Roger Inman > Stone King LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Stone King LLP
3rd Floor Bateman House
82-88 Hills Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1LQ
England

Work Department

Education team.

Position

Roger is Chair of the Management Board and leads our national education practice. He specialises in school governance, re-organisation and development, in particular the development of multi-academy trusts. Roger is also nationally recognised as an expert in special educational needs and other aspects of educational provision for students.

 

Career

Trained Freeth Cartwright; qualified 1996; trainee and assistant solicitor Freeth Cartwright 1994-97; assistant and partner Cunningham John 1997-2002; partner Taylor Vinters 2002-2005; chief executive IPSEA 2005-2007; partner Stone King LLP 2008.

Memberships

Executive Board of Education Law Association; ex member National Disability and Mental Health Committee of the Law Society.

Education

Ampleforth College, York; Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

Leisure

Roger enjoys spending time with his family as well as walking and sailing.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Public sector > Education: schools

Stone King LLP offers its roster of state school, faith school, multi academy trust, and independent school clients across England first-rate advice on admissions policies, especially in connection with safeguarding and equality matters. The team is also active on contracting and commercial issues, having advised on a number of mergers and academy conversions as well as on the establishment of new schools in the UK and abroad. The multidisciplinary team is jointly led by four lawyers based across the UK. Roger Inman, who is based in Cambridge, is a trusted advisor on school governance matters, especially with respect to SEN policies. London-based lawyer Graham Burns is reputed for his work on PFI school conversions and transfers, while Tom Morrison, who practices from Bath, is a safeguarding expert, and Leeds further education specialist Tom Morrison advises MATs on their governance and structuring policies. The practice heads are further supported by London-based lawyers Laura Berman, an admissions and safeguarding specialist, Lee Coley, who maintains close relations with a number of faith schools, and Stephen Ravenscroft, who is trusted to handle mergers and academy conversions.