The Weekly Law Reports
[1992] 3 WLR 99
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
REGINA
v.
GOVERNORS OF THE BISHOP CHALLONER ROMAN CATHOLIC
COMPREHENSIVE GIRLS' SCHOOL AND ANOTHER, Ex parte CHOUDHURY
SAME v. SAME, Ex parte PURKAYASTHA
1992 April 6,
7;
June 11
June 11
Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Templeman, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff of Chieveley and Lord Browne-Wilkinson
Education
— School
— Parental preference
— Duty to comply
— Over-subscribed Roman Catholic girls' school
— Admission policy giving priority to Roman Catholic and other Christians
— Hindu and Muslim applicants not fulfilling admission criteria
— Refusal of admission by governors
— Appeal committee dismissing appeal
— Whether school bound by parental preference
— Whether appeal committee's decision correct in law
—
Education Act 1980 (c. 20), s. 6(3)(a) (as amended by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), s. 30)