G, Re Application for Judicial Review

(Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited, 190 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7421 4040, Fax No: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)

Michael Supperstone Q.C. and H. Harrop-Griffiths (instructed by London Borough of Barnet for the Appellant) John Howell Q .C. and Stephen Knafler (instructed by Messrs Bindman & Partners for the Respondent) ____________________

She has given as a reason for wanting to come to this country that she is searching for B's father who she says she believes is in this country. Following enquiries the defendant has doubts that she is telling the truth about this. There is evidence from Holland that she does not know who the father is. It was accepted by Mr Knafler, for the purposes of argument, that the local authority was reasonably entitled to reach the conclusion that it did about this suggested reason for coming to this country."

Those concessions are similarly made by Mr Howell Q.C. for the purposes of this appeal.

"I am writing to confirm the outcome of your office visit on Wednesday, 4th October 2000 and to give you seven days' notice of our decision to end your support and accommodation.