Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 2 Issue 3

Editorial

Michael Gunn

Procedural Confusion: Challenging the Decisions of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal

Belinda Schwehr

Rights of appeal against decisions of the new Tribunal are not found in the 1993 Education Act. The statute which creates such a right appears to give a choice of appeal route…

De Facto Detention

Michael Gunn

De Facto Detention

A. Holland

Social Services Law: Judicial Review, Financial Resources and Legitimate Expectations

Belinda Schwehr

In the context of a recent judicial review case, the Court of Appeal has delivered, on the one hand, a powerful weapon for people with disabilities who need social services, but…

Social Services Law: Judicial Review, Financial Resources and Legitimate Expectations

Peter Raine

Assessment of Capacity to Make Treatment Decisions in Adults with Learning Disabilities

Josephine Wong

Capacity is a key issue in decision making. Assessments of capacity determine whether someone's wishes are to be respected, or if a decision is to be made on his or her behalf. In…

Physical Interventions: a Policy Framework

John Harris, David Allen, Marion Cornick, Alan Jefferson, Richard Mills

Permanent Exclusions and Special School Pupils

Carl Parsons, Danuta Orlowska