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Mother loses fight to home-school disabled son – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 13th, 2013 in appeals, disabled persons, education, interpretation, local government, mental health, news by sally

“A mother has lost her legal battle to be allowed to teach her disabled son at home after a senior judge ruled that he had to live 100 miles away to receive specialist education.”

Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Decision to cut youth services by 70% was unlawful, says Court of Appeal – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 8th, 2013 in appeals, education, equality, local government, news, young persons by sally

“A council acted unlawfully in 2012 when it cut youth services by more than 70% over a three-year period, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”

Local Government Lawyer, 7th November 2013

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

R ota Nfuni v Solihull MBC [2013] EWHC 3155 – Education Law Blog

Posted November 7th, 2013 in asylum, children, education, immigration, local government, news, universities by sally

“In this case the claimant was a failed asylum seeker. She had arrived in the UK at the age of 16. When she turned 18, the local authority continued to support her accommodation and education under section 23C of the Children Act 1989. This imposes after-care duties towards ‘former relevant children’, including by subsection (4) financial assistance in connection with education or training ‘to the extent that [her] welfare and [her] educational or training needs require it’. ”

Education Law Blog, 27th October 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Woodland (Appellant) v Essex County Council (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Posted October 25th, 2013 in appeals, contracting out, education, health & safety, law reports, local government, negligence, Supreme Court by sally

Woodland (Appellant) v Essex County Council (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 66 | UKSC 2012/0093 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 23rd October 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 25th, 2013 in appeals, contracting out, duty of care, education, health & safety, law reports, local government, negligence, Supreme Court by sally

Woodland v Swimming Teachers Association and others [2013] UKSC 66; [2013] WLR (D) 403

“The essential feature of a non-delegable duty of reasonable care was that a defendant had control over a vulnerable claimant for the purpose of performing a function for which the defendant had assumed responsibility.”

WLR Daily, 23rd October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

The Supreme Court ruling in Woodland v Essex County Council: the reaction – Local Government Lawyer

Posted October 25th, 2013 in appeals, contracting out, duty of care, education, health & safety, local government, negligence, news, Supreme Court by sally

“The relationship between public bodies and independent contractors has been thrown into sharp relief by yesterday’s Supreme Court judgment in the Woodland case. Local Government Lawyer looks at the reaction to the ruling.”

Local Government Lawyer, 24th October 2013

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Judges rule schools not ‘hazard-free zones’ after mother tries to sue – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 17th, 2013 in appeals, children, education, news, personal injuries by sally

“Judges ruled that schools should not have to ‘to safeguard children against harm in all circumstances’ after a boy injured himself on a water fountain.”

Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Opening a Free School – 11 KBW

Posted October 15th, 2013 in education, news by sally

“Free Schools were introduced following the election of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2010. The first 24 Free Schools opened in September 2011, and prior to September 2013 there were 81 Free Schools in total. A further 109 were due to open in September 2013 (taking the total to 190), and the Secretary of State for Education has approved a further 102 to open from September 2014.”

11 KBW, 15th October 2013

Source: www.11kbw.com

Charity chiefs back ‘once-in-a-generation’ change to fostering law – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 9th, 2013 in bills, charities, children, education, fostering, local government, news, statistics by sally

“An alliance of 40 charity chiefs and experts is today urging members of the Lords to seize a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to change the law to give young people in foster care the same start in adult life as their peers.”

Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Normal concerned parent” or “distinctly troublesome”? – Education Law Blog

Posted October 7th, 2013 in contracts, education, news, parental responsibility, professional conduct, school children by sally

“T v Hall Schools of Wimbledon LLP [2013] EWHC 2728 (QB) concerned a breach of contract claim against an independent school, but various observations about what amounts to unacceptable behaviour by parents are likely to be of general interest and may well be applicable more widely.”

Education Law Blog, 4th October 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Howell’s School, Denbigh: Dismissed Bernie Routledge awarded £217,000 – BBC News

Posted September 11th, 2013 in compensation, education, employment tribunals, news, unfair dismissal by sally

“A former head teacher of a private girls’ school in Denbighshire has been awarded £216,898 for unfair dismissal.”

BBC News, 11th September 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

New term, new approach to social care costs in SEN appeals – Education Law Blog

Posted September 2nd, 2013 in budgets, education, local government, news, special educational needs, tribunals by sally

“We’re back to school with a bang with the decision of the Upper Tribunal in WH v Warrington BC [2013] UKUT 0391 (AAC) where Judge Williams declined to follow O v Lewisham [2007] EWHC 2130 (Admin) and instead held that the only relevant “public expenditure” for the purposes of section 9 of the Education Act 1996 is that which comes out of the local authority’s education budget.”

Education Law Blog, 1st September 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Schools accused of reviving section 28 in sex education policies – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2013 in Christianity, education, homosexuality, news by sally

“Ministers have ordered an immediate investigation into evidence suggesting schools have been enforcing a bitterly controversial rule banning the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality, 10 years after it was abolished.”

Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Teach children about risks of Twitter at school, Attorney General says – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 9th, 2013 in attorney general, education, internet, legal education, news, publishing by sally

“Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.”

Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The duty to give former looked after children assistance with education – Education Law Blog

Posted August 5th, 2013 in appeals, children, education, local government, news, statutory duty, universities by sally

“I posted back in February about the High Court’s decision in R (Kebede) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWHC 355 (Admin) that local authorities have a duty (and not a discretion) to make a grant in relation to educational expenses and that this could include a grant for tuition fees.”

Education Law Blog, 4th August 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com

Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2013 in appeals, children, education, law reports, local government, universities by sally

Regina (Kebede and another) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960; [2013] WLR (D) 322

“A local authority had a duty to a former relevant child going on to higher education to make a grant to meet expenses connected with his education, including the major expense of tuition fees.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina (New London College Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Migrants’ Rights Network and another intervening); Regina (West London Vocational Training College) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted July 23rd, 2013 in appeals, education, immigration, law reports, service, sponsored immigrants, Supreme Court by sally

Regina (New London College Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Migrants’ Rights Network and another intervening): Regina (West London Vocational Training College) v Same: [2013] UKSC 51; [2013] WLR (D) 294

“The requirement, laid down under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971, that rules affecting immigrants be laid before Parliament before they became lawful applied to rules which a migrant had to fulfil as a condition of his obtaining leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and did not apply to rules which an educational establishment had to fulfil before it was entitled to sponsor students from outside the European Economic Area.”

WLR Daily, 17th July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

School Governance – Education Law Blog

Posted July 18th, 2013 in education, news, regulations, reports by sally

“There are two recent developments on this front.”

Education Law Blog, 17th July 2013

Source: www.education11kbw.com

R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); R (on the application of West London Vocational Training College) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) – Supreme Court

Posted July 17th, 2013 in appeals, education, immigration, law reports, licensing, service, sponsored immigrants, Supreme Court by sally

R (on the application of New London College Limited) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent); R (on the application of West London Vocational Training College) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2013] UKSC 51 UKSC 2012/0060 (YouTube)

Supreme Court, 17th July 2013

Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt

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