Children, Education | Monday 31 October 2016

Guidance laid down on approach of SEN Tribunal to dispute over parental preference for named school in statement

S-G v Denbighshire County Council, (B) (SEN) [2016] UKUT 0460 (AACC), 6 October 2016 Guidance is given by the Upper Tribunal to Special Educational Needs Tribunals on dealing with cases where parents cannot agree on the maintained school to be specifie

Desmond Rutledge

Welfare benefits | Sunday 30 October 2016

Guardianship Order did not have the effect that a sister became a direct descendant of her brother under Directive 2004/38/EC

In MS v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS) [2016] UKUT 348 (AAC), 21 July 2016 the Upper Tribunal held that guardianship between a brother and a sister did not create a parental relationship.

Children, Migrant support | Monday 31 October 2016

Section 95 asylum support rates held lawful and rational

R (SG and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening [2016] EWHC 2639 (Admin) (Flaux J), 24 October 2016 Three conjoined claims for judicial review challenged decisions by the Secretary of St

Maria Moodie

Education | Monday 3 October 2016

Article 9 ECHR proportionality assessment in the context of removal from the register of Independent Education Institutions in England

Cityside Primary Trust v Secretary of State for Education [2016] 2600.INS, 6 August 2016 Cityside Primary Trust appealed against the decision of the Secretary of State to remove Ayasofia Primary School from the register of Independent Education Instit

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