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School successfully challenges council's alteration of an Education and Health Care Plan and naming of an unsuitable school

We take a look here at what was new in the key policy announcements made by Damian Hinds in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference.

These factors are having an immediate financial impact on some universities, who are directly losing income as a result of lower yearly student intakes.

Recent months have demanded significant flexibility from schools as part of the nation's covid-19 front line response

We were instructed by Daniel's mother, whose son had suffered hospital medical negligence.

Essay-writing services, known as essay mills, are to be made illegal under plans announced by the government on 5 October 2021.

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are now preparing for students and staff to safely return to campus in September.

How has the continued coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed the higher education landscape when considering student matters such as tuition fees, unconditional offers, and grades?

The UK government has launched a consultation on proposed reforms to Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS) provisions that would fundamentally alter how local authorities arrange education for children with special educational needs outside mainstream settings. These changes would eliminate current statutory protections and appeal rights, replacing them with a new framework centered...

It was, therefore, with high hopes that a few weeks ago I attended a newly-launched GDST alumnae law networking group.

Labour's budget boosts funding for schools with £1.8 billion for early years, £2.3 billion for schools, and £2 billion for infrastructure, but rising employer costs may strain budgets.

We look here at the DfE guidance, published today, on school funding for the exceptional costs associated with Covid-19.

How can students' unions make their voice heard?

When should a PTA seek charitable registration and what does that mean?...

Judicial review proceedings that started in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) of the Royal Courts of Justice earlier this week could impact on the way in which charity law operates in relation to fee-charging independent schools and potentially all fee charging charities.

The case involved securing a suitable special school for a child with special educational needs by challenging the local authority's decision to name an inappropriate mainstream school in her Education Health Care Plan.

MI5 has issued an urgent alert identifying over 100 UK academics who unknowingly contributed to Chinese state security research through the China General Technology Research Institute. Universities now face potential criminal liability under the National Security Act 2023 and export control regulations if they fail to conduct proper due diligence on research collaborations. In-house legal teams must immediately review existing partnerships and implement robust screening systems to identify high-risk foreign