S (A Child)

Lord Justice Longmore: 1. Well, all parties have had very little notice of this application, including the court. We have had to make a decision in very short order. We do not think it is appropriate for us to give permission to appeal at this stage but we do consider that there is at least some prospect of permission to appeal being granted in due course by this court. Since we do consider there is at least that prospect, we then further consider today that we should hold the ring, so to speak, pending that further decision of the court; and it must therefore follow that S should be permitted to sit the examination for Cheltenham Ladies College tomorrow or Thursday and Friday, and we say that because, without such an order being made, any appeal, if permission were eventually to be granted, would be frustrated and we think that would at this stage be inappropriate. Order: Application adjourned.