“A school where a pupil fell from a climbing wall and broke his heel during a PE lesson has been fined.”
BBC News, 10th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Manningtree High School fined over climbing wall fall – BBC News
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Case for legal clampdown on ‘chuggers’ compelling, say MPs – Daily Telegraph
“Charities should be forced to rein in the use of High Street fund-raisers known as ‘chuggers’ or face state regulation, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Top private school summoned by BSB over pupillage auction – The Lawyer
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has approached the head of Westminster School after it auctioned off a mini-pupillage in a bid to raise money for a new building.”
The Lawyer, 15th May 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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Alarape and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
Alarape and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-529/11); [2013] WLR (D) 168
“The parent of a child who had attained the age of majority and who had obtained access to education on the basis of article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 (as amended by Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC) could continue to have a derived right of residence under that article if the child remained in need of the presence and care of that parent in order to be able to continue and to complete his or her education, which was for the referring court to assess, taking into account all the circumstances of the case before it. Periods of residence in a host member state which were completed by family members of a Union citizen who were not nationals of a member state solely on the basis of article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 could not be taken into consideration for the purposes of acquisition by those family members of a right of permanent residence.”
WLR Daily, 8th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Headteacher under investigation by DfE over cronyism claims – Daily Telegraph
“A headteacher is under investigation following allegations of cheating at exams,
nepotism and cronyism at the primary school she runs.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Parental choice of mainstream education – Education Law Blog
“In Harrow Council v AM [2013] UKUT 0157 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal considered a local authority’s obligations where a parent chose mainstream education for a child with complex special educational needs. The decision also discusses two important procedural issues, namely when a First-tier Tribunal can rely on its own knowledge without seeking views from the parties and its powers on review.”
Education Law Blog, 6th May 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
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Tailoring the law on vicarious liability – Lord Hope of Craighead
Tailoring the law on vicarious liability (PDF)
Lecture by Lord Hope of Craighead
Lord Taylor Memorial Lecture, Inner Temple, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
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Doctor entitled to rely on GMC’s assurance that his Caribbean qualification would be acceptable in UK – UK Human Rights Blog
“The registration criteria for doctors trained abroad have been changed to respond to abuse by medical schools claiming false affiliations with the institutions listed in the WHO Directory. Although the 2006 rules effecting this change were lawful, the appellant had a legitimate expectation that he could rely on individual and specific assurances that he would be allowed to register on completion of his training.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 – 11 KBW
“The Schools Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act (“the Act”) was passed by the Assembly on 15 January 2013 and received its Royal Assent on 4 March 2013. The proposal to legislate was announced by the First Minister on 12 July 2011, when the legislative programme for the Welsh Government was set out, and a White Paper followed in October 2011. The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill was published in April 2012, along with an Explanatory Memorandum.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.11kbw.com
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Regina (Patel) v General Medical Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Patel) v General Medical Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1938; [2013] WLR (D) 128
“A professional medical body with responsibility for registering doctors was not entitled to defeat the legitimate expectation of registration of a British resident who had undertaken a long course of study by distance learning at an overseas university, relying on e-mail assurances from the defendant body that he would be entitled to register his medical qualification once awarded on completion of all the clinical requirements. The decision to refuse him registration because the criteria for accepting overseas qualifications had since changed could not stand.”
WLR Daily, 27th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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L-drivers face ‘minimum learning period’ in radical overhaul of driving test rules – The Independent
“A sweeping overhaul of driving test rules was announced today [25 March] by Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, in an attempt to reduce the number of young motorists killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads.”
The Independent, 25th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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‘Not good’: Ofsted gives a mixed verdict on education reforms in major setback for Michael Gove – The Independent
“Michael Gove’s flagship education project has been dealt an embarrassing blow after inspectors demanded that three of the new wave of ‘free schools’ must improve their teaching, leadership and pupil performance. In the first official verdict on the Education Secretary’s free schools programme, Ofsted inspectors have ruled that three of the first nine institutions to be examined are “not good” schools.”
The Independent, 17th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Inter-authority recoupment – Education Law Blog
“The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 have now been made and will come into force on 1 April 2013.”
Education Law Blog, 13th March 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
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Warning over ‘needless criminalisation’ of children in care – BBC News
“Children in care in England and Wales are being needlessly criminalised for ‘trivial incidents’, MPs have warned.”
BBC News, 14th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Regina ( WGGS Ltd trading as Western Governors Graduate School) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The UK Border Agency required colleges seeking highly trusted sponsor status to report all students who failed to enrol including those refused entry clearance or leave to remain. A refusal rate of 20% made proper allowance for unsuitable applicants who could not reasonably be weeded out by a college’s admissions staff.”
WLR Daily, 8th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Telling tales out of school: balancing public authority employees’ duties of confidentiality with their right to freedom of expression – Employment Law Blog
“A dinner lady told a child’s parents that their daughter had been tied to a fence and whipped with a skipping rope by some other pupils, repeated the same to the press and then was dismissed for breach of confidentiality and acting in a manner likely to bring the school into disrepute. An employment tribunal found the dismissal procedurally unfair but dismissed her whistleblowing claim and reduced her compensation for unfair dismissal on the grounds of Polkey and for contributory fault. The tribunal did not, however, determine the question of whether the claimant could lawfully be disciplined for ‘telling tales out of school’ (as it put it).”
Employment Law Blog, 27th February 2013
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt – WLR Daily
N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt (Case C-46/12); [2013] WLR (D) 77
“On the proper interpretation of articles 7(1) and 24(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38, a European Union citizen who pursued a course of study in a host member state whilst at the same time engaging in effective and genuine employment activities such as to confer on him the status of ‘worker’ within the meaning of article 45FEU of the FEU Treaty could not be refused maintenance aid for studies which was granted to the nationals of that member state.”
WLR Daily, 21st February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Should jurors have to take a literacy test? – The Guardian
“The judge in the Vicky Pryce trial last week dismissed the jury for ‘fundamental deficits in understanding’. Should jurors have to sit a test?”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Regina (Lewisham London Borough Council and others) v Assessment and Qualifications Alliance and others – WLR Daily
The court’s role in deciding a question of fundamental unfairness on a judicial review claim was supervisory. Only where a reasonable body could not fairly have acted as the defendants had did their conduct trespass into the area of conspicuous unfairness amounting to abuse of power.
WLR Daily, 13th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention – Ministry of Justice
“‘Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention’ describes the Government’s plans for placing high quality education at the centre of youth custody. Plans to reform youth custody will see young people appropriately punished while at the same time learning to take responsibility for their actions and gaining the skills and qualifications they need to lead productive, law-abiding lives. The paper invites views and outline proposals from a wide range of stakeholders and providers describing how they would implement our vision for Secure Colleges.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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