Education

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

1
Leon Glenister
Landmark Chambers
‘Leon is without doubt one of the top education barristers. He has the clearest legal analysis. He writes really well. He is excellent with clients, and works hard and fast.’
1
Paul Greatorex
11KBW
1
David Lawson
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
2
Jack Anderson
39 Essex Chambers
2
Alice de Coverley
3PB
‘Alice has an exceptional eye for detail. She is particularly sought after in education cases involving discrimination and exclusion. However, she is equally excellent in appeals concerning special educational needs.’
2
Raj Desai
Matrix Chambers
2
Laith Dilaimi
Old Square Chambers
‘Laith is fantastic. Really responsive and helpful, extremely clever, and his written submissions are great. Orally he is fantastic too and clients really warm to him.’
2
Katherine Eddy
11KBW
2
John Friel
3PB
 'John is extremely well versed in all things education law and provides clear and astute tactical advice on how to progress matters effectively. An authority in SEN law.'
2
Zoe Gannon
11KBW
2
Charlotte Hadfield
3PB
‘Charlotte is an excellent advocate and inspires confidence in all of her clients. She deals with complicated points clearly and succinctly.’
2
Hannah Slarks
11KBW
‘ Hannah is very knowledgeable in her field. Her advice is clear and pragmatic, which clients really appreciate and her advocacy style is calm and precise, which appears to play very well to education law judges.’
2
Jennifer Thelen
39 Essex Chambers
‘Jennifer Thelen is an excellent, pragmatic advocate with a lovely manner with judges and in-depth knowledge of the law.’
2
Emma Waldron
3PB
3
Jennifer Agyekum
3PB
3
Shazia Akhtar
Gatehouse Chambers
‘Comprehensive legal expertise including education law. She has exceptional advocacy and client care skills. She has an excellent persuasive advocacy and client focused approach. Clients are always feel she gets to the heart of their cases and feel she thoroughly prepares for hearings.’
3
Katherine Anderson
3PB
‘Katherine is a calm and organised barrister who is really helpful and clear with clients managing their expectations appropriately and helping to reassure them.  She is responsive to queries and goes out of her way to help.’
3
Alexander Line
Outer Temple Chambers
3
Gráinne Mellon
Garden Court Chambers
Gráinne has been instructed for many years in complex schools and children matters. She is a diligent and hardworking barrister who sees the issues in a case immediately and is able to then disseminate complex information into layman language for the client.’
3
Louise Price
Doughty Street Chambers
‘Louise is a tenacious advocate, who inspires trust from her clients, colleagues and the court.’
3
Sarah Steinhardt
Doughty Street Chambers
4
Katherine Barnes
39 Essex Chambers
‘Katherine is an exceptionally bright advocate, and her knowledge in this area is clear. Her attention to detail is excellent, and her advocacy skills are very strong.’
4
Aimee Fox
3PB
4
Rhys Hadden
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
‘Rhys is compassionate, collaborative, and crystal-clear in his approach. His extensive knowledge and wealth of experience, not just in the education sphere but in related fields such as in the Court of Protection shines through in his handling of the case.’
4
Harini Iyengar
11KBW
‘Harini is enormously experienced, very responsive and thorough.’
4
Shu Shin Luh
Doughty Street Chambers
‘Shu Shin is a great barrister to work with. She is quick and gets to grips with complicated cases very easily.’
4
Ben Mitchell
11KBW
4
Jane Oldham
11KBW
4
Matthew Wyard
39 Essex Chambers
Matthew is a particularly skilled advocate. His technical legal skills are second to none. I have been very impressed by the quality of his drafting and ability to deliver pragmatic and realistic advice to clients.’

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

1
Monique Bouffé
Outer Temple Chambers
 
1
Oscar Davies
Garden Court Chambers
Oscar is very knowledgeable when it comes to education law, with particular strengths in exclusion and discrimination.’
1
Mark Greaves
Matrix Chambers
‘Mark is a bright and personable barrister. He provided us with excellent support on a particularly difficult education matter and his in-depth knowledge of the inspection system and experience of school clients was invaluable.’
1
Raphael Hogarth
11KBW
1
Alice Irving
Doughty Street Chambers
‘Alice is one of the leading junior education barristers, with particular expertise in relation to special educational needs.’
1
Nadia O’Mara
Garden Court Chambers
‘Nadia has performed brilliantly on a couple of permanent exclusion matters we have instructed her on. She is bright, hard working and focussed, always keeping the client’s objectives in mind.’
1
Ollie Persey
Garden Court Chambers
‘Ollie is a standout education law barrister. His technical skills are demonstrated by the numerous high profile judicial review cases he has successfully brought over the last three years.’
1
Jake Rylatt
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
Jake is a rising star in the field of education law. He has impeccable client care, an exceptional grasp of the legislation and fantastic interpersonal skills. His client care is second to none.’
1
Katy Sheridan
Matrix Chambers
1
Rachel Sullivan
39 Essex Chambers
1
Naomi Webber
3PB