Legal updates
Sean Kennedy - Legal Adviser for AnnaKennedyOnline
Legal updates from Sean Kennedy
Sean is a barrister and has broad experience in a number of practice areas, but his focus has been mainly in the areas of SEN, disability and employment law and also trust law.
Sean is a Legal Adviser for Anna Kennedy Online keeping us all up to date with his articles.
Please read the articles below to read about our legal updates and articles of interest
Councils wasted £253 million fighting parents at the SEND Tribunal since 2014 reforms
Councils wasted £253 million fighting parents at the SEND Tribunal since 2014 reforms
Elective Home Education
This guidance from the Department of Education
Finding the racial minority voices in SEND – Written by Charity Champion Mala Thapar and Special Needs Jungle Marguerite Haye
Written by Charity Champion Mala Thapar and Special Needs Jungle Marguerite Haye
Autism Diagnosis delays are across the media once again
Autism Diagnosis delays are across the media once again
Let us Learn too – a response from the Prime Minister
On 8th September we contributed and signed the ‘Let us Learn too’ letter in collaboration with many other individuals and groups passionate about the right to a good education for our children.
Mate crime of vulnerable autistic individuals on the increase
I was listening to the news on the radio and yet again a 15-year-old autistic individual targeted by gangs
Autism Awareness at New Scotland Yard
Anna Kennedy OBE and DCI Dion Brown talked All things Autism at New Scotland Yard Friday last week
Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution Hearings Pilot 2021
Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution Hearings Pilot 2021
Introducing – The Big e
Introducing – The Big e
Special Educational Provision – Who is Responsible for Ensuring it is Put in Place?
Who is Responsible for Ensuring it is Put in Place
Mental Health Week – The Mental Health Act and Autism
Mental Health Week – The Mental Health Act and Autism
Anna Kennedy Online raise autism awareness within the Metropolitan Police
Anna Kennedy Online raise autism awareness within the Metropolitan Police
Ombudsman issues guide for dealing with children’s statutory complaints
Ombudsman issues guide for dealing with children’s statutory complaints
PIP New Case Law – an article from our Patron Jo Luck
PIP New Case Law – an article from our Patron Jo Luck
Provision denied: Children with SEND have had their needs and education “pushed to one side, for the convenience of the majority.”
Provision denied
Anna attends “All Parliamentary Group” about Autism
All Parliamentary Group
LGO decision: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (19 002 393)
LGO decision: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (19 002 393)
Distance education resources for children and young people with SEND
Distance education resources for children and young people with SEND