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|  P v Schools Adjudicator & Ors (2006) | |
| David Wolfe and Tessa Hetherington appeared in this case concerning the schools adjudicator's decision to approve proposals to discontinue a maintained school in anticipation of the establishment of an Academy. |
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| R(S) and R(B) v City of Birmingham Independent Appeal Panel (2006) | |
| Helen Mountfield was counsel for the claimants in this case, which decided that reasons must be given by an Independent Appeal Panel if it upheld drug-related exclusions from school in application of local, in preference to national, policy. |
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| London Borough of Bromley v C (2006) | |
| Concerned liability of parents to prosecution when children do not attend school while on holiday without the authority of the school. |
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| R (Parents for Legal Action Ltd) v Northumberland County Council (2006) | |
| Judicial review relating to a major proposal to change the Council’s education system from three-tier (i.e. first, middle and high schools) to two-tier (i.e. primary and secondary schools). |
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| R (Begum) v Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School (2006) | |
| Cherie Booth QC and Eleni Mitrophanous appeared in this House of Lords concerning exclusion from school on the grounds of refusal to follow uniform requirements. |
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| R (L, a child) v J School Governors (2003) | |
| Cherie Booth QC appeared in this case concerning the meaning of reinstatement and the imposition of special teaching arrangements. The House of Lords considered whether the governors and the head teacher of the school were in breach of s.67 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 when they failed to reinstate L after an independent panel directed that he be reinstated. |
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| H v Hounslow (2004) | |
| David Wolfe appeared in this case about the nature of inclusion under section 316 of the Education Act 1996. The Court considered whether the legislation imposed a duty on the Local Education Authority to not just specify mainstream schooling as the type of schooling appropriate for the pupil, but to also name a particular school. |
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| R (W) v Blaenau Gwent Count (2003) | |
| David Wolfe appeared in this case concerning obligations in relation to the SEN Code of Practice for a pupil with dyslexia. The relevance of whether the child's needs could be met within the resources of a mainstream school was addressed. |
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| R (K) v London Borough of W (2003) | |
| David Wolfe appeared on in this case concerning the special education needs of a pupil with multiple learning difficulties. The Special Educations Needs and Disability Tribunal's decision was quashed for failure to understand key evidence. |
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| Ali v Lord Grey School (2004) | |
| Cherie Booth QC appeared in this Court of Appeal case concerning whether there had been a breach of Article 2 Protocol 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights where a pupil had been subjected to a period of unlawful exclusion. |
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