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The Governing Body of School T v AA & Anor

Upper Tribunal appeal on disability discrimination in education. The tribunal set aside the First-tier Tribunal’s decision, finding errors on continuing act limitation and proportionality analysis.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Time limits for discrimination claims
  • Objective justification under equality act
  • Remittal of tribunal decisions
  • Disability-discrimination-in-education
  • Equality-act-2010
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Education law

Bedfordshire County Council v Dixon-Wilkinson

The Court of Appeal dismissed Bedfordshire’s appeal and remitted a disabled pupil transport discrimination claim for rehearing before a fresh tribunal.

  • Reasonable adjustments for disabled pupils
  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Statutory interpretation of education act 1996 and disability discrimination act 1995
  • Education-law
  • Disability-discrimination
  • Reasonable-adjustments
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Education law [2008] EWHC 389 (Admin)

X School v SP & Anor

X School v SP & Anor [2008] EWHC 389 (Admin) (03 March 2008)

High Court appeal over school exclusions of a pupil with ADHD. The court upheld findings of unlawful disability discrimination and the Tribunal’s remedies.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • School exclusions
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Remedies in discrimination cases
  • Disability-discrimination
  • School-exclusions
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Education law

X School v SP & Anor

The High Court dismissed X School’s appeal against a tribunal finding that fixed-term exclusions of a pupil with ADHD were discriminatory and unjustified.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • School exclusions
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Remedies in discrimination cases
  • Disability-discrimination
  • School-exclusions
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Administrative law [2008] EWHC 390 (Admin)

N, (a minor), R (on the application of) v The Independent Appeal Panel of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

N, (a minor), R (on the application of) v The Independent Appeal Panel of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham [2008] EWHC 390 (Admin) (03 March 2008)

Judicial review of a permanent school exclusion. The High Court held the appeal panel was not required to consider an earlier tribunal decision about different exclusions.

  • Judicial review of school exclusion
  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Obligation to consider prior tribunal decisions
  • Permanent exclusion of disabled pupil
  • Judicial-review
  • School-exclusion
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Education law [2007] EWCA Civ 165

K v The School & Anor

K v The School & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 165 (06 March 2007)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a discrimination appeal by a pupil’s mother over a school’s refusal to clean and change him after bowel accidents, citing justification and health and safety.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Special educational needs (sen)
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Health and safety in schools
  • Justification defence
  • Comparators in discrimination law
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Education law

K v The School & Anor

The Court of Appeal dismissed a mother’s discrimination appeal over a disabled pupil’s toileting care at school, holding the school was justified by health and safety concerns.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Special educational needs
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Health and safety in schools
  • Disability-discrimination-in-education
  • Special-educational-needs
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Education law [2006] EWHC 1468 (Admin)

Olchfa Comprehensive School v IE & Ors

Olchfa Comprehensive School v IE & Ors [2006] EWHC 1468 (Admin) (22 June 2006)

High Court appeal about whether a school unlawfully discriminated against a pupil with a disability by excluding him, and whether the tribunal applied section 28B(8) correctly.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Exclusion of disabled pupils
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Knowledge of disability
  • Remedies for discrimination
  • Disability-discrimination-in-education
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Education law

F Primary School v T & Ors

High Court dismissed a school’s appeal against a SEND Tribunal finding of unlawful disability discrimination in two exclusions of a disabled pupil.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • School exclusions
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Appeal on point of law
  • Disability-discrimination-in-education
  • School-exclusions
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Education law [2006] EWHC 1250 (Admin)

F Primary School v T & Ors

F Primary School v T & Ors [2006] EWHC 1250 (Admin) (17 May 2006)

The High Court dismissed a school’s statutory appeal against a tribunal finding of unlawful disability discrimination in excluding a pupil twice.

  • Disability discrimination in education
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Exclusion of disabled pupils
  • Tribunal appeals
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Disability-discrimination
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