England and Wales Case Law

Marcia Janice Steele v Ofsted

The evidence demonstrates grave concerns about the appellant's judgment and ability to safeguard children, particularly her failure to prevent children being present during a scheduled eviction and her actions to delay enforcement using children. The threshold for suspension under regulation 9 is met, and the suspension decision is necessary, justified, and proportionate pending further investigation.

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• Suspension of registration
• Risk assessment
• Proportionality
• Public interest
• Safeguarding children

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Adam Lillystone v Bradgate Education Partnership

The Respondent owed no duty to the Appellant under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 because the risks of climbing the gate were obvious and willingly accepted, and the danger was not due to the state of the premises but the act of climbing. Alternatively, the Appellant was a trespasser when climbing the gate and no duty was owed under the 1984 Act as the Respondent had no knowledge of the burr and could not reasonably be expected to protect against the risk. Even if a duty was owed, the Respondent had adequate measures for ball retrieval. The cause of injury was the Appellant's own choice to…

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• Occupiers liability act 1957
• Occupiers liability act 1984
• Negligence
• Duty of care
• Risk assessment
• Trespass

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GBK & Anor v Ceredigion County Council

GBK & Anor v Ceredigion County Council [2026] EWHC 1213 (Admin) (20 May 2026)

On an oral renewal for judicial review, the High Court refused permission over a council wet-room adaptation dispute and found no arguable public law flaw.

• Judicial review
• Local authority duties
• Care and support plans
• Carer's assessment
• Risk assessment
• Social services and well-being (wales) act 2014

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GBK & Anor v Ceredigion County Council

Permission for judicial review was refused in a challenge to a local authority risk assessment about whether a toilet should remain in an adapted wet room.

• Judicial review
• Local authority duties
• Care and support plans
• Carer's assessment
• Risk assessment
• Disability adaptations

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B v Ofsted

Appeal dismissed. The Tribunal upheld Ofsted’s cancellation of a childminder’s registration after repeated failures to notify significant events and assess safeguarding risk.

• Cancellation of registration
• Suitability of childminder
• Notification of significant events
• Risk assessment
• Proportionality
• Disability discrimination

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AB v BB

Family court judgment on child arrangements after findings that the father repeatedly viewed prohibited child sexual abuse images, with differing contact orders for each child.

• Child arrangements
• Risk assessment
• Contact orders
• Child sexual abuse imagery
• Expert evidence
• Welfare checklist

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AB v BB

AB v BB [2026] EWFC 111 (B) (07 May 2026)

Family court case about child arrangements where the father’s repeated viewing of prohibited child sexual abuse imagery led to supervised contact for DB and gradual unsupervised contact for CB.

• Child arrangements
• Contact orders
• Risk assessment
• Child sexual abuse material
• Expert evidence
• Welfare checklist

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Bernard, Application for Reconsideration

Bernard, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 90 (28 April 2026)

The Parole Board refused Bernard’s application for reconsideration, finding no irrationality, procedural unfairness, or error of law in the panel’s refusal to direct release.

• Parole
• Procedural fairness
• Irrationality
• Error of law
• Risk assessment
• Reconsideration

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Hodgson, Application for Reconsideration

Hodgson, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 88 (28 April 2026)

The Parole Board refused Hodgson’s application to reconsider a decision not to direct release, finding no irrationality, error of law, or material factual error.

• Parole
• Reconsideration
• Irrationality
• Error of law
• Domestic violence
• Risk assessment

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Kuabaib, Application for Reconsideration

Kuabaib, Application for Reconsideration [2026] PBRA 81 (27 April 2026)

The Parole Board refused reconsideration of a decision not to release Khubaib, holding the panel’s reasons were adequate and the risk assessment was rational.

• Parole board reconsideration
• Irrationality
• Procedural fairness
• Risk assessment
• Release test
• Parole-board-reconsideration

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