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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
39 Essex Chambers regularly produces case reports, articles, newsletters and seminar across a range of areas.
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Education
What our barristers offer
39 Essex Chambers is one of the leading education law sets. Our barristers have a practical understanding of the operational needs and political demands to which local authorities and schools are subject.
We are also one of the few sets able to offer a range of barristers experienced in education, health and social care, which is increasingly useful in a changing political environment in which services are being integrated.
Who our barristers act for
We advise and represent:
- Colleges
- Individuals
- Local authorities
- Schools
- Academies
- Universities
The barristers in the education team appear on behalf of parents, schools and local authorities in the First Tier Tribunal (SENDIST), Upper Tribunal and higher courts.
Which areas of education we cover:
Primary & secondary education
- admissions and exclusions
- school staffing and employment issues
- claims in the private and higher education sector
- discrimination, human rights, and equalities claims, including disability, sex, religion, race and the public sector
- equality
- examination disputes
- negligence claims
- school transport
- education outside school and attendance
- planning and property
- school governance and finance
- school inspection, registration and local authority intervention
- school organisation
- special educational needs’ disputes
Further & higher education
- construction
- contract, negligence claims and judicial review
- challenges to disciplinary decisions (particularly plagiarism)
- challenges to admission and grant decisions and appeals to the independent adjudicator for higher education (Office of the Independent Adjudicator)
- data protection and freedom of information
- defamation
- discrimination and disciplinary issues
- professional discipline and regulation
- planning, property and procurement
- research misconduct
- staff employment
- student immigration issues (including Tier 4 disputes)
Additional education sector knowledge
- We arrange regular education law seminars to keep our clients abreast of the constantly changing legal framework
- A number of 39 Essex Chambers’ education barristers have been appointed as governors to schools and to university committees
- One of our barristers has been instrumental in establishing a free school.
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Who to contact
Michael Kaplan is the Senior Clerk for the Education team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.
Michael Kaplan
Call: +44 (0)20 7634 9076
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