Business and Professional Risk

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.

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