Schooling disputes after separation: how the Court decides
Parents often clash over which school their child should attend. Courts avoid ranking schools and instead focus on what best serves the child’s interests.
1 October 2025
Parents often clash over which school their child should attend. Courts avoid ranking schools and instead focus on what best serves the child’s interests.
Parenting orders do not bind schools. It is important for parents to understand the limits of what schools can and cannot do when it comes to enforcing family law orders.
The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia have recently dismissed an accountant’s claims of adverse action and disability discrimination, finding that there was no causal link between the employee’s dismissal and his autism.
A student’s negligence claim against a school following a football game collision has failed due to the school’s proper supervision and safe conduct of the game.
A teacher was deemed wholly incapacitated for work after she was transferred to another high school in an unreasonable manner and required to teach a range of unfamiliar subjects.
BB v State of Queensland [2020] QCAT 496, provides insight into the importance of considering the needs and interests of the student, other peers in the classroom, and the wider community.
A teacher’s summary dismissal for serious misconduct causing harm to a student was not deemed to be unfair despite holes in the dismissal process.
Principals should immediately obtain legal advice if they are unsure of their school’s obligations to comply with a subpoena.
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Schools are not required to comply with or enforce parenting orders.
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