John McKendrick

Year Of Call

2008

Devil Masters

Thomas L. Ross, Kenneth J. Campbell

Qualifications

London School of Economics (1997 LLB); University of Leuven (1998 LLM); University of Oxford (2003 MSc);

Biography

John called to the Scottish Bar in March 2008 having already established a successful practice at the English Bar (called in 1999).  He has an interest in public law, particularly in the fields of education and community care.  In addition he practices in the fields of mental health, discrimination law and local government law.

Cases

• R (ota B) v Head Teacher and Governors of St Michael's Church of England School and the Secretary of State for Children School and Families [2007] EWHC 2052 (Admin) - Article 6 challenge to fixed term exclusions
• R (ota S) v Kent County Council [2007] EWHC 2135 - interpretation of section 19 Education Act 1996
• B v London Borough of Merton and SENT [2002] All ER (D) 271
• S and C Schools and Others [2002] ELR 73
• A and X School [2002] EWHC 798

Publications

Modifying Procedural Autonomy: Better Protection for Community Rights, European Review of Private Law, Vol 8, No. 4, 2000 565

Appointments

Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama City in 2005.