Michael Brotherton > Stone King LLP > Bath, England > Lawyer Profile

Stone King LLP
Upper Borough Court
Upper Borough Walls
Bath
BA1 1RG
England

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.