Audience w/Michael Charles - CEO and Solicitor - Sinclairslaw

Michael Charles will be discussing the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 which was introduced by the Welsh Assembly Government to replace the Statement of Special Educational Needs and the impacts it has on parents, children and young people.

Places are limited, so please reserve your free place early to avoid disappointment.

Parking

Unfortunately, there is no on-site parking.

The nearby car parks are as follows:

1. Capitol, Cardiff, CF10 2HH. For more details, please visit: https://capitolcardiff.co.uk/plan-your-visit/
2. St David's multi storey car park,CF10 2EN. For more details, please visit: https://stdavidscardiff.com/car-park

There are disabled parking spaces on Churchill Way. However, they are on first come first served basis.

Train

The venue is a 3 minutes short walk from Queen Street train station.

Can I ask questions at the event?

Please email any questions to Charmaine Yip: [email protected] by no later than 1 week before the event.

Your questions will be passed onto Michael to answer during the Q&A session. Unfortunately, due to time restrictions, we are not able to answer any additional questions during or after the event.

About Michael Charles

Michael Charles specialises in Education Law and Human Rights. He has worked in a number of high profile children and education law cases including the infamous 'internet twins case'. He has worked successfully on cases such as S -v- YP School that established the burden of proof required in child exclusion cases, and important cases that have defined the meaning of 'suitable education' in school transport and home tuition. He has defended schools, both independent and maintained in a range of matters from re-organisation to registration. He has succeeded in some of the most important cases concerning post-16 learning which has set the law in this field (R on the application of Alloway -v- Bromley County Council; R on the application of P -v- Windsor and Maidenhead.) He has also worked in some of the most important SEN cases including X -v- Caerphilly County Council (acknowledging the importance of Occupational and Speech Therapy being regarded as educational needs). He succeeded on behalf of a student in a case against the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. The case of Gopikrishna -v- The OIA and the University of Leicester has become the leading authority in determining in what circumstances academic immunity may apply in student complaints.Mike heads Sinclairlaw's education law department which has lead to the firms acknowledgement as a leading practice in publications such as 'The Legal 500' and 'Chambers Directory' as well as the publication Legal Experts 2010. He is a member of The Education Law Association, and frequently lectures around the UK in relation to special educational needs and the law.

https://www.sinclairslaw.co.uk/

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