SBR Case 2: R (WC and BB) v Somerset CC [2021] EWHC 2936 (Admin)

Steve was lead counsel for both claimants in this complex challenge to a local authority’s reorganisation of its school system, involving the deletion of the ‘middle school’ tier of schooling in a significant area of the county. The two claims were brought on a total of seven grounds of judicial review, with permission granted on all grounds.