R (S) v YP School

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
JudgeLord Justice Laws,LORD JUSTICE LAWS,LORD JUSTICE MUMMERY,LORD JUSTICE SIMON BROWN
Judgment Date11 July 2003
Neutral Citation[2003] EWCA Civ 1306
Docket NumberC3/03/0045
Date11 July 2003

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7 cases
  • R (v) v Independent Appeal Panel for Tom Hood School
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 2 March 2009
    ...a knife was made out on a balance of probabilities. In this connection, he relies on the approach adopted by Laws LJ in R (S) v The Governing Body of Y P School [2004] ELR 37 when he said that :- “5. …in dealing with the decision in matter where the accusation amounts to a crime under the g......
  • R (DJ) v Mental Health Review Tribunal; R (on the application of N) v Mental Health Review Tribunal (Northern Region)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 11 April 2005
    ...Markus referred me: R v Headteacher and Independent Appeal Committee of Dunraven School ex p B [2000] ELR 156 at p204E, R (S) v The Governing Body of YP School [2004] ELR 37, and R (M) v Independent Appeal Panel, Governing Body and Head Teacher of CH School [2005] ELR 38. They relate to the......
  • R (v) v Independent Appeal Panel for Tom Hood School
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 February 2010
    ...the panel to determine issues of fact by reference only to the balance of probabilities. 32 G: CONCLUSIONR (S) v. The Governing Body of YP School [2003] EWCA Civ 1306, [2004] ELR 37, is a decision of this court ostensibly favourable to the present appeal. Laws LJ said, at [5]: “The right ap......
  • R (A) v Independent Appeal Panel of London Borough of Sutton
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 4 June 2009
    ...as helpful. Some suggest that the balance of probabilities standard is not “finite and unvarying”. For example, in R (S) v The Governing Body of YP School [2003] EWCA Civ 1306 Laws LJ said (at [4] and [5]), “[T]he degree of probability required equates with the criminal standard of proof…. ......
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