Ellis (claimant/appellant) v The Secretary of State for Education & anr (defendant/respondent)
Wednesday 11 June 2025
The Appellant appeals the order of Foster J, sitting in the Administrative Court, dated 29 September 2023 by which she partially allowed a judicial review claim brought by the Appellant.
The Appellant is a serving prisoner having been convicted of attempted murder. He brought a judicial review challenge regarding the application of a set of regulations pertaining to student loans, what is argued to be in generalised terms “the prejudicial treatment of prisoners in comparison to those in the community accessing higher education”, and a particular decision concerning removal of a laptop and access to IT facilities.
Foster J heard the judicial review and found that the Applicant was successful on the removal of laptop argument only and not on three other grounds.
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