Hearings
England & Wales
31 Jul 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 960; [2014] PTSR 82; [2013] LGR 710; [2013] WLR (D) 322, CA
R (Kebede) v Newcastle City Council
Subject Matter
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 (as amended by Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, ss 2(4), 4(1), 21, Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 139, Sch 3, para 62 and Children and Young Persons Act 2008, ss 23(2), 39, Sch 3, para 13), ss 23C, 24B
Appellate History
R (Kebede) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWHC 355 (Admin)
Decision of Timothy Straker QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Queen’s Bench Division affirmed
R (Kebede) v Newcastle City Council [2013] EWCA Civ 960; [2014] PTSR 82; [2013] LGR 710; [2013] WLR (D) 322, CA