Steve Broach KC

King’s Counsel @39EssexChambers @39PublicLaw. Public lawyer, disability & children's rights advocate, @BLEMI_UK chair. Youth coach @seafordtownfc

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

What a day…so grateful for the support of clerks, colleagues and especially family. Amongst many highlights was turning round after bowing to the Lord Chancellor to see an entire row of junior barristers who were my current or former pupils and juniors 😊

[39 Essex Chambers @39EssexChambers]

A great day today marking @SteveBroach and Colin Thomann’s formal appointment as new King’s Counsel at The Palace of Westminster this morning.

[The Voice Newspaper @TheVoiceNews]

Today, April 22 is Stephen Lawrence Day.🖤

33 years ago in 1993, Stephen at just 18 years was stabbed to death in a racist attack in Eltham, south east London. 🙏🏾

Today, we reflect on this death but more importantly we stand with his family and the Stephen Lawrence foundation to help build in his name for future generations.

As @sldayfdn have stated, this years theme is Every Future Needs a Foundation - to support young people and their ambitions.

Please support the Stephen Lawrence Foundation and their plans however you can.

#wewillneverforget #stephenlawrenceday

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

If you can’t enforce an entitlement, it’s not an entitlement, it’s a privilege

[Tes magazine @tes]

‘The key issue is not only what happens with regard to what a child is entitled to, but also whether that entitlement can be enforced’: two @IPSEAcharity legal experts issue a warning about the government’s SEND plans
https://t.co/5wBbXTTm5v

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@HenryJackson87 I’d have exactly the same (and I’ve got a faint hope Slot might do it)

[Public Law Project @publiclawprojct]

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[Legal Action Group @LegalActionGrp]

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[The Law Society @TheLawSociety]

The UK government received criticism for its proposed SEND reforms.

We tell @lawsocgazette that it if children don't have the support they are entitled to then lawyers must be allowed to do their jobs to help parents secure the best for their children.

https://t.co/66mdt8pUv7

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

REGISTER NOW! SNJ’s Schools White Paper SEND Legal Roundtable with @SteveBroach KC, @haylez10 (Hayley Mason-Seager), @IPSEAcharity & @SOS_SEN
https://t.co/XB8J8AGhML

[IPSEA @IPSEAcharity]

We're pleased to be joining @SpcialNdsJungle for this webinar exploring the proposed SEND reforms in the Schools White Paper. Register here: https://t.co/ddllKvKXNb

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@KaraChrome You’re very kind - but it’s @ris_law in the lead, I’m very happy to support

[Eduardo Reyes @edreyesjourno]

Government SEND law reforms assessed by specialist lawyers:
- Predetermined ‘packages’ of support will displace current provision.
- A weakened SEND Tribunal may mean pupils left without a school place.
https://t.co/76GS78uHNA

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@AudreySuffolk @semaphorist Feel free

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@semaphorist @AudreySuffolk Audrey’s post made me smile - I have hundreds in my files re disability, race, religion - but none where I have a link to hand I’m afraid
They’re characterised by:
- no engagement with the statutory ‘needs’
- superficial detriment
- rush to mitigation

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

I can’t see how reducing the power of the Tribunal in this key area is in any way necessary to achieve any of the government’s stated policy objectives in the reforms

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

What is the principled justification for proposing to remove the Tribunal’s power to name a placement for a child? I can’t see anything on this in the consultation paper - and we are told these proposals are driven by principle #SEND

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@PieriMaxine That’s the proposal - a similar power to Independent Review Panels (IRPs) in school exclusion cases

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@ms_peaceweaver It would allow LAs to refuse to place a child at a particular school, and the Tribunal could only quash that decision and require the LA to reconsider - whereas now the Tribunal could order the school the family want to be named

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@CaptainK77 ‘Unfunded expectations on special schools’ was top of my bingo card for this morning

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

Still interested to see this - seems we may find out tomorrow

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

Interested to see what part of the EHCP process Ministers may think we don’t need - is it where:
- we identify all the child’s special educational needs?
- we specify the provision reasonably required to meet those needs?
- the child gets the right to attend a suitable school?

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

@HenryJackson87 First half we looked like a League One team with Champions League CBs

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

Those advocating for reduced powers for the SEND Tribunal always seem to forget that it is the current extensive powers that make the Tribunal an alternative remedy to judicial review. Doubt the SoS or her officials actually want to see school placement disputes in the High Court

[Matthew Keer @CaptainK77]

“[SEND] tribunals will no longer have the power to direct a pupil to be placed in a specific school, only to require councils to re-run assessments”

Drip, drip

https://t.co/TyHBfDIDgr via @ft