‘The Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber has ordered that a reconstituted panel of the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) should hear a dispute between the London Borough of Croydon and the parents of Child G over which school he should attend.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge to the Education Secretary’s decisions to reduce the obligations on local authorities to make statutory educational and health care provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in England during the pandemic.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Worcestershire County Council has lost an Upper Tribunal case over which school a child with special educational needs should attend.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th July 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The family of a child with Down’s Syndrome has been awarded compensation after a primary school sent a letter to parents detailing her violent behaviour and disability.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th May 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘At least 5,000 children seeking special educational needs support (Send) are to have their cases reviewed after a London council landed a stinging rebuke from the local government ombudsman. Concerns about “systemic failures” in Richmond’s Send department prompted the watchdog to take the highly unusual step of ordering the full-scale audit.’
BBC News, 17th January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Winter edition of 39 Essex Chambers’ Education Newsletter is now available.’
39 Essex Chambers, November 2019
Source: www.39essex.com
‘John Roberts reports on a successful result obtained by a local authority in the Special Educational Needs Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Three families who challenged the government over its approach to special needs and disability (Send) funding have lost their case at the High Court.’
BBC News, 7th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Breaches of children’s legal right to have special educational needs support have reached unprecedented levels, says an official complaints body. England’s local government ombudsman said not only had there been a spike in complaints, but nine out of 10 of them were upheld in 2018-19.’
BBC News, 4th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Law firm Leigh Day has said that it has won a five-figure sum in compensation for a survivor of abuse at Swaylands School.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The mother of a severely autistic man is taking legal action after a BBC film showing him learning to shop was used to assess him for a college placement.’
BBC News, 12th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A key aim of the SEND (special educational needs and disability) reforms introduced in England five years ago – to make the system feel less adversarial for parents – has not been achieved in relation to children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), it has been claimed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd September 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Parents shocked by the sudden closure of a residential unit at a special needs school in Bristol, which resulted in children with severe and complex learning difficulties having to move out, have won legal aid funding to investigate a possible challenge to the lawfulness of the decision.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Leicestershire County Council has defeated a High Court challenge brought by a 17-year-old, severely disabled girl over proposed changes to its school transport policies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected claims that Hackney Council’s policies on Special Educational Needs and Disability, including a reduction in its expenditure on SEND, were unlawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Wiltshire Council has agreed to withdraw its decision to approve the closure of three special schools and a related notice regarding the opening of a new special school, following legal action from a group of families.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has granted three families permission to bring a judicial review challenge over the Government’s special education needs (“SEND”) funding policy.’
Local Government Lawyer, March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Children taught at home should be recorded on a compulsory register, England’s children’s commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 4th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised Norfolk County Council over its provision for children with special education needs after upholding 11 complaints in two years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The local government ombudsman has reprimanded a local authority over its provision for children with special educational needs after upholding 11 complaints against the council over the last two years.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
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