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14 April 2017
Issue: 7742 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Isle of Wight Council v Platt [2017] UKSC 28, [2017] All ER (D) 20 (Apr)

The Supreme Court ruled that the correct interpretation of the word “regularly” in s 444(1) of the Education Act 1996 meant “in accordance with the rules prescribed by the school”. The case had concerned a father who had been prosecuted for taking his daughter out of school for seven school days, without the school’s permission and the subsequent ruling by the magistrates’ court of no case to answer. Having decided on the correct interpretation of “regularly” the case would be returned to the magistrates with a direction to proceed as if the father’s submission of no case to answer had been rejected.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

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Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

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Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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