Janet Tobin > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Mishcon de Reya LLP assists students and their families on school placements, such as special school admissions, exclusions and refusals, and on sexual misconduct, protection from bullying and home education. Additionally, the education group advises on school investigations, academic freedom of speech, gender identity, and Equality Act discrimination matters. The team is headed by Robert Lewis who works on employment matters, safeguarding, complaints, exclusions and discrimination, and is well supported by associates Michelle Chiu, Alexandra Agnew and Shulamit Aberbach. Commercial litigators Victoria Pigott and Janet Tobin and family law expert Antonia Felix are valuable members of the team. James Murray departed to Doyle Clayton in October 2023.

Regularly handling director and shareholder disputes, Mishcon de Reya LLP boasts an active group litigation practice and a private commercial litigation team, led by the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Janet Tobin and Victoria Pigott, ‘a litigator of the highest calibre‘. Nicola Bridge leads the commercial litigation group and Richard Leedham is division head for commercial disputes, focusing his practice on insurance, representing individual clients and institutional funds in claims stemming from investments. Sanctions expert and ‘true lead partner’ Shaistah Akhtar is another name to note, alongside Mark Davis. Andrew Short’s diverse clientele spans the financial services, healthcare, construction, technology and insurance sectors, while Tom Roberts’ balanced claimant and defendant practice encompasses breach of contract, negligence and fraud claims.