S-MR v Carmarthenshire County Council: [2021] UKUT 294 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 17 November 2021.
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Judicial Summary
Placement - parents offering to transport child to preferred school - possibility of naming two schools, with parent’s preferred school being conditional on meeting transport costs.
Structured analysis leading from needs to provision to placement - distinction between analysis in decision-making and structure of evidence gathering.
Perceived bias - judges are entitled to test evidence and explore ideas - role of professional representative to held clients understand process.