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Victoria Hatton

Browne Jacobson LLP

EnglandEducation, Governance

About

Senior Associate at Browne Jacobson LLP, practising education law since 2010 with expertise in academy projects, governance and student-related matters. Ranked as a 'Rising Star' in Legal 500 (2021), she advises on academy conversions, mergers and transfers, governance arrangements and regulatory intervention by bodies such as Ofsted, local authorities, the ESFA and the Department for Education.

Practice areas

EducationGovernanceRegulatory

Office

Expertise

Academy conversions, mergers and transfersSchool governance and schemes of delegationAcademy trust Articles of AssociationChurch of England schools and diocesan requirementsStudent-related matters (admissions, exclusions, SEN, discrimination, parental complaints)Regulatory intervention (Ofsted, local authorities, ESFA, DfE)

Education

  • LLB (Hons) (First Class) – 2005
  • LPC (Distinction) – 2007

Admissions

  • Solicitor – admitted September 2009