SEN Legal has an excellent reputation for its specialist focus on handling special educational needs and disability work in the education sector. Under the leadership of Cambridge-based Hayley Mason-Seager and Nicole Lee, the team has a solid track record in representing parents and young people in cases involving exclusion matters, personal budgets, social care and judicial reviews. The group is also well known for appearing in SEND Tribunal appeals and advising on disability discrimination matters. Richard Nettleton is ‘extremely thorough in his preparation of all cases’. James Brown and Annabel Moore are names to note. Unless stated otherwise, all named individuals are based in Bury St Edmunds.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is very well organised, extremely successful in achieving positive outcomes and all staff I have been involved with are very pleasant and focused. They have a realistic and constructive approach to resolutions to the benefit of their clients.’
- Approachability, willingness to discuss issues pertaining to a case, and overall helpfulness.'
- 'Their working knowledge and insight into the challenges faced by parents with children and young people with SEN.'
- 'Every one of the team are brilliant and it is a pleasure working with them.'
- ‘Richard Nettleton really understands what we have been going through and worked so hard to try and make life easy for us.’
- ‘Hayley Mason-Seager, James Brown and Annabel Moore were all instrumental in helping us to secure the correct SEN school for our son and we were impressed with their knowledge, commitment and support.'
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Practice head
Hayley Mason-Seager; Nicole Lee
Other key lawyers
Richard Nettleton; James Brown; Annabel Moore