Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 1353 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2023-LON-001792
AC-2023-LON-001997
AC-2023-LON-002048
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 05/06/2024
Before:
MR JUSTICE CHAMBERLAIN
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Between :
THE KING
on the application of
ECPAT UK (Every Child
Protected Against Trafficking) Claimant
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KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
-and-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME
DEPARTMENT
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THE KING
on the application of
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
-and-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME
DEPARTMENT
-and-
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL
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THE KING
on the application of
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL
Defendant
Interested
Party
Claimant
Defendant
Interested
Party
Claimant
-and-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME
DEPARTMENT
-and-
(1) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION
(2) KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
Defendant
Interested
Parties
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Ms Luh and Ms Benfield (instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) for ECPAT UK
Ms Harrison KC and Mr Persey (instructed by Bhatt Murphy Solicitors) for Brighton and
Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council
Mr Southey KC and Ms Hannett KC and Mr Suterwalla (instructed by Bevan Brittan LLP)
for Kent County Council
Ms Clement KC, Mr Anderson and Mr Cisneros (instructed by Government Legal
Department) for the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for
Education
Hearing date: 14 March 2024
Post-judgment written submissions: 27 March and 5, 12, 24 and 30 April 2024
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Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.00am on 5 June 2024 by circulation to the
parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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MR JUSTICE CHAMBERLAIN
