Education

Shu Shin Luh is a highly regarded education and community care junior with a strong background in advising vulnerable clients and in counselling parents in relation to complex equality claims. She will often work with NGOs and is active in testing the limits of local authorities' education funding duties towards children and young adults under their care.

Alice Irving is noted for her knowledge and specialism in education law. She routinely appears in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals in education, health and care plan appeals and disability discrimination cases, often acting for parents bringing challenges against local authorities.

Nicholas Bowen KC is the head of the education law team and represents a range of clients, including parents with disabled children, in fraught education disputes with local authorities. He also has significant expertise in community care, Court of Protection, and civil liberties and human rights work.

Louise Price has significant experience in the education space, in particular in matters relating to special educational needs appeals. She is well-versed in highly sensitive discrimination claims and has a strong knowledge of issues concerning the application of the Equality Act 2010 within the education sector.