Index card R (G) v Governors of X School

Hearings

England & Wales

18 Mar 2009 [2009] EWHC 504 (Admin); [2009] PTSR 1291; [2009] LGR 799, QBD (Stephen Morris QC)

20 Jan 2010 (Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 1; [2010] 1 WLR 2218; [2010] PTSR 1435; [2010] 2 All ER 555; [2010] LGR 207; [2010] WLR (D) 4, CA

29 Jun 2011 (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening) [2011] UKSC 30; [2012] 1 AC 167; [2011] 3 WLR 237; [2011] ICR 1033; [2011] PTSR 1230; [2011] 4 All ER 625; [2011] LGR 849; [2011] 2 Cr App R 206; [2011] WLR (D) 211; Case details, SC(E)

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Fair trial — Legal representation — Disciplinary proceedings — School governors dismissing teaching assistant for alleged inappropriate relationship with child undergoing work experience at school — Governors refusing to allow legal representation at disciplinary hearings — Governors’ decision to dismiss resulting in referral to Independent Safeguarding Authority — Authority having power to prohibit teaching assistant working with children — Whether disciplinary proceedings determinant of civil right to practise profession — Whether denial of legal Representation breach of Convention right to fair hearing — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch I, Pt I, art 6.1 — Education Act 2002, s 142 — Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended by Policing and Crime Act 2009, s 81 (1)(3)(m)(i)), ss (2), Sch 3, Pt I

[2012] 1 AC 167; [2010] 1 WLR 2218; [2011] 3 WLR 237; [2009] PTSR 1291; [2010] PTSR 1435; [2011] ICR 1033; [2011] PTSR 1230

Appellate History

R (G) v Governors of X School [2009] EWHC 504 (Admin); [2009] PTSR 1291; [2009] LGR 799, QBD

Decision of Stephen Morris QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed on different grounds

R (G) v Governors of X School [2010] EWCA Civ 1; [2010] 1 WLR 2218; [2010] PTSR 1435; [2010] 2 All ER 555; [2010] LGR 207; [2010] WLR (D) 4, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

R (G) v Governors of X School [2011] UKSC 30; [2012] 1 AC 167; [2011] 3 WLR 237; [2011] ICR 1033; [2011] PTSR 1230; [2011] 4 All ER 625; [2011] LGR 849; [2011] 2 Cr App R 206; [2011] WLR (D) 211; Case details, SC(E)