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Jemma Brimblecombe
9 April 2020
Reflections on Westminster Higher Education Conference, Priorities for tackling sexual violence and harassment in higher education
At last week’s Westminster Higher Education (HE) Conference, speakers from Student Unions, Universities, to regulators and law firms discussed how best to tackle sexual violence and harassment in high education, including how to change campus culture and improve complaints and disciplinary processes. This blog summarises those discussions and reflects on where the sector’s key focus areas should be now.
14 February 2017
Publishing of adverse findings can be a sufficiently serious sanction
Wallace v Secretary of State for Education [2017] EWHC 109
4 November 2016
Reminder of the importance of disclosure obligations: Successful appeal by two teachers challenging failure of their regulator to give proper disclosure
Anwar & Ahmed v National College for Teaching and Leadership (1) The Secretary of State for Education (2) [2016] EWHC 2507 (Admin)
19 January 2015
Case Update: High Court upholds decision of Secretary of State to impose a prohibition order against a teacher
The Queen on the Application of Lonnie v National College for Teaching and Leadership [2014] EWHC 4351 (Admin)
Judgment Date: 11 December 2014
7 February 2014
Case Update: O v Secretary of State for Education 2014 WL 16451
High Court holds that reasoning of Professional Conduct Panel of Teaching Agency (now NCTL) was adequate, however examples of where witnesses were found to be credible/incredible, may be useful.