After their divorce, Peter’s parents couldn’t agree about where he should go to school. His mother wanted him to attend a boarding school, his father (with whom Peter lived) said that he couldn’t afford the fees and felt Peter should go to a day school. Peter’s mother asked a court to decide on her son’s future education.
After hearing from both parents, the judge decided that Peter’s father could well afford the school fees and so Peter should go to the boarding school. However his father appealed against this, saying that no one in court had asked Peter what he wanted.
The Court of Appeal did just this. Peter, who was 14, told the Court that he wanted to live with his father and couldn’t do so if he was at boarding school. The Court of Appeal felt that it was important to take Peter’s wishes into account, and said he could go to the school of his choice.