Permission granted in challenges to Somerset school restructuring

Permission has been granted by Morris J in respect of two joined judicial review claims, challenging Somerset County Council’s restructuring of its schooling system within Crewkerne and Ilminister. Both claims… Read more »

News 23rd August 2021

39 Essex Chambers Education Newsletter – July 2020

In the July edition of our Education newsletter, our newest member Ian Brownhill considers what the start of the new term will be like for University Students this year, in… Read more »

News, Newsletters 20th July 2020

Ian Brownhill

16th June 2020

As Fair As Possible

Following on from the Government’s announcement that all A level, AS level and GCSE exams were cancelled, we wrote about the options for a fair appeal system for students who… Read more »

News 06th April 2020

A fair appeals system for GCSEs, As and A Levels in 2020

Last week, GSCE and A-level students gearing up for the national end-of-year exams had the rug pulled out from under their feet when the Government announced that GSCEs and A-level… Read more »

News 23rd March 2020

‘Sexual Misconduct in Law Firms’

Alexis Hearnden presents for The Law Society on the matter of sexual misconduct within Law firms. The webinar provides practitioners with a blue print for handling complaints of sexual misconduct… Read more »

Seminars Archive 05th March 2020

Judgment in major SEN funding challenge

On Monday 7 October 2019 judgment was handed down in the case of R (Simone and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Education. Following a… Read more »

News 07th October 2019

Education Newsletter – July 2019

Attached please find the summer edition of the 39 Essex Chambers’ Education Newsletter. This edition truly reflects the breadth of what falls within the term “education law”, with articles on… Read more »

News, Newsletters 18th July 2019

Judicial Review Over Inadequate SEND Funding

A two day rolled-up hearing starts today 26 June in a high profile judicial review challenging the failure by the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Education to… Read more »

News 27th June 2019

Education Newsletter – April 2019

Enclosed please find the first edition of the 39 Essex Chambers’ Education Newsletter. This quarterly newsletter will address key developments in the law around education. We welcome your feedback on… Read more »

News, Newsletters 24th April 2019