Legal Updates
12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 11.
Welcome to our penultimate tip, in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 11– Post Party Absenteeism So the Christmas...
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Will I Have to Pay the Local Authority’s Costs?
One question parents often ask us is: “If I don’t win my tribunal appeal, will I have to pay the local authority’s costs”? To answer the question, we first have to look at Rule 10, The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 10.
Today we announce tip #10 in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 10– Don’t Make Promises! During the run up to...
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Comparing Costs.
The recent case of KE v Lancashire County Council (SEN) [2017] UKUT 468 (AAC) provides a useful reminder of the importance of applying section 9 The Education Act 1996 when calculating comparative costs. The decision can be found HERE but in summary it involved...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 9.
We are three quarters of the way there as we hit tip #9 in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 9– Social Media The...
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Monday Myth Buster!
Welcome to the second in our series of myth busters! Today we ask whether the following is a myth or not….… “Is it true that where an EHC needs assessment is requested by someone other than the parents of a child or the young person themselves, if it is declined by...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 8.
It really is getting closer to Christmas now as we introduce tip 8 in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 8 – Food!...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 7.
Welcome to part 7 in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 7 – Alcohol Consumption Over the festive period, it is often...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 6.
We are half way through our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 6 – Harassment So, you are at the office party, letting...
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Is an EHCp necessary or not? Upper Tribunal gives us an answer.
We are often contacted by parents who say that they their son/ daughter needs an EHCp but the local authority (LA) says that this is not necessary as the mainstream school they attend has “Access to the provision their child needs to meet their needs”. The LA’s...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 5.
Welcome to the fifth in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 5 – Secret Santa! So, you are at the office party and in...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 4.
Welcome to the fourth in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 4 – Party Policy It may seem a bit scrooge-like to have a...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 3.
Welcome to the third in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 3 – The Christmas Party Venue Taking on the task of...
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£45m boost for children and young people with SEND
Minister of State at the Department for Education, Robert Goodwill MP, has recently announced a “Multi-million pound package …. to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities” Relatively speaking, the cost is a small percentage of...
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12 Tips to Christmas! – Tip 2.
Welcome to the second in our “12 tips to Christmas!” This is a mini survival guide which both business owners and employees may find useful to get them through the festive season without too much trouble! Tip 2 – The Invite! So, the decorations are up, and attention...
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