London Borough of Enfield v Teegan Edwards & Anor

Facts

TE is a young person, aged 19 at the date of the First-tier Tribunal's decision, with complex social, emotional and mental health needs and a longstanding Education Health and Care plan. His mother lives in the London Borough of Haringey and he formerly lived with her, but from about 2020/2021 he moved through a series of schools and social care placements, and by September 2024 was living in supported accommodation in Waltham Forest. He appealed to the First-tier Tribunal under section 51(2)(c)(ii) and (iii) of the Children and Families Act 2014 against the special educational provision in Section F and the institution named in Section I of his plan, Waltham Forest being the original respondent. Four authorities were successively named: Barking and Dagenham was substituted in December 2024, Enfield in January 2025, and Haringey was added as second respondent in February 2025 so that the proper respondent could be determined. Haringey had placed TE in supported accommodation in Enfield under the Care Act 2014. On 8 April 2025 Judge Lom held that TE was ordinarily resident in Enfield, made Enfield the appropriate respondent and removed Haringey. Enfield appealed, the appeal being stayed pending the Court of Appeal's decision in Hampshire County Council v GC.