (CPR 54.11, 54.12)

Following consideration of the documents filed by the Claimant, the Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Defence and the Claimant’s Reply

ORDER BY SARAH CLARKE KC SITTING AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT

  1. Permission to apply for judicial review: Permission is granted on both grounds.
  2. The Claimant shall have permission to rely on the Report by Dr Jawad Hassan Zadeh, dated 9 July 2025.
  3. The claim is transferred to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) pursuant to section 31A(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981.
  4. The application for interim relief is granted. The Defendant shall continue to provide the Claimant with accommodation and support pursuant to its duties under the Part III CA 1989 pending the final determination of his age by the Upper Tribunal or until further order.
  5. Anonymity:
    (a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:
    (i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    (ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as CLW.
    (b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise in connection with, these proceedings.
    (c) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
    (i) the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;
    (ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time;
    (iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non- party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
    (d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.

OBSERVATIONS AND REASONS

(1) The parties agree that permission should be granted on Ground 1, that interim relief should be granted, that permission should be granted to rely on the expert’s report and that the claim should be transferred to the Tribunal for age assessment. The only dispute is whether permission should be granted on Ground 2. Given that Ground 2 concerns alleged public law errors in the assessment process, I consider that these could well be relevant to the Tribunal’s assessment and that permission on this Ground should also be granted.

Signed: SARAH CLARKE KC
Date: 13 OCTOBER 2025