Our SENDIST Decisions

Below you will find a selection of decisions from SENDIST cases in which we have acted for parents since we were set up in May 2005. They are not all of our cases but only those where a decision has been issued. This is because many of our cases settle successfully before a full hearing.

All of the decisions have been edited to preserve the anonyminity of the parents, the child, the witnesses and the schools involved but we have left in the names of the SENDIST panel, the LEA and their representative.

We hope that reading these decisions will give you a falvour of some of the issues involved in SENDIST appeals. In a couple of cases we have also helped clients to recover some of their costs so have included these decisions as well.

You can also read what parents in some of these cases have said from their own perspective by clicking on 'Our Story'.

• M v Surrey LEA (July 2005) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• W v Hillingdon LEA (December 2005) (remitted appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement) [see also W v SENDIST & LB Hillingdon [2005] which was High Court Appeal brought against original SENDIST decision]
• R v Surrey LEA (July 2006) (appeal against Parts 2/3 of Statement)
• E v Barnet LEA (November 2006) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• E v North Somerset LEA (December 2006) - (appeal against refusal to assess) ['Our Story']
• F v Herts LEA (December 2006) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement) [Costs decision] ['Our Story']
• H v Hillingdon LEA (February 2007) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement) ['Our Story']
• V v Barnet LEA (April 2007) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• R v Gloucestershire LEA (May 2007) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• G v Haringey LEA (June 2007) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• G v Southwark LEA (July 2008) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4/ of Statement)
• T v Hampshire LEA (July 2009) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4/ of Statement)
• M v East Sussex LEA (October 2009) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement) [see also R (on the application of) M v East Sussex CC [April 2009] which was the Judicial Review decision that ordered the LEA to amend the statement to give the parents a right of appeal]
• D v Barnet LEA (November 2009) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement)
• H v Kent LA (May 2010) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4/ of Statement)
• T v Herts LA (July 2010) (appeal against Parts 2/3 of Statement)
• C v Haringey LA (September 2010) (appeal against Parts 2/3 of Statement)
• M v Herts LA (February 2011) - 1st hearing/2nd hearing (appeal against Parts 2/3/4 of Statement ['Our Story']
• K v Hillingdon LA (June 2011) (appeal against Parts 2/3/4/ of Statement) see also K v LB Hillingdon [2011] which was Upper Tribunal Appeal brought against original SEND Tribunal decision]

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