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Public law [2026] CSIH 4

Dastan Ibrahimi against Glasgow City Council (Court of Session)

Dastan Ibrahimi against Glasgow City Council (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 4 (20 January 2026)

The Inner House held an age assessment challenge was not academic, but refused reduction of Glasgow City Council’s decision on reasons, fairness, irrationality and inquiry grounds.

  • Age assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Adequate reasons
  • Irrationality
  • Tameside duty
  • Judicial review
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Public law [2024] ScotCS CSOH_8

MOHAMMED ISMAEL SULIMAN ABDULLAH FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

MOHAMMED ISMAEL SULIMAN ABDULLAH FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2024] ScotCS CSOH_8 (31 January 2024)

The Court of Session dismissed a judicial review challenge to Aberdeenshire Council’s age assessment, holding the petition incompetent and academic.

  • Age assessment
  • Judicial review
  • Declarator of age
  • Local authority duties
  • Natural justice
  • Procedural fairness
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Administrative law [2017] ScotCS CSOH_122

AU AGAINST (FIRST) GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND (SECOND) THE ADVOCATE GENERAL

AU AGAINST (FIRST) GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND (SECOND) THE ADVOCATE GENERAL [2017] ScotCS CSOH_122 (15 September 2017)

The Court of Session held that both declarator and judicial review are competent routes to challenge a local authority age assessment, but recommended judicial review as the preferred procedure.

  • Age assessment
  • Remedies for challenging administrative decisions
  • Competency of declarator vs judicial review
  • Children's rights
  • Age-assessment
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2011] ScotCS CSOH_196

TL No 2 (AP), Re Judicial Review

TL No 2 (AP), Re Judicial Review [2011] ScotCS CSOH_196 (25 November 2011)

The Court of Session refused a petition challenging an age assessment, holding factual review and birth-date declarators were incompetent and refusing transfer to the Upper Tribunal.

  • Age assessment
  • Judicial review procedure
  • Competency of application
  • Transfer to upper tribunal
  • Children (scotland) act 1995
  • Immigration acts
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Administrative law [2011] ScotCS CSOH_98

TL, Re Application for Judicial Review of an Age Assessment

TL, Re Application for Judicial Review of an Age Assessment [2011] ScotCS CSOH_98 (07 June 2011)

The court refused an interim order to treat an asylum-seeking petitioner as a child, finding the order too broad and the balance of convenience against it.

  • Age assessment
  • Asylum seekers
  • Interim orders
  • Local authority duties
  • Child protection
  • Age-assessment
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