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Children (public and private), Domestic
Violence, Adoption, Public and Administrative
Law, Human Rights, Education Law, Disability
Discrimination, Community Care and Mental Health.
James
Schofield practises in all areas of family law.
He has a particular interest in public and
administrative law, human rights, international
humanitarian law, education law and disability
discrimination.
He has
experience of working with families and local
authorities to agree appropriate educational
provision for children with special educational
needs. In those cases where agreement is not
possible, he has appeared before the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal on
behalf of parents. He has a strong interest in
disability discrimination in education. In
addition, he has experience in problems relating
to transport issues and disputes over exclusion.
He became an accredited tribunal representative
of IPSEA (the Independent Panel for Special
Education Advice) in September 2004.
He has
spoken and written on the subject of autism and
the criminal justice system.
Before
coming to the Bar, James worked as a foreign
correspondent in Africa, Jerusalem and Beirut.
PUBLICATIONS
Children Cases Update: Human Rights [2008] Fam
Law 1038 and International Family Law 202.
“Who
Cares about Children in Need?” Solicitors
Journal, 9 November 2007 (co-authored with Rona
Epstein): on R (on the application of S) v
Sutton London Borough Council [2007] EWCA
Civ 790: where a child in custody had accepted
an offer of accommodation as a homeless person
prior to her release from custody, she was to be
regarded as a child who required accommodation
on her release for the purpose of the Children
Act 1989, s.20
“Autism
and the Criminal Justice System” The Magistrate,
7 May 2007 (first published in The Legal
Executive magazine)
James
also contributes a summary of education law
cases to the Law Brief Update online newsletter.
NON-LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
“Future Imperfect: Israel and the Palestinians”
Royal United Services Institute Annual Strategic
Review, 2000
“Silent over Africa: Stories of War and
Genocide” HarperCollins Australia 1996
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