Education Law Notes – Term 4 2021

Despite the many months most of us have spent in lockdown this year, the courts throughout Australia have been active. In this issue of the Notes, we consider two Victorian cases: one which considered whether a school could be vicariously liable for the abuse perpetrated by someone who was not an employee; the other involved an enrolment dispute with the parents alleging the school was in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

Another case involving a breach of the Australian Consumer Law for using misleading marketing tactics to attract students arose in NSW.

Finally, the first significant challenge to the ATO's Tax Ruling on school building funds played out in Western Australia.