R (on the application of the Transport and General Workers Union and another) v Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2001] All ER (D) 85 (Jun)
Court:	Administrative Court
Judge:	Harrison J
Representation	Nigel Giffon (instructed by Patterson Brewer) for the claimants.
	Clive Lewis (instructed by Stuart Portman) for the defendant authority.
Judgment Dates:	12 June 2001

Catchwords

Local authority - Contract - Award of catering contract - Authority awarding contract to outside catering - Authority's committee excluding parent governors from voting on award of contract - Employee of council catering service and trade union challenging decision - Whether authority erring in excluding parent governors - Whether decision one relating to schools - Education (Parent Governors) Regulations 1999, reg 10.

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