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Peter Oldham KC is a well-known practitioner advising and litigating in local government, public, education and employment law. He regularly advises and appears in cutting-edge cases in his fields. Recent local authority litigation includes R (BH) v Kirklees Council (September 2025) – challenge to sale of care homes, R (Coventry CC) v Home Office (July 2025) – challenge to Home Office’s policy on procurement of accommodation for asylum seekers, R (CKT) v Twyford School and others (July 2025) – admission criteria for Church of England School and indirect race discrimination, R (NAA) v Haringey LBC, A School and an Independent Review Panel (June 2025) – exclusion from school, county lines, Art 4 of the ECHR and modern slavery, R (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council) v Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (Jan 2025) – challenge to LGSCO’s decision on nursery charges and free early education entitlement, and R (X) v Bristol City Council (Dec 2024) – challenge to LA’s entry into “safety valve agreement” with DfE for SEN funding.

Called 1990; Gray’s Inn; Silk 2010.

French, German.

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA 1st; Dip Law).