Hi @CJ1 Interesting development, and not before time. Schools are assuming parental powers over children with government backing. I’ve been wondering where the lawyers are. Thanks for posting.
I would dispute (the last part of) this quotation from the website of the Bad Law Project:
“In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.” Mr Justice Julian Knowles ~ R (Miller) v The College of Policing and The Chief Constable of Humberside (2020)
I don’t know the answer to this but are the Academy schools doing this to the same extent? I somehow doubt it.
EDIT: I forgot to include the Bad Education Report PDF which can be found here
I agree, there does seem to be a failure here (typical of the legal profession generally) to understand the broader nature of our society reflecting a narrow exposure to their class or social bubble!
But overall a valuable commentary with interesting legal implications, imo.