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Michael Brotherton
Work Department
Education team.
Position
Michael is a Partner and specialises in all areas of Education Law, he has also built up an enviable reputation dealing with the more contentious aspects of school life including procedural issues, admissions, exclusions, parental complaints, and Equality Act claims.
Michael’s other skills include advising on many academy conversions, from single academy projects to multi academy conversion projects; advising on safeguarding issues, abuse allegations, policy drafting, general governance, best practice and whole school issues.
Career
Trained Stone King 1998-2000; partner Stone King LLP 2015.
Education
Stonyhurst College; University of Wolverhampton.
Leisure
Sport, theatre, literature.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Public sector > Education
Stone King LLP is turned to by a broad range of educational institutions on issues such as academy conversions and transfers, procurement and operational pupil issues. Latterly, the team is advising a growing number of schools on their commercial agreements. The Bath-based team is chaired by Helen Tucker, for whom school groups is a fixture of her practice focus. Her colleague Michael Brotherton handles a growing number of matters pertaining to the Equality Act 2010 while Ciara Campfield advises across schools, further and higher education mandates. Elizabeth Fortin is well versed in matters related to students with education health and care plans.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate