No5 Barristers’ Chambers is renowned for the provision of expert advice and representation in educational matters. An experienced team of barristers assists parents and pupils, as well as charities, governing bodies of schools, colleges, multi-academy trusts, universities and Local Authorities. The work we do is both in the state-maintained and independent sectors. Our team’s expertise overlaps with our strengths in public law, human rights, employment and misconduct and compliance.
Members of our team have, for example, been involved in the establishment and operation of academies and free schools, reinstatement of excluded pupils, the jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal, university exclusions and judicial review challenges the contents of EHCPs and the inclusion into the mainstream of pupils with SEND.
Our team’s wide-ranging expertise includes:
The team accepts direct access instructions and are also able to provide legal assessors to advise and support independent lay panels dealing with a wide range of educational issues.
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