With unique capabilities in the higher education sector, Browne Jacobson LLP excels in the full range of contentious and non-contentious education matters, routinely advising both national and regional clients on issues including employment and HR, corporate, health and safety, governance, regulatory, investigations, and dispute resolution. The team is co-led by Victoria Hatton, who advises schools, single and multi-academy trusts, as well as independent schools, on contentious matters and strategic projects, and Bettina Rigg, a trusted advisor to universities and colleges who specialises in employment law, student matters, equality, diversity and inclusion, and discrimination claims. Other key lawyers include Rachel Billen, an employment lawyer focusing on the education sector, and Marie Ashton, an expert in HR issues.
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Key clients
- Athena Learning Trust
- Authentic Education Group Limited
- Coastal Learning Partnership
- Cornerstone Academy Trust
- Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- Diocese of Salisbury Multi Academy Trust
- Initio Learning Trust
- Ivy Education Trust
- Lighthouse Schools Partnership
- Pickwick Academy Trust
- Preston Primary Academy Trust
- Quantock Education Trust
Work highlights
Advising The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust on three highly complex academy conversions involving PFI arrangements, charitable trust land ownership, and historic maintenance issues.
Advising schools on niche and complex areas of education law, including Articles of Association, judicial review proceedings, and complex misconduct investigations.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Victoria Hatton; Bettina Rigg
Other key lawyers
Rachel Billen; Marie Ashton; Emily Ottery