Top Human Rights Lawyer joins Sinclairslaw
Sinclairslaw today made an exciting announcement through its Managing Director Mr John Ford.
“ I am delighted to announce that Paul Conrathe has joined the firm as a senior Consultant Solicitor. Paul used to be the Senior Partner of a leading Human Rights and Education practice in Croydon. His work...
Successful Judicial Review of Local Authority’s failure to deliver provision in an Education, Health and Care Plan
One intention of the SEN reforms in the Children and Families Act 2014 was to bring an end to the need for parents to ‘battle’ with Local Authorities for support for children with SEN. Last week, OFSTED’s Annual Report highlighted that, four years after the reforms came in, this remains...
Anti bullying. The Law must change
Sinclairslaw CEO Michael Charles has called for the law to change to better protect children from bullying.
Often campaigns raised in regard to anti bullying at schools get responded to by Government saying that more should be done to help. The current law which entitles young people to bring proceedings for...
Post 16 Special Needs Provision in Wales. A lost generation ?
Message from Michael Charles in speech to the Wales Autism Show.
Yesterday I attended the Wales Autism Show. Thank you to all who came to hear me speak. I relayed responses I had received to a freedom of information request I had issued to the Welsh Government.
I...
Does a local authority have to consult an independent school requested by a parent
A topic that we are frequently asked about is whether the local authority must consult a particular independent school that a parent might elect within a special needs case. The situation is different in England and Wales although often education departments claim that the duty to educate within a mainstream...
John Ford law firm merges with Sinclairslaw
From tomorrow the incredible team at John Ford Solicitors merge with Sinclairslaw which enables the firm to further establish itself as the "go to" firm in the Education and community care sector.
The merger of the two firms is on top of the Sinclairslaw purchase of the tremendous Match Solictor...
Sinclairslaw respond to the SEN inquiry
Dear Sir
Re: Special Educational Needs and disabilities inquiry
Introduction
I have had the pleasure of representing scores of families in special needs cases over the past 25 years. The inquiry is a welcome opportunity to advance some of my thoughts in the hope that it will help achieve real improvement in an...
Wales Autism Shows: Sinclairslaw Education Law team deal with your questions
Our amazing Education Law team were ready on hand to deal with public questions and to provide guidance on the new Welsh law in special needs cases at the Wales Autism Shows.
The show which is now in its second year held the event last Friday in Llandudno North Wales...
Special educational needs seminar reaches record audience
The Sinclairslaw special educational needs seminar broadcast live on Facebook on 4th June, has now been viewed by over twenty thousand people. A spokesperson for Sinclairslaw stated today "this is a wonderful achievement and demonstrates the incredible work that the Education Law team do. This is a record so far."
For...