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Laxmi Patel

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Work Department

Education

Position

Laxmi Patel leads Boyes Turner’s leading Education team. An expert in special educational needs, Laxmi works closely with parents, schools, local authorities and case managers to ensure that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the support they need to achieve their potential in their education.

Laxmi provides invaluable SEN advice, representation and specialist educational support to the families of babies and children with profound and complex learning difficulties who are represented by Boyes Turner’s outstanding clinical negligence and Court of Protection teams. Her clients also come to her from other solicitors, social workers and through recommendation from families who have already received her help in securing suitable school placements and SEN support for their children.

Career

Before her legal career Laxmi worked in a large London school where she was an associate school Governor for over five years. During this time, Laxmi studied part-time and qualified with a First Class Honours degree in Law (LLB Hons). She then completed the LPC, again part-time. Whilst training, Laxmi volunteered as an education law advisor for the National Autistic Society.

Laxmi qualified in a leading SEND firm in London before joining Boyes Turner to start up their Education practice, becoming partner in 2017.

Laxmi has over 13 years’ experience giving SEND legal advice.

Memberships

Laxmi is a member of the Law Society and an active committee member of the Education Law Association (ELAS), for whom she leads talks on the SEN special interest group. In 2019 she was shorlisted for the Legal 500 Lawyer of the Year award. In the past she has volunteered as an education law advisor for the National Autistic Society (NAS).

Leisure

Travelling, the further away the better. She is an avid reader and enjoys world cinema and spending time with her family.