“A group of English local authorities are mounting a legal challenge against government budget cuts tied to its academies expansion programme.”
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BBC News, 3rd May 2011
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Councils mount legal challenge over academies cuts – BBC News
Published May 4, 2011 budgets , education , judicial review , local government , news Leave a CommentPublic will be ‘barred’ from justice in legal aid reform, warn lawyer group – Daily Telegraph
Published April 26, 2011 education , hospitals , judicial review , legal aid , local government , news Leave a Comment“The public will be effectively barred from fighting incompetent doctors and councils in the courts under plans to cut legal aid, the body representing lawyers warned yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Parent Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School) v Archbishop of Westminster and another – WLR Daily
Published April 21, 2011 appeals , education , law reports Leave a Comment“The Archbishop of Westminster had an unfettered discretion to appoint who he wished as a foundation governor of a Roman Catholic school in his diocese provided the School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2007 were complied with, and that included appointing his diocesan director of education as a governor at the school. The requirement in regulation 18 that two of the foundation governors should at the time of their appointment be eligible for election or appointment as parent governors was fulfilled by the presence on the existing governing body of two foundation governors who had been so eligible when they were appointed.”
WLR Daily, 14th April 2011
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Judge attacks ‘deplorable’ row over top Catholic school – Daily Telegraph
Published April 15, 2011 education , judicial review , news , school admissions Leave a Comment“A judge today condemned a ‘deplorable’ legal dispute between church leaders and parents over control of a top Roman Catholic comprehensive.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government outlines overhaul of student visas – UK Border Agency
Published March 23, 2011 education , immigration , news , visas Leave a Comment“Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work entitlements and the closure of the post-study work route are among the changes to the student visa system announced today by Home Secretary Theresa May.”
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UK Border Agency, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Regina (RO) v East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Secretary of State for Education intervening) – WLR Daily
Published March 3, 2011 appeals , education , law reports , local government , special educational needs Leave a Comment“A child’s status as a ‘looked after child’ for the purposes of the Children Act 1989 did not come to an end when the local authority, by virtue of a statement of special educational needs under the Education Act 1996, arranged for him to be accommodated at a residential school.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is remoced.
