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Education Law - Educational negligence
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Education Law 2002-03 EDUCATIONAL NEGLIGENCE Since the X (Minors) decision of the House of Lords in 1995 the courts, in a series of important decisions, have recognised that the duty of care resting with teachers and other educational professionals applies not only to the general care and well-being of pupils, such as the prevention of injury due to lack of proper supervision (see eg Beaumont v Surrey County Council (1968) 66 LGR 580, Nwabudike v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark [1997] ELR 35, Wilson v Governors of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School [1998] ELR 637, CA, Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis [1955] AC 549, J v North Lincolnshire County Council [2000] ELR 245), warning of dangers (Crouch v Essex County Council (1966) 64 LGR 240) or both (Woodbridge School v Chittock [2002] EWCA Civ 915, 26 June 2002, CA). It now extends to the performance of professional...
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