Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 61 (Aug)
Neutral Citation: [2005] EWHC 1842 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
Judge:

Crane J

Representation Nigel Giffin (instructed by Payne Hicks Beach) for the claimant.
  Clive Lewis (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 12 August 2005

Catchwords

Education - School - Admission to school - Objection to claimant's admission arrangements - Court quashing decision of defendant to uphold objection - Defendant claiming jurisdiction to determine subsequent objection - Whether claimant's application for judicial review should be allowed - Education (Objections to Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999, , reg 9(1).

The Case

The claimant school's application pursuant to s9(1) of the Education (Objections to Admission Arrangements) Regulations 1999, for judicial review of the defendant adjudicator's decision that he had jurisdiction to determine a second objection to the claimant's admission arrangements was dismissed, in circumstances where the court was satisfied that reg9(1) did not prevent the defendant from determining that second objection.

Practice Areas

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