https://twitter.com/SianGriffiths6 A couple who challenged a council fine for taking children out of school in termtime have fought off an attempt to gag them in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.
Michael and Charlotte Lewis, from the Isle of Wight, successfully applied to have a gagging order lifted so they could speak about their case to The Sunday Times.
The order, which prevented publication of anything that could identify Charlotte’s two teenage children, was imposed by the court during proceedings against the family for alleged failure to ensure regular school attendance.
Isle of Wight council had argued that the order should continue after the case had been dropped. But the couple argued that lifting it was in the public interest because