R (on the application of E) (Respondent) v Governing Body of JFS and the Admissions Appeal Panel of JFS and others (United Synagogue) (Appellants)

Case summary

Case ID

UKSC/2009/0136

Parties

Appellant(s)

United Synagogue

Governing Body of JFS and the Admissions Appeal Panel of JFS

Legal Services Commission

Respondent(s)

E

Issue

Whether it is appropriate for the courts to order a charitable intervener in public law litigation to bear costs.

Facts

The Respondent (E) is Jewish by birth and his wife (W) is Jewish by conversion. They wanted their child (M) to be admitted as a pupil to JFS (formerly the Jews’ Free School) in the London Borough of Brent. The admissions policy of JFS gives priority to children who are recognised as Jewish by the OCR or are recognised following a course of conversion approved by the OCR. The Respondent’s child was refused admission to the school. The Respondent sought to judicially review the decision. In the Court of Appeal the Appellant, who had intervened in the case, was ordered to pay 20% of the Respondent’s costs.

Date of issue

23 July 2009

Linked cases

Procedural Judgment details

Judgment date

14 October 2009

Neutral citation

[2009] UKSC 1

Judgment links

Full Judgment details

Judgment date

16 December 2009

Neutral citation

[2009] UKSC 15

Judgment links

Judgment summary

16 December 2009

Case management hearing panel

Justices

Lord Hope

Lady Hale

Lord Brown

Appeal

Justices

Lord Phillips

Lord Hope

Lord Rodger

Lord Walker

Lady Hale

Lord Brown

Lord Mance

Lord Kerr

Lord Clarke

Hearing dates

Procedural hearing

Start date

1 October 2009

End date

1 October 2009

Full hearing

Start date

27 October 2009

End date

29 October 2009

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