AA and BA v A Local Authority (SEN): [2021] UKUT 54 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber permission decision of Judge Ward on 2 March 2021

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 19 March 2021

• Categories: Special educational needs, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Special educational needs - other, Tribunal procedure and practice - fair hearing, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal practice
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 2 March 2021

Read the full decision in HS/1669/2020.

Judicial Summary

This ruling, though on refusal of permission to appeal, is placed on the website in order to draw to the attention of tribunals and practitioners, particularly in those tribunal jurisdictions where it is less frequently encountered, the possible implications of the Practice Direction dated 30 October 2008 by the Senior President of Tribunals, entitled “Child, Vulnerable Adult and Sensitive Witnesses” for participation by those with a visual impairment in hearings conducted online and of the Court of Appeal’s decision in AM (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1123.

Published 19 March 2021