Jenkins v Howells
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1949 |
| Date | 1949 |
| Court | Divisional Court |
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6 cases
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Barnfather v Islington Education Authority
...force of the Human Rights Act 1998 consistently demonstrated the strict liability imposed by section 444(1) and its predecessors. In Jenkins v. Howells [1949] 2 KB 218 the pupil had been continuously away from school because her mother was a chronic invalid and it was necessary for the girl......
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Isle of Wight Council v Platt
...from London County Council v Maher, above. "Unavoidable cause" had to be something affecting the child rather than the parents: see Jenkins v Howells [1949] 2 KB 218. But the circumstances now included absence with leave. And the requirement that parents cause their children to attend schoo......
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R The London Borough of Havering (Respondent) ex parte 'k' (Applicant)
...be retaken. Cases referred to in judgmentDevon CC v George [1989] AC 573, [1988] 3 All ER 1002, [1988] 3 WLR 1386, HL. Jenkins v Howells [1949] 2 KB 218, [1949] 1 All ER 942, Surrey CC v Ministry of Education [1953] 1 All ER 705, [1953] 1 WLR 516. Application for judicial reviewThe mother a......
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West Sussex County Council v C
...he derives the proposition that the expression" "unavoidable cause" must be strictly construed. He cited, for example, Jenkins v Howells [1949] 2 KB 218, in which it was said that "unavoidable cause" (in a similar statutory provision)must mean "an unavoidable case which actually affects the......
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