Law firm

Sen Legal

Sen Legal is named as solicitors in at least 8 UK judgments from 2004 to 2024, most often in public and administrative law and social welfare and education.

8
judgments
1
in the last five years
2
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Public and administrative law8
  • Social welfare and education5

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)2
  • High Court6

Counsel most often instructed

  • John Friel4

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20241
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
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  • 20190
  • 20180
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20130
  • 20120
  • 20111
  • 20101
  • 20091
  • 20081
  • 20070

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Sen Legal acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
31 Aug 2006
[2006] EWHC 2368 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public education authority appearing before a special educational needs tribunal must disclose all relevant information, including matters adverse to its…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
14 Mar 2024
[2024] EWHC 584 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local authority may depart from a specialist tribunal’s non-binding social-care recommendation, but it must give cogent reasons and undertake a lawful…
2
15 Jun 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 668 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under section 9 of the Education Act 1996, parental preference may be overridden where the preferred placement would impose an avoidable burden on public…
1
8 Sep 2009
[2009] EWHC 1091 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Section 348(2) of the Education Act 1996 requires the local education authority to pay the whole of the fees payable for qualifying education. Section 9 does…
15 May 2008
[2008] EWHC 1070 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an appeal concerning a statement of special educational needs, the Tribunal’s jurisdiction is confined to the child’s special educational needs and the…
31 Aug 2006
[2006] EWHC 2368 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public education authority appearing before a special educational needs tribunal must disclose all relevant information, including matters adverse to its…
3
10 Jul 2006
[2006] EWHC 1545 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A special educational needs statement must identify provision with sufficient specificity and clarity to show what has been decided. It must not delegate the…
1
12 Mar 2004
[2004] EWHC 560 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A statement of special educational needs must define the child’s needs and specify the provision required to meet them. A tribunal determining an appeal must…
2

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Sen Legal is named as solicitors, counted under the firm's current name. The figures are minimums: not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment is counted only when we are confident who acted. The selection of cases listed here is limited, and does not include family, criminal or anonymised cases. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent and not connected with Sen Legal. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.