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Provided by Joe Orme-Paul
Education is a sector focused practice covering a variety of legal needs for schools, colleges and universities. We receive a wide variety of instructions including SEND Tribunals, regulatory, academy transactions, governance, data protection and FOIA.
Started my legal career in June 2010 in a personal injury practice (now Bond Turner) as a paralegal. Moved to Hill Dickinson in March 2012 as a paralegal in the Professional Risks department. Commenced my training contract September 2015 and qualified into Education in March 2017.
Promoted to Partner July 2024.
Law Society of England and Wales
Formerly served as Vice-Chair of Trustees of a single academy trust
Formerly served as a Governor of a Welsh community maintained school
Lyons, A., Thomas, G., Octigan, S., & Orme-Paul, J. (2024). Developing best practice guidance for educational psychologists gaining consent across the 0-25 age range. Educational Psychology in Practice, 1–19
Joe Orme-Paul, The High Court on school exclusions, Local Government Lawyer, 4 October 2024
Grew up in Anfield, Liverpool and attended the local community comprehensive.
First family member to go to university.
Relocated to North Wales from Liverpool in 2020.
Provided by Chambers
Joe Orme-Paul is a Liverpool-based partner at Hill Dickinson. His practice focuses on employment issues in the education sphere and he has notable experience in advising academies on discrimination, admissions and exclusions.
Provided by Chambers
He provides excellent advice and has experience in education and governance law. He has been great to work with.
He provides excellent advice and has experience in education and governance law. He has been great to work with.