Education is often the most important state service in the life of vulnerable children and young people, this webinar discussed the complexities of education law and the recent updates in case law.

The speakers were:

Our Education Team Leader Nick Bowen KC who covered education negligence issues, having acted in most of the leading cases in this complex field.

Lameesa Iqbal explored post16 education/higher education, including the complex web of duties owed to disabled young people in transition to adulthood. Lameesa brings extensive discrimination law experience, having represented families facing disability discrimination in the FirstTier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in her roles as an education law paralegal and Senior Director of the School Exclusion Project.

Louise Price provided a case law update on special educational needs (SEN). She looked at a number of recent UT and judicial reviews cases concerning SEN provision, including the most recent decisions regarding the right of education under A1P2.