On 2 October 2020, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) granted Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) for representation in the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal. The grant was made to a client of Linda Ewen, Supervising Solicitor in the education law team, for representation in a complex Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) appeal to determine whether a disabled child would receive essential Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision. The Local Authority had professional representation but the child’s mother (the client) would not have been able to represent herself for various reasons, including a language barrier and her own disability.
