Publisher Citation: [2008] All ER (D) 86 (Sep)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court
Judge:

David Elvin QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation John Friel (instructed by Sinclair Solicitors) for the claimant.
  Peter Oldham (instructed by Mark Bowen) for the local authority.
Judgment Dates: 17 September 2008

Catchwords

Education - Local education authority - Statutory duty to provide special education - Statement of special educational needs - Local authority producing assessment of claimant - Claimant arguing assessment failing to meet statutory requirements - Whether assessment meeting statutory requirements - .

The Case

Education Local education authority. An application for judicial review of the local education authority's assessment of the claimant 's educational and training needs and the provision required to meet them pursuant to of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, was allowed. The authority had failed to meet the requirement that the word 'provision' had to be actually and practically available.

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