education

  • challenges concerning admissions policies and practices and internal disciplinary and exclusion cases
  • assisting numerous educational institutions in actions for recovery of fees. We have a dedicated debt recovery team with wide experience in this area
  • amendment to licence agreements issued by colleges to all students who occupy rooms on campus
  • duty of care owed to students in particular the duty owed on field trips
  • advising and acting in disputes between institutions and students or third parties concerning the unauthorised use, occupation and disturbance of school and college premises
  • advising on several disputes relating to the granting of ordinary degrees, research degrees and other academic qualifications, including substantive and procedural issues and, in particular, Human Rights Act implications
  • advising on sexual harassment and on disability and race discrimination issues relating to students
  • advising on the unfair practice procedures relating to investigations with regard to students sitting examinations
  • negotiating with student unions via their lawyers in relation to the operation of college facilities and the licensing of the same
  • advising as to the proper procedure to be followed in investigating sensitive academic disputes or grievances between members of staff
  • advising in connection with plagiarism disputes
  • advising on the assessment and evaluation of special educational needs, and the curricular implications for the institutions concerned
  • representing an HEI in court proceedings brought by students for negligence, breach of contract, and misrepresentation for allegedly failing to deliver on curricular and on advertised course content