Education: Institutions (Schools)
UK-wide
3 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Debbie Ashenhurst
UK 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Debbie is the head of Wilsons' Education team and a partner in our Dispute Resolution team. She also leads our data protection and reputation management practices.
Career
Debbie read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, before training at Dentons in London. Post-qualification she worked at media firm Olswang and in-house at The Guardian newspaper and the RSPCA. She joined Wilsons in 2016, having returned from the U.S. where she earned a LL.M from Georgetown University and worked in the environmental litigation field.
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Education: Institutions (Schools) - UK-wide
Band 4
Individual Editorial
Debbie Ashenhurst heads the education offering at Wilsons. She focuses her practice on advising a range of schools on education-related matters, such as admissions, exclusions and removals, and safeguarding, as well as commercial and contractual issues.
Strengths
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I am personally and professionally extremely grateful to Debbie for her outstanding service. With Debbie, we feel in incredibly safe hands.
Education: Institutions (Schools)Chambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionDebbie is fantastic; she is brilliantly incisive, efficient, intelligent and generous. We would not be without her.
Education: Institutions (Schools)Chambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionDebbie is always professional in all matters, she has in-depth knowledge of a wide range of areas and offers sound and invaluable advice.
Education: Institutions (Schools)Chambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionDebbie is an extremely knowledgeable individual whose empathy and ability to relay the important facts to you in an understandable way is key to her success.
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