Advising academies, including single academy trusts and multi-academy trusts, colleges and universities, Hill Dickinson LLP is adept at handling an array of matters including academy conversions, employment issues, admission and exclusions advice, governance work and regulatory issues. Based in Liverpool, the department consists of Luke Green, who focuses on employment and education work in the school space, Joe Orme-Paul, who handles safeguarding, charity, and data protection law, and Kerstie Skeaping, who covers all aspects of employment law. Experienced consultant Iain Campbell assists with litigation and handles regulatory challenges in Manchester.
Key clients
- Dixons Academies Trust
- University of Liverpool
Work highlights
- Acting for the University of Salford in connection with the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena in May 2017. The bomber was, at the time, a student at the University, which had a statutory duty to have regard, when exercising functions, to the need to prevent students from being ‘drawn into terrorism’.
- Assisting Star Academies with defending a disability discrimination claim.