R (CJ by his litigation friend ) v Cardiff City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 159

Appeal concerning the burden of proof to be applied when assessing the age of an applicant for the purpose of determining a local authority's duties to him or her under the Children Act 1989. Held, dismissing the applicant's appeal, that it was for the court to decide whether, on a balance of probability, the claimant was or was not, at the material time, a child.