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Alice de Coverley and Barry McTaggart offer practical guidance on SEND White Paper

11th May 2026

海角破解版 Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education, equality and public law barrister Alice de Coverley and personal injury and education pupil barrister Barry McTaggart have written for LexisNexis on the government鈥檚 recent SEND White Paper. The 鈥楨very Child Achieving and Thriving鈥� White Paper was published in February this year, alongside the consultation document 鈥楽END Reform: Putting Children and Young People First鈥�. In their analysis, Alice and Barry explore the key proposals within the documents, including...

海角破解版 Barristers are pleased to confirm that 6 of its specialist education law barristers are ranked in Chambers and Partners 2026 published today. The group remains ranked in Band 3 at the London bar in the publication, its barristers praised as 鈥渆xceptional鈥�, 鈥渉ighly skilled鈥� and 鈥渕eticulously prepared鈥� by clients and peers. The team is supported by an 鈥渋ncredibly responsive, professional and extremely helpful" clerking team. In our clients鈥� words, 鈥渢he organisation, care and attention from...

海角破解版鈥檚 education law team is delighted to have retained its Tier 3 ranking in the Legal 500 2026, boasting 7 rankings in London and one in the Midlands. The team is lauded for the 鈥榝antastic array of Education based experts and specialist Counsel'. Seen by many as their 鈥榞o-to set鈥�, the team remains 鈥榦ne of the strongest sets in Education Law with a breadth of expertise at all levels'. Clients describe the set as 鈥榓n...

September Education Law Newsletter - Out now!

23rd September 2025

Welcome to 海角破解版鈥檚 September Education Law Newsletter. Edited by Jack Felvus, this edition features analysis from Katherine Anderson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley and Jim Hirschmann on
- The legal and practical implications for schools of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
- Artificial Intelligence in Education and EHC Plans
- Phelps v The London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] 2 A.C. 619; [2000] E.L.R revisited 25 years on.
Find out more about our Education for Local Authorities webinar series and our forthcoming 3rd Education Law Conference and lots of Education sector news.

Alice de Coverley to Speak at The Professional Deputies Forum Annual Conference

9th June 2025

海角破解版鈥檚 specialist education, equality, and public law barrister Alice de Coverley will speak at The Professional Deputies annual conference. The conference will take place at The NEC in Birmingham on Thursday, 18th September 2025. The theme for the 2025 conference is "Periods of Change and Transitions That a Deputy Will Deal With." Sessions will cover topics such as transitioning from children's services to adult services, litigation to settlement, private homes to care homes, marriage to...

Alice de Coverley to speak at AI in Education seminar with AI Edify

15th May 2025

海角破解版鈥檚 specialist education, equality, and public law barrister Alice de Coverley will speak at the AI Edify webinar on Monday, May 19th. The event will take place from 4pm to 5:30pm. Alice will join Bianca Farthing of AI Edify and Baljinder Bath of 4PB to explore legal aspects, including consent, data protection (GDPR), and intellectual property, alongside vital safeguarding concerns such as student privacy, AI monitoring, online safety, and the risks of AI-powered decision-making. The...

Education law newsletter - March 2025

18th March 2025

Naomi Webber edits the 12th edition of our education law newsletter featuring analysis from our barristers Alice de Coverley, Ben Amunwa, Olivia McGonigle, Naomi Webber and Alex Leonhardt. We look back at our team's 2nd education law conference in February and highlight recent involvement of our barristers in important cases and upcoming events.

Emma Southern and Alice de Coverley to join Lincoln鈥檚 Inn neurodiversity seminar

4th March 2025

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) Emma Southern and Alice de Coverley will join Lincoln鈥檚 Inn鈥檚 鈥淎 Conversation about Neurodiversity at the Bar鈥� panel, being held in honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. The panel, which will be held on Wednesday 19 March 2025, will offer practical advice to both neurodivergent members of the Bar and those who support them. The panellists will discuss topics such as court work, paperwork, diary management and marketing. Emma Southern, family...

Charlotte Hadfield and Alice de Coverley publish second edition of 鈥楢 Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to School Exclusions鈥�

8th January 2025

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education law barristers Charlotte Hadfield (Head of 海角破解版鈥檚 education law group) and Alice de Coverley have published a second edition of their successful book 鈥楢 Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to School Exclusions鈥�. The law relating to school exclusions is complex, often mixing public and regulatory law, anti-discrimination and human rights, statutory guidance and, when relating to independent schools, principles of commercial contract and tort. The book,...

海角破解版 Barristers are pleased to confirm that 7 of its specialist education law barristers are now ranked in Chambers and Partners 2025. The group has retained its London Band 3 ranking in the publication, its barristers drawing much appreciated praise from its clients and peers, as well as recognition for its 'second to none', 'very responsive' clerking team. Group Head Charlotte Hadfield said: 'We are delighted with our latest results in Chambers and Partners鈥� 2025...

海角破解版 is delighted to report that its Education law team has retained its Tier 3 ranking in London. The team has attracted a total of eight rankings in the Legal 500鈥檚 2025 edition published today: seven of our barristers are ranked in London, one of them is also recommended for their work in the Midlands. The directory acknowledges the team 鈥渃over[s] the complete range of education disputes, including acting in tribunal claims and judicial reviews...

Alice de Coverley speaks to The Work Couch on neurodiversity at work

24th September 2024

海角破解版 Barristers鈥� (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education, equality and public law barrister Alice de Coverley has spoken to RPC Legal鈥檚 The Work Couch podcast as part of their neurodiversity mini-series ahead of ADHD awareness month in October. In the first episode of the series, which looks at the lived experience on neurodiversity, Alice joins host Ellie Gelder, alongside Auticon鈥檚 Ashlea Cromby and Tracey West and Victoria Othen of RPC Legal. The conversation covers a range...