The Upper Tribunal has provided guidance on how the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal should approach expert evidence when there is conflicting advice. The guidance for how expert evidence should be considered by the Special...
Today the decision of Re: D (A Child ; deprivation of liberty) has been published. This case is relevant for all children under 16 in residential school placements. Background f The child (D) in this case has complex special...
The most recent big development in special educational needs is R (L & P) v Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board . This was a Judicial Review of, among other things, the Local Offer prepared by Warwickshire. ...
The Upper Tribunal has issued a judgement explaining the definition of “Disability”. It particularly focuses on cases where a person reacts in a violent manner as a direct result of an underlying condition (such as Autism or ADHD). The case...
Today there is significant press interest in the ruling of the European Court which was asked to make a decision about whether obesity was a disability. The case revolved around a 25 stone Danish child minder who was sacked because he was too large to be...
On 29 October 2014 the Court of Appeal gave a decision in what started life as a Judicial Review application. The case is R(ER) v Local Government Ombudsman and Hillingdon LB. The very clearly written judgement can be found here . Who is this...
This case concerned the Local Authority’s appeal against the First Tier Tribunal’s decision to allow the parents’ appeal against the Local Authority’s refusal to issue a statement of SEN. A, was a seven year old...
The case concerns a nine year old boy who was asked to leave a mainstream voluntary aided primary school because staff ‘could not cope’ with his disabilities. His parents have appealed the outcome of the decision of the ...
