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Ane’s comments have been reproduced below with kind permission.
Ane Vernon, partner at law firm Payne Hicks Beach said while it is a “good idea in principle” she is “concerned that in practice we will see an increased use of pupils being placed in seclusion rooms – a practice which raises its own safeguarding and human-rights concerns”.
For further information, please contact Ane Vernon or your usual contact in the Litigation Department or, alternatively, telephone on 020 3911 2083.
