Veale Wasbrough Vizards has a dedicated education sector team who work only with our university, schools, and college clients. We act for more than 700 education institutions including universities, academies, colleges of further education, training colleges, independent schools, nurseries, and examining boards.
This team is supported by other specialist lawyers from across the firm, who regularly work with our education clients.
We can advise on:
- good governance and constitutional issues, including, where necessary liaison with the Privy Council
- estates issues including; construction and development projects, acquisitions and disposals; planning law and health and safety
- capital funding and potential PPP or PFI projects
- general student issues, including the 'student contract' and landlord and tenant issues
- student appeals, academic misconduct and dealing with the OIA
- intellectual property law, licensing and spin-outs
- human resource issues, including unionised negotiations; performance management; bespoke in house management training; pensions issues and tribunals
- equality and diversity issues
- procurement processes including EU regulations
- commercial contracts with suppliers, providers, partners and the provision of services to third parties, joint ventures, consortium arrangements including international agreements.
