Expertise

RadcliffesLeBrasseur has many years of experience in advising education establishments, including universities, colleges and schools.

We recognise that whilst education establishments are businesses, there are unique considerations to be taken into account in the way they operate.

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Particular areas of expertise include :

• Charities
• Corporate
• Employment, including contracts, dismissals, union relations, tribunal claims, transfer of business issues and redundancy
• Property, including sales and purchases, leases, property development, the construction of education establishments and relocation
• Professional conduct and regulatory matters
• Student issues including plagiarism in submitted work
• Governance
• Public law and Judicial Review, including public health law
• Child protection
• Tax
• Conversion of status
• Funding
• Data protection
• Procurement including supply contracts
• Contractual disputes
• Intellectual property and copyright matters
• Buying and selling schools
• Competition law

RadcliffesLeBrasseur is also recognised as a leading firm in the field of charity law and represents more than 140 charity clients.

Examples of our recent experience :

• Advising City University and others on employment matters
• Handling the sale of Herne Hill School
• Advising on a major investigation into collective fee arrangements
• Advising on the £40million relocation of Whitelands College
• Handling the relocation of Heatherley School of Fine Arts
• Advising on charity matters for various educational clients
• Providing workshops, seminars and updates

We advise our clients on developments in the law. We publish briefings which are circulated to clients to ensure they are aware of current issues.

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Every year we run workshops and seminars for our clients at no cost. These events are successful not only because they enable us to communicate developments in the law to clients in person, but also because they enable our clients to meet each other and discuss issues of importance to them.