Council can launch last-ditch appeal over term-time holiday case

Justices at the Supreme Court have given a council permission to bring a last-ditch appeal over the case of a father who successfully challenged a conviction for taking his daughter on an unauthorised holiday during school term time. Jon Platt was originally fined £120 for taking his daughter to Florida. Isle of Wight Council, the local education authority, then took the case to London's High Court, but senior judges backed the magistrates' ruling in favour of Mr Platt. Read More http://ift.tt/2hcCvVL

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