Court of Justice 11 November 2004, C-209/03 (The Queen, on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing and Secretary of State for Education and Skills.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In its judgments of 21 June 1988 in Lair and Brown , the Court ruled that at the stage of development of Community law at the material time, financial assistance granted to students for maintenance costs and training, as opposed to assistance to cover costs related to access to education, fell in principle outside