The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2014] PTSR 82
Court of Appeal
Regina (Kebede and another)
v
Newcastle City Council
[2013] EWCA Civ 960
2013 July 23;
31
Laws, McCombe LJJ, Sir Stanley Burnton
Children— Former relevant child— Duty to— Claimants non-British citizens with discretionary leave to remain— Claimants formerly looked after by local authority— Claimants seeking financial assistance from authority in order to attend university— Authority refusing grants for tuition fees— Whether authority under duty to make grants to meet expenses connected with education or whether power discretionary— Whether authority entitled to take account of restrictions in resources in assessing whether claimants required assistance—
Children Act 1989 (c 41) (as amended by Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c 35), ss 2(4), 4(1), 21, Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 139, Sch 3, para 62 and Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c 23), ss 23(2), 39, Sch 3, para 13), ss 23C, 24B