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LONDON
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Steve Broach KC
Position
Steve is a specialist public lawyer with a particular interest in disability and children’s rights cases. His practice focuses on cases concerning health, education and social care issues, involving both complex individual cases and challenges to policies and legislation. As well as appearing in judicial reviews in the Administrative Court and onwards appeals, Steve also frequently acts in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal on special educational needs and disability discrimination cases. He also has a broad public law practice spanning regulatory and commercial challenges, as well as acting in the Court of Protection, frequently instructed on behalf of the Official Solicitor. Steve is co-author of Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook (Legal Action Group, 3rd edition, 2020) and an editor of the Community Care Law Reports.
Career
Called 2008; Middle Temple; pupillage and tenancy Doughty Street Chambers 2008-2014; tenancy Monckton Chambers 2014-2020; tenancy 39 Essex Chambers 2020 and ongoing. Former head of policy at the National Autistic Society and campaigns manager for the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign.
Languages
French (conversational)
Memberships
ALBA; CPBA; Education Lawyers Association; HRLA.
Education
University of Edinburgh (2001 MA History first class); University of London (2006 MA Politics); BPP Law School (2006 GDL, 2008 BVC very competent).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Steve Broach KC – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Steve is extremely knowledgeable on the law. His written work and advocacy are both excellent.’
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Education
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Steve Broach KC –39 Essex Chambers ‘Steve is a unique barrister. He is highly approachable and has boundless enthusiasm and energy to seek out and support strategic litigation. He is conscientious, astute, and very wise. His drafting and advocacy are of a consistently high standard.’
39 Essex Chambers is a ‘well-known specialist public law set’ with a particular presence acting in judicial reviews and tribunal claims at the intersection of health care and education law. Fenella Morris KC frequently acts for clients in negligence and breach of contract claims, while in R (T) v Secretary of State for Education, Rory Dunlop KC defeated a judicial review brought by non-working parents to the government’s pledge of fully-funded childcare for three and four-year olds; the claimants argued that the policy was discriminatory under Article 14 of the ECHR. At the junior level, Steve Broach KC regularly exhibits the set’s strength in SEND matters by acting in tribunal claims and judicial reviews for children with special educational needs, while Jennifer Thelen has been active in judicial reviews related to school exclusions and disability discrimination.