A father launched legal against his local council after his son was urged to ditch Doritos for healthy alternates. The fuming fella claimed the decision violated his son’s ‘human rights’
A furious father attempted to sue a council after claiming his son’s human rights were violated after teachers told him to stop eating Doritos.
The irate dad demanded a massive pay-out of £16,000 from the council, enough to buy a staggering 13,000 packets of the triangle shaped snack. The row was kicked off after the school attempted to guide the 12-year-old towards a healthier snack, resulting in the kid eating nothing.
The 12-year-old who is autistic and also has a known eating condition turned up to a school in Yorkshire with the crisps. However a teacher at the school allegedly tried to encourage the kid to swap the Doritos for a healthier alternative. Kicking back at the decision the boy’s father has attempted to sue the council claiming the needs of his son were breached.
The dad also claimed teachers at the school had been too rough on his child during a previous incident when they pulled his kid off of another child he had been strangling.
The boy’s father demanded £10,000 for “discrimination and injury to feelings” and an additional £6,000 for breach of duty and human rights . The father’s actions forced the council to lawyer up and hire solicitors and a barrister to fight the legal action. Despite the father’s attempts to sue, a judge threw out the claims the child’s rights had been violated.
The judge ruled that guiding pupils towards healthier foods was the correct action from the school. The judge also threw out the complaint concerning claims teachers had been too rough on the kid while he was strangling another child.
Despite the incident leaving marks on the 12-year-old’s arms, the judge stated staff had acted reasonably. The court was told the boy had been applying maximum force while strangling another pupil for 30 to 40 seconds. Speaking to the court the council’s barrister stated it is “difficult to imagine a more high risk situation”.
The 12-year-old’s father represented himself in court and has also been ordered to pay the council’s legal costs. Compensation culture launched against schools has been dubbed “a runaway train” fuelled by no-win, no-fee lawyers by Christopher McGovern, of the Campaign for Real Education.
William Yarwood, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance has stated: “Councils are right to fight nonsense cases, recover costs and stop no-win, no-fee chancers taking another bite out of school budgets.”
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