Charities & Education

Our specialists charity law and education law solicitors team have a wealth of practical experience at local, regional and national level, ranging from small charities to top 300 charity members as well as independent schools. Our clients include charities, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), local authorities, public sector bodies, care villages and schools.

• advising business start-ups,
• advising on commercial ventures for charities,
• advising  on all property matters and a full range of advice to charity trustees. 

• we guide schools through the fast-moving area of employment law,
• we provide prompt and practical advice on pupil discipline, child protection and parental disputes,
• we assist with a variety of property and commercial agreements as well as  intellectual property rights,
• we assist with fee recovery and enjoy a good working relationship with the Independent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA).

• Changing a charitable company's governing documents
• Branding for charities
• Gift Aid: The charitable donation that keeps on giving 

Our charity and education clients are able to benefit from our team approach across a range of disciplines, pulling in other specialists as required. This includes working closely with our employment, property, corporate and private client teams - to guarantee specialist advice at all times.

• Incorporation and establishing charities
• Constitutional and governance reviews
• Charity schemes and orders
• Charity Commission enquiries, reviews and disputes
• Advising exempt charities on registration with the Charity Commission
• The new Public Benefit rules

• Legacy disputes and management; challenges to wills and estates

• Acquisition and disposals of property
• Property portfolio management issues
• Employment
• Fundraising
• Investments
• Debt management
• Property litigation
• Intellectual property (IP), information technology (IT) and data protection advice