JW v Kent County Council (SEN): [2017] UKUT 281 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on 5 July 2017.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 18 July 2017

• Categories: Special educational needs, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Special educational needs - other, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal jurisdiction
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 5 July 2017

Read the full decision in HS/3865/2016.

Judicial Summary

Whether there is power under the FtT (HESC) Rules to join an additional party seeking to challenge an EHC Plan - whether the power to join subsists even after the FtT has given its decision, so as to enable a person, though previously not a party, to seek permission to appeal against it - Razzaq and Malik v The Charity Commission [2016] UKUT 546 (TCC) followed.

Published 18 July 2017