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David Wolfe
Notable Cases
--> Re Wyatt (a child) (2006)
--> 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.
--> Edwards & Anor v Environment Agency, FSS & SSEFRA (2006)
Tessa Hetherington and David Wolfe appeared in this case concerning environmental impact assessments, the pollution prevention and control regime and the common law duty of fairness.
--> DRC Inquiry into Equal Treatment (2005)
Over the next three months an Inquiry Panel – chaired by David Wolfe, chaired a three month Inquiry Panel on how GPs and other primary care services are tackling the health crisis facing people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.
--> Wyatt v Portsmouth NHS Trust (2005)
David acts for the parents of 'baby charlotte' in ongoing 'best interests' proceedings about whether she should be ventilated or allowed to die if she needs ventilation.
--> R (Burke) v General Medical Council (2005)
David acted for the Disability Rights Commission, which intervened in the challenge to the legality of the GMC's guidance on witholding/ cessation of life saving treatment.
--> R (Gregan) v Hartlepool Borough Council (2003)
David acted for Friends of the Earth and local reisdents challenging authorisations to dispose of US naval ships (the 'ghost ships') in Hartlepool.
--> R (MH) v Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (2004)
David acted for parents who wanted their child with special educational needs 'included' in a mainstream school in this landmark case on the meaning and effect of the 'new' section inclusion duty under section 316 of the Education Act 1996.
--> BACONGO v Department of the Environment (No 2) (2004)
David acted for a Belizean NGO in this Privy Council appeal challenging the Environmental Impact Assessment and the permission given to build a dam in the Belizean rain forest.
--> R (Blewett) v Derbyshire County Council (2004)
David acted for a local resident establishing that a local authority considering whether to grant permission for a landfill must consider whether the landfill is the Best Practicable Environmental Option for dealing with the waste stream involved.
--> Campbell v GMC (2005)
David acted for the parent of a child who had complained to the GMC about the doctor who had treated her child. The Court of Appeal held that the GMC acted unlawfully in taking into account matters of purely personal mitigation in deciding whether the doctor was guilt of Serious Professional Misconduct.
Specialist Practice Areas
Education Law
Environmental Law
Human Rights
Public Law
Mental Health Law
Local Government Law
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