Legal
New resource - Disabled Children: a legal handbook
The Council for Disabled Children's website now includes an online version of Disabled Children: a legal handbook.
Disabled children: a legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to
the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales.
The authors expertly navigate the many, often overlapping, sources of law,
explaining the difference between what public bodies must do to support
disabled children and that which they may do. The handbook aims to empower
Changes in carer's benefits rules
Changes in carer's benefits rules will help more families with disabled children
Blue Badge Reform
The government is consulting on improving the Blue Badge (Disabled Parking) Scheme in England. In particular, the proposals are about improving the enforcement regime where Blue Badges are used fraudulently; extending the eligibility criteria; and funding to help local authorities to establish independent medical assessments.
The consultation closes on 2 July 2010.
BPP Law School School Exclusion Project
The School Exclusions Project will provide free representation for parents of permanently excluded school pupils at Governors Disciplinary Committee and Independent Appeal Panel hearings. All the representatives will be BPP law students who have undertaken specific training in exclusions law and will be mentored by Doughty Street barristers.
Details of this were sent to us by Treehouse. Please mention them if you contact BPP Law School.
