39 Essex Chambers is well-known in education law for its expertise spanning the education sector, from judicial reviews, appeals to the first-tier tribunal and upper tribunal, exclusions and admissions appeals, educational negligence claims, education prosecutions, discrimination and human rights matters, to contractual disputes and employment claims.
Steve Broach KC is praised for his ‘second-to-none expertise in relation to all things disability and education’.
Rory Dunlop KC appears on behalf of the claimants in SC v Kingston Grammar School, a disability discrimination claim, questioning the rights of schools to remove a child because of their parent’s conduct.
Rachel Sullivan acted as junior counsel in R (Sharp) v Office of the School Adjudicator, relating the OSA’s functions when considering complaints about school admissions arrangements.