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Education lawyers in London & Thames Valley

Schools and academies face ever-changing commercial and political challenges. Our lawyers are experienced in the legal issues that affect both the public and private education sector and will identify and support opportunities for development.

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We provide tailored, pragmatic and relevant support across a full range of legal services to the operators and managers of schools, colleges and universities. Our team has extensive experience of high-profile projects for higher and further education and are experienced at working closely with Headteachers, Bursars and Governors.

We can also offer:

Liaising with Charity Commission, advising clients on the Charities Act and setting up charitable trusts.
Regulatory documents such as student charters and formulating academic rules and regulations and handling data protection issues including requests for information.
Safeguarding legal responsibilities, staff discipline, involvement of police and whistleblowing matters.

“The education practice has extensive experience advising schools, higher education institutions and local authorities on the full spectrum of issues.”

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Our comprehensive expertise includes:

Commercial real estate

Construction

Contractual and commercial arrangements

Employment

Immigration

Key contacts

Helen Beech

Partner

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Email Helen

+44 118 960 4639

Antony Morris

Partner

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+44 118 960 4646

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Commercial Real Estate

Real estate fraud – help us help you to eliminate the risk

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Construction

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There is no doubt that off-site manufacture is being embraced by the industry.

03 October 2017
Construction

A victory for common sense – actual cost relevant to compensation event assessment

A defining principle of the NEC3 is that the parties should deal with issues as they arise and not save these up to the end. Hence the provision in the standard form contract allowing for forecast assessments of compensation events. However, this principle can get forgotten when the parties fail to comply with the contractual machinery and timeframes or the compensation events are disputed. A case from earlier this year in the Northern Ireland courts has looked at the question of whether actual costs are relevant to the assessment of compensation events: Northern Ireland Housing Executive…

28 September 2017

Michael Sippitt writes for Thomson Reuters on: Migration and Modern Slavery

Until lawyers start to pursue high-profile negligence cases, the status quo is likely to remain unchanged.Modern slavery is a term that has entered our political and legal lexicon over the past decade or so but it is still something that is largely misunderstood.

19 September 2017
Construction

Modern slavery in construction supply chains: does your business comply

‘Modern Slavery’ is a term which encapsulates slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking.

“Excellent support for decades, including innovative and groundbreaking projects. We are always grateful for their straightforward commercial advice, their real commitment to understanding our objectives and values and their desire to ensure a close working relationship with us as a client.”

University of Reading

“Clarkslegal have always provided a highly professional legal service to CfBT. The team are highly skilled and able to cut to the ‘heart of the problem’ very quickly. Their written work is of a consistently high standard and all the team are a pleasure to work with.”

Hilary Isham, Head of HR and Facilities – Education Development Trust

Contact Helen

+44 118 958 5321 helen.beech@clarkslegal.com