Local Government Lawyer

Protest Injunctions

This is a recording of the webinar to launch Yaaser Vanderman’s “Manual on Protest Injunctions: Practice, Procedure and Persons Unknown”.
Protest Injunctions

Data Protection Essentials

The Hugh James team provide a guide of need-to-know information about the field of Data Protection law.
Data Protection Essentials

Freedom of Information Essentials

The Hugh James team provide an insight into the essentials of freedom of information law and environmental information law.
Freedom of Information Essentials

Construction Webinar: Autumn Update '22

Birketts' construction and engineering experts are joined by insolvency expert Matthew Weston to deliver their Autumn update webinar. They…
Construction Webinar: Autumn Update '22

The Landmark Listen: Public Podcast – Standing

David Blundell QC, Richard Turney and Miranda Butler provide a detailed overview of the decision in the Good Law Project challenge and case…
The Landmark Listen: Public Podcast – Standing

Estate Regeneration: Keys to successful outcomes

Scott Dorling, Paul McDermott and Victoria Thornton, joined by guest speakers Barbara Brownlee and Catherine Cummings, discuss the complex…
Estate Regeneration: Keys to successful outcomes

Planning for Protests

Tim Polli QC, Michael Buckpitt and Michael Walsh discuss the recent protests taking place across the country and how the courts approach…
Planning for Protests

Mandatory off-site schooling

Jonathan Auburn QC examines the impact of the recent decision in CHF & ORS, R (On the Application Of) v Newick Church of England Primary…
Mandatory off-site schooling

Everyone’s Invited: the legal implications

What is the legal framework for schools in responding to 'Everyone's Invited'? Fiona Scolding QC, Samantha Broadfoot QC, Leon Glenister and…
Everyone’s Invited: the legal implications

The LLG Grapevine 28th June

This week Deborah Evans, Dennis Hall and Helen McGrath discuss S.W. v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights, Dobson v North…
The LLG Grapevine 28th June

Head of Education and Governance expert Mark Blois is joined by Browne Jacobson's regulatory and pastoral specialists who explain some of the core policy and legal implications, as well as the importance of action on your own terms.

This online event took place on Wednesday 4 May 2022, 2-3 pm and is now available on-demand.

At the end of March, the Department for Education published the long-awaited White and Green Papers.

They have been described as both “ambitious” and “underwhelming” by commentators so far but, whatever your view, they lay out the strategic framework and guidance for all English schools and academies over the next eight years.

During this webinar, Head of Education and Governance expert, Mark Blois was joined by our regulatory and pastoral specialists who explained some of the core policy and legal implications, as well as the importance of action on your own terms.

Please click here to access the webinar.

About the speakers

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Mark Blois

Mark is a Partner and Head of Browne Jacobson's education practice. With over 25 years’ experience as an education lawyer, Mark has long been recommended as a leader in his field in the industry bibles ‘Chambers UK’ and ‘Legal 500’. ‘Chambers UK’ has dubbed him “an industry leader” and ‘Legal 500’ includes him in their 'Hall of Fame', which highlights law firm partners who are 'at the pinnacle of the profession'. Mark has also been designated as a National Leader of Governance by the Department for Education.

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Philip Wood

Philip specialises in education law and has over eight years of experience in advising a range of education institutions including schools, academies and universities with a particular interest in admissions, exclusions/student disciplinary, discrimination and public law elements of education institution decision making. Philip also advises on complex academy transfers and mergers.

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Katie Michelon

Katie advises schools and academies on a broad range of education law matters.

Katie regularly advises on exclusions, governance, safeguarding, admissions and parental complaints. She has particular expertise in school intervention matters and leads on this part of the firm’s practice. She provides advice to schools that may be vulnerable to formal intervention measures from their local authority or the Secretary of State. She also supports schools with challenging Ofsted inspections. As part of her work in the area of school intervention, Katie contributed to representations made to Parliament on the Education and Adoption Bill.

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