Judge allows Oxford graduate’s £1m high court battle to proceed – The Guardian
‘A graduate has won a round in his £1m legal battle over his failure to get a first from Oxford University.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: education
Is gender segregation in education discriminatory? – Cloisters
‘Rachel Barrett and Chris Milsom discuss the recent case of Interim Executive Board of X School v Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills [2016] EWHC 2813 (Admin) in this blog.’
Cloisters, 10th November 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
Ofsted wrong to penalise Islamic school over gender segregation, court rules – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has ruled that Ofsted inspectors were wrong to penalise an Islamic faith school because of their “erroneous” view that segregation of boys and girls amounted to unlawful discrimination.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer rebuked for gloating at ‘win’ over parents seeking special needs support – The Guardian
‘he lawyer who sent a series of tweets gloating at a tribunal victory over parents who were trying to get specialist support for an autistic child has been given an official rebuke by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal challenge for IHAT Iraq abuse troops ‘hung out to dry’ – Daily Telegraph
‘The Ministry of Defence’s failure to train troops to handle Iraqi captives led to veterans being “hung out to dry” over alleged abuses, a law firm has said as troops began a legal challenge over their treatment.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Education bill scrapped after series of reversals – The Guardian
‘The government has said it is dropping the education bill unveiled in this year’s Queen’s speech, abandoning several proposals that had proved to be unpopular. However, it said it would press ahead with plans for more grammar schools.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stop and search: Police training aims to raise standards – BBC News
‘New standards and training for police officers using stop and search are to be rolled out across England and Wales.’
BBC News, 27th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council wins appeal over commercial interests exemption and schools services – Local Government Lawyer
‘A borough council has won an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal against a decision notice of the Information Commissioner requiring disclosure of information relating to payroll and pension services provided by the authority to schools.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Why the Higher Education and Research Bill must be amended – The Guardian
‘The Higher Education and Research Bill has to be amended before it undermines the autonomy and vitality of our universities and the UK research base.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Vulnerable children left at risk by ‘horrifying’ state of social services, government watchdog finds – The Independent
‘Vulnerable children are being left at risk of harm due to the dire state of social services, a report from the Government’s spending watchdog has found.’
The Independent, 11th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Safeguarding education (Pt 1) – New Law Journal
‘In the first of a special series of articles, John Ford shares his concerns about the future of the education system.’
New Law Journal, 15th September 2016
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Education Law Changes And How Human Rights Can Keep The Government In Check – RightsInfo
‘The new Secretary of State for Education has recently announced a new government proposal to abolish the ban on opening new grammar schools. This proposal could ultimately be ultimately be challenged in the courts. How could the government make sure it is complying with its human rights obligations in future proposals?’
RightsInfo, 14th September 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
Theresa May to end ban on new grammar schools – Daily Telegraph
‘Theresa May will set aside decades of cross-party consensus in education policy by ending the ban on the creation of new grammar schools and attempt to head off critics by proposing measures intended to prevent poorer children losing out.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Why a Tribunal has mis-applied human rights law in closing an independent religious school – Education Blog
‘In a very recent appeal against a decision to deregister a school whose curriculum centred around the Muslim faith, the First Tier Tribunal has attempted to apply Article 9. It appears, however, to have got it wrong.’
Education Blog, 25th August 2016
Source: www.education11kbw.com
High Court quashes school closure decision over consultation flaws – Local Government Lawyer
‘Denbighshire County Council mishandled its consultation on closing a Welsh language school, the High Court has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th August 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Father sues £28k-a-year boarding school after son passes just one GCSE exam – Daily Telegraph
‘A father is suing a private school for the £125,000 he paid for his son’s education after the teenager left with just one GCSE.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rise in child sexual abuse cases threatens other policing, warns chair of commissioners – The Guardian
‘Police struggling to cope with a huge escalation in the number of child sexual exploitation cases fear it “may grow to threaten other aspects of effective policing”, the new chair of police commissioners has warned.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Part 1: the Prevent Duty for Universities – Cloisters
‘In this article I deal with the basics of the legal framework for the Prevent Duty. The simplest way of thinking about the Prevent Duty is visualisation. Imagining that you are the character at which Dirty Harry is pointing his gun in that film while uttering the words: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “do I feel lucky?”… Well do you punk?” The government has attempted to shift the publicity and legal risks from itself to the universities by use of the Prevent Duty. On the face of it universities have a dilemma: how to have due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism, whilst taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure free speech and academic freedom.’
Cloisters, 26th July 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
Police watchdog to investigate response to hate crime reports – The Guardian
‘Police watchdogs will assess the response to hate crime following a surge in reported incidents after the EU referendum.’
The Guardian, 26th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
