Education

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What is it like to work as an in-house solicitor in Higher Education? Sam McGinty reflects on the transition between local government and higher education and why he loves his job. Read more

NEWS

January 17, 2020

Ombudsman reminds councils of their foster carer school transport duties

Councils across England are being reminded about the financial support they must provide to foster carers’ school transport expenses following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman into Wolverhampton council.

January 17, 2020

Ombudsman issues further report after Medway council fails to implement Ombudsman's recommendations

The Local Government Ombudsman has issued a rare further report stating their recommendations were not implemented by Medway Council and the correct process to disagree with the recommendations was not followed.

January 16, 2020

Public sector focused barristers well represented in 2019 silk round

The appointment of 114 new Queen’s Counsel was announced today with a record number of successful BAME applicants and a significant number of Court of Protection and Child Protection Lawyers taking silk.

January 14, 2020

Council to undertake full audit of education provision, pay out £17,500 after Ombudsman finds multiple failures in SEN support

The London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames has agreed to carry out a full audit of its education provision and pay £17,500 to three families after the Local Government Ombudsman strongly criticised the council’s children’s service provider, Achieving for…

Jan 09, 2020

Campaigners threaten legal challenge over plan to move primary school to new site

Jan 06, 2020

Ministry to provide £165m funding for Troubled Families programme in 2020/21

Dec 31, 2019

Court of Appeal to hear challenge to changes to school transport policies

Dec 20, 2019

County council threatened with legal action in bid to have trans inclusion toolkit removed

Dec 18, 2019

Ex-legal director at equalities watchdog to join 11KBW

Dec 17, 2019

Judge orders council to fund five-day-a-week course for disabled young people

Dec 16, 2019

Council and governing body of school win appeal over carbon monoxide exposure

Dec 11, 2019

Supreme Court allows appeals by land-owning public bodies in dispute over statutory incompatibility and village green registration

Dec 09, 2019

University to set up £1m four-year legal services framework

Dec 05, 2019

School launches legal proceedings after receiving 'inadequate' rating from Ofsted

Dec 05, 2019

Supreme Court to hand down key ruling next week on village greens and land held by public bodies pursuant to statutory powers

Dec 05, 2019

Council forced to apply for retrospective planning permission for ground source heat pumps after thinking it was unnecessary

Dec 04, 2019

ICO consults on new draft guidance on Subject Access Requests under GDPR

Dec 04, 2019

ICO regulatory enforcement lawyer moves to St John’s Buildings

FEATURES AND ANALYSIS

January 10, 2020

Tackling unregistered schools

Ambiguities in the legislation present problems for local authorities seeking to deal with "illegal schools", write Alice Mennell and Graham Burns.

January 10, 2020

Neurodiversity in the workplace: hidden disabilities

Mark Radford looks at recent cases on hidden disabilities and outlines some steps employers can take when dealing with neuro-diverse employees.

January 10, 2020

Placement of looked after English children in Scotland

Justin Gray provides an analysis of the current law on placement of looked after English children in Scotland that will be of interest to child care lawyers and solicitors, including those acting for local authorities.

January 03, 2020

The Electronic Communications Code and interim rights

The Court of Appeal has recently given an important ruling on interim rights under the Electronic Communiciations Code. Jonathan Seitler QC explains the outcome.

December 20, 2019

Public authorities, statutory powers and village greens

Francis Taylor Building comments on a Supreme Court judgment on village greens that will prove hugely significant for landowning public bodies.

December 20, 2019

FGM protection orders and the asylum jurisdiction

Srishti Suresh analyses an important recent decision from the President of the Family Division on the relationship between the family courts and the immigration jurisdiction.

December 20, 2019

Strike out: When?

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently provided helpful pointers to practitioners on the relevant factors an Employment Tribunal should consider when entertaining an application to strike out, writes Gareth Price.

December 13, 2019

S.103A and concealed reasons

The Supreme Court has confirmed that a Tribunal may find that the reason for the dismissal is something other than that given to the employee by the decision-maker – even where that reason is genuinely held by the decision maker. Gareth Price reports.

High Court enforcement for Local Authorities

High Court enforcement services can be useful for local authorities in several circumstances. The Sheriff's Office outlines the main circumstances when local authorities may need to use enforcement services and the procedures they will need to follow when they do.
The legal world’s “perfect” solution to paper-based working that is anything but!

In the legal world PDFs are often seen as the ideal replacement for paper-based systems. But as many have discovered digital workflows underpinned by PDFs come with their own set of challenges.