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Rachel Billen

Rachel Billen

Work Department

Business and Professional Risk

Position

Rachel is an employment lawyer with a particular specialism in ‘employment for schools’. She undertakes both non-contentious and contentious work for maintained, academy and independent schools.

She advises on a wide variety of employment issues affecting the sector including the TUPE aspects of the academy conversion process and in/outsourcing/retendering as it affects academies, redundancies and restructures, disciplinary and grievance, unfair dismissal, discrimination, capability, performance management, settlement agreements, contractual issues and employment policies.  She also deals with employment related civil claims such as negligent misstatement and civil claims of discrimination.

Rachel speaks regularly at events for schools and educational associations, and is also a school governor.

Career

Irwin Mitchell – 1999 - 2000 Lee Crowder – 2000 - 2002 Veitch Penny – 2002 - 2012

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice - 1999 LLB (Hons) -  Law & European Studies - 1998

Mentions

Public sector • South West

Education