Social Care & Education
The impact of the Care Standards Act 2000 upon the social care sector continues to be dramatic. The barristers at Thirty Nine Essex Street are in a unique position to be able to advise, assist and represent those in the sector. They have long experience of advising the General Social Care Council, as well as appearing before the Registration and Conduct Committees of the Council and in the Care Standards Tribunal. They are also able to draw upon their expertise in other regulatory fields, in particular that of the medical professions, to provide a service tailored to the particular requirements of the individual, company or body.
Members of Thirty Nine Essex Street have long appeared in high profile education law cases, in both the private and public arenas. In the regulatory field, a particular speciality has been cases involving the oversight of the higher education sector. Our barristers also have considerable expertise in other aspects of the regulation of education, for instance through acting for OFSTED and appearing as clerks to independent appeals panels against decisions at both primary and secondary school level.
Significant Cases
Social Care
Joseph v Commission for Social Care Inspection (CST) [2007] 1052 EA; [2007] 1116 EA
Brooklyn House Ltd v Commission for Social Care Inspection [2006] 91 BMLR 22
Jones v Commission for Social Care Inspection [2005] 1 WLR 2461
Decisions of the Care Standards Tribunal including Convey v GSCC [2006] 758.SW; Bankole v GSCC [2006] 0715.SW; Adu-Darko v GSCC [2006] 0663.SW; CR v GSCC [2006] 0626.SW; MM v GSCC [2006] 649.SW) ; NJ v Secretary of State for Health [2006]727.PVA [2006]728.PC
Education
R (Varma) v Duke of Kent [2004] ELR 616
R (Wandsworth LBC) v Schools Adjudicator [2004] ELR 274
R (Jemchi) v Visitor of Brunel University [2003] ELR 125
R (McNally) v Secretary of State for Education and Employment [2002] ICR 15
R (Persaud) v Cambridge University [2001] ELR 480