Publicly held land and village greens
The Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark judgment on use of publicly held land. Ashley Bowes, Jonathan Clay and Matthew Lewis consider the implications.
News headlines
Jun 11, 2018
City council faces judicial review over £5m SEND funding reduction
Bristol City Council has become the latest local authority to face a judicial review challenge over a decision to cut funding for special educational needs and disabilities.
May 24, 2018
Families apply for judicial review challenge to SEN policy of council
Law firm Irwin Mitchell has applied to take the London Borough of Hackney to judicial review on behalf of families granted legal aid to challenge its special educational needs policy.
May 24, 2018
Education regulator in Wales awards £1.7m contract to law firm
The Education Workforce Council in Wales has awarded a £1.7m contract to law firm Kingsley Napley to provide presenting officer services.
May 23, 2018
Judge criticises SEN Tribunal for Wales for refusal to accept case
A judge has made withering criticisms of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales, which he said had been wrong both to refuse to accept a case for appeal and to try to influence him as to its merits.
May 23, 2018
Council "did not have vires to lease part of common to pre-school nursery"
The London Borough of Wandsworth did not have the vires to lease premises situated on a common to a private pre-school operator, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Features and analysis
Costs in public law cases
Alexander Campbell analyses a recent Court of Appeal ruling on costs that has important lessons for local authorities conducting assessments.
Teachers and disclosure of relationships
The Supreme Court recently upheld the fairness of the dismissal of a head teacher, for non-disclosure of a relationship with a convicted sex offender. Phil Allen looks at the lessons from the judgment.
Reverter of school site
The heirs to a landowner who donated a site for a school more than 100 years ago recently claimed a substantial proportion of the proceeds of sale held by a council. James Goudie QC explains the outcome.
Fundamental dishonesty in PI claims
The High Court has provided the first authoritative guidance on the meaning of ‘fundamental dishonesty’ in the context of personal injury claims. Roger Jones and Martin Stockdale explain the ruling.
Older articles
Apr 26, 2018
Asylum-seeking A-level student wins first round in battle over right to study
A teenager barred from studying by the Home Office because of her immigration status has won the first round of a legal challenge.
Apr 25, 2018
More than 1,000 university students sign up to group claim over lost teaching time
More than 1,000 students in the UK have signed up to a group claim for breach of contract over lost teaching time against universities affected by industrial action, the law firm behind the scheme has said.
Apr 05, 2018
Parents and carers eye judicial review of changes to SEN funding by Hackney
A group of parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities in Hackney are crowd funding a potential legal challenge to the London borough’s plans to make changes to SEND funding.
Mar 29, 2018
Teachers and disclosure of relationships
The Supreme Court recently upheld the fairness of the dismissal of a head teacher, for non-disclosure of a relationship with a convicted sex offender. Phil Allen looks at the lessons from the judgment.
Mar 19, 2018
Bullying by judges should not be tolerated, says Chair of the Bar
Bullying of barristers and other lawyers by judges has no place in the courts, the Chair of the Bar, Andrew Walker QC, has said, after press reports highlighted the issue.
Mar 16, 2018
County faces legal action over £20m cut to services for disabled children
A group of families has threatened Surrey County Council with a judicial review challenge over its decision to cut its schools and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) budgets by £20m.
Mar 16, 2018
Reverter of school site
The heirs to a landowner who donated a site for a school more than 100 years ago recently claimed a substantial proportion of the proceeds of sale held by a council. James Goudie QC explains the outcome.
Mar 15, 2018
Head teacher fails in Supreme Court challenge to dismissal over failure to disclose
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by a head teacher who was sacked after she failed to disclose her friendship with a convicted sex offender to a local authority.
Mar 14, 2018
Court rejects claim against council brought by heirs of donor of school land
Oxfordshire County Council does not owe money to the heirs of someone who donated land more than 100 years ago to provide a school, a High Court judge has ruled.
Mar 14, 2018
University vows to robustly defend legal action over quality of degree course
Anglia Ruskin University has said it will robustly defend legal action brought by a former student over what she has said were misleading claims about the quality of teaching.
Mar 08, 2018
Supreme Court to rule next week on disclosure obligations of head teachers
The Supreme Court will next week (14 March) rule on the scope of a head teacher’s contractual obligation of disclosure and her right to a private life.
Mar 06, 2018
Parents criticised for approach to Equality Act in case over education of daughter
A judge has criticised two parents for their use of the Equality Act 2010 in a series of legal cases brought over their daughter’s education.
Feb 21, 2018
Litigants in person must get familiar with rules, practice directions: Supreme Court
Unless civil procedure rules and practice directions are “particularly inaccessible or obscure”, it is reasonable to expect a litigant in person to familiarise himself with those which apply to any step he is about to take, the Supreme Court has…
Feb 16, 2018
DfE faces legal action over collection of data of children in ‘alternative provision’
The Department for Education is facing a legal challenge over its decision to instruct local authorities to provide data on children who have been moved out of the mainstream school system.
Feb 07, 2018
Campaigners to crowd fund legal action over conversion of school to academy
Campaigners against the conversion of a Newham primary school to academy status have launched a crowdfunding page to try to raise the money needed to take the dispute to judicial review.
Feb 06, 2018
Legal Aid Agency cancels procurement of education and discrimination services
The Legal Aid Agency has cancelled its procurement process for CLA (Civil Legal Advice) education and discrimination services from 1 September 2018.
Feb 02, 2018
Fundamental dishonesty in PI claims
The High Court has provided the first authoritative guidance on the meaning of ‘fundamental dishonesty’ in the context of personal injury claims. Roger Jones and Martin Stockdale explain the ruling.
Jan 24, 2018
Council defends decision that education, health and care plan not necessary
The Upper Tribunal has dismissed an appeal that claimed Birmingham City Council had been wrong on three grounds when it decided an education, health and care (EHC) plan was not necessary for a 10-year-old child.
Jan 17, 2018
Council to be prosecuted following death of school pupil
The Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute Bridgend County Borough Council following the death of Ashley Talbot, a pupil at Maesteg Comprehensive School, on 10 December 2014.
Jan 04, 2018
Compliance with the cost budgeting process
The High Court has sent a firm message to litigants who seek to take advantage of the courts' hard-line stance on the cost budgeting process, writes Laura Murray.
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