Lewis Silkin took on this case pro bono and reversed the decision of the Department for Education to revoke the students’ confirmed loans of £37,000.
The Department for Education had misinterpreted the Education Regulations 2011 when withdrawing student finance from the students on the grounds that the paramedic element of their course disqualified them. Read about the case on The Guardian: ‘Unjust’ funding ban has stopped me retraining as a paramedic | Student finance | The Guardian