Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Payne Hicks Beach LLP‘s education practice advises both individuals and institutions on a wide range of education matters such as unlawful exclusions, disability discrimination, safeguarding, harassment claims, exam appeals, negligence and abuse.  The practice is led by Ane Vernon, who has extensive experience in education litigation, school exclusion and examination appeals. Dominic Crossley advises parents of pupils in disciplinary disputes and is also well versed in privacy and defamation law, while Mark Jones leads the defence and investigations department and handles education cases in relation to criminal allegations.