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 | Rebecca Kashti
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Rebecca is a Partner and is the Head of the Schools Team and works very closely with preparatory and senior independent schools across the country. Rebecca is Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Manor Preparatory School and is on the Board of Governors of The School of St Helen and St Katharine.
Telephone: 01865 811222
Email: rkashti@darbys.co.uk |
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 | David Parry
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David is a Partner and is the head of the Employment Law Team. He has substantial experience of advising a wide range of educational institutions, including private schools and colleges, voluntary-aided schools, many of the Oxford University Colleges and Recognised Independent Centres.
Telephone: 01865 811708
Email: dparry@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Jim Astle
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Jim Astle is a Partner and Head of the Corporate Defence & Crime Team. He has many years experience of acting in criminal cases and in disciplinary proceedings for both students and educational establishments, including several Colleges of Oxford University and the University itself. He also advises and represents clients in town and country planning Hearings and Public Inquiries and in hearings before Licensing Authority Panels . Jim also sits as a Deputy District Judge.
Telephone: 01865 81811704
Email: jastle@darbys.co.uk |
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 | William Selby-Lowndes
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William is a Partner and is the head of the Family Law Team. William is an expert in all matters relating to child protection and regularly advises schools in relation to their child protection issues and policies.
Telephone: 01865 811771
Email: wselby-lowndes@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Martin Bourne
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Martin is a Partner in the Criminal Law Team. Martin specialises in representing individuals including young people and organisations about their potential criminal liabilities.
Telephone: 01865 811720
Email: mbourne@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Nick Hedges
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Nick is a Partner in the Corporate, Technology and Media Team and is the head of the Charity Law Team. He undertakes commercial property work as well as transactional work within the charitable sector as well as advising on corporate governance issues.
Telephone: 01865 811709
Email: nhedges@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Mark Taylor
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Mark is a Partner in the Property Team and deals with the acquisition and disposal of investment portfolios, and with landlord and tenant matters (acting for both landlords and tenants); and undertakes development work (again for both land owners and developers). He acts for several Oxford University Colleges and a variety of other institutions, companies and individuals
Telephone: 01865 811702
Email: mtaylor@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Rebecca Hewitt
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Rebecca is a Partner specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence, acting predominantly for Claimants. She is able to advise schools on how to handle potential claims and risk reduction steps for staff to implement. Rebecca is also part of the Trainee Team, acting as our Trainee mentor and being involved in the recruitment of trainees.
Telephone: 01865 811768
Email: rhewitt@darbys.co.uk |
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 | David Harris
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David is a Partner in the Employment Law Team and acts for a range of clients and regularly advises schools on a variety of employment law issues. He has experience in dealing with contentious matters, but now primarily handles non-contentious work . David often advises on the recruitment and retention of key staff, claim avoidance and reorganisations and redundancies for employers. He also frequently provides advice on the drafting of employment contracts, policies and procedures and termination agreements. David is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Telephone: 01865 811739
Email: dharris@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Nick Wright
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Nick is a partner and is head of the Litigation Team and advises in the education and charities sector advising, and acting for, a number of schools and colleges, including a number of colleges within the University of Oxford. Typical areas include complaints from students and parents regarding the standard of teaching, contractual disputes between schools and parents (including unpaid fees) and advice regarding charitable status.
Telephone: 01865 811748
Email: nwright@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Samantha Leigh
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Samantha is a partner in the Commercial Property Team with experience in all manner of sales and purchases, lettings, charges and development. She has a strong Oxford College client base and is experienced in dealing with the requirements of educational establishments.
Telephone: 01865 811212
Email: sleigh@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Rhiannon Saunders
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Rhiannon is a solicitor in the Litigation Team and regularly advises schools on debt recovery in relation to unpaid school fees, fees in lieu of notice and general commercial debts. She has successfully negotiated settlement agreements with parents who are in arrears of school fees and she has represented schools in bringing proceedings against parents in breach of contract claims through to trial.
Telephone: 01865 811715
Email: rsaunders@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Jonathan Williamson
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Jonathan is an associate in the Corporate Technology and Media Team and specialises in corporate finance. His practice covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, IPOs, and other capital raisings as well as general corporate advice. Jonathan has acted on the merger of charitable and educational institutions and has experience of advising charitable organisations on their constitutional obligations and documents.
Telephone: 01865 811228
Email: jwilliamson@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Sian Champkin
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Sian is an Associate in the Corporate Technology and Media Team. Her core area of practice is mergers and acquisitions and she also has considerable experience in restructuring, reorganisations and succession planning. Her experience extends to work within the charitable sector, an example of which is a recent transaction involving the merger of two charitable organisations.
Telephone: 01865 811254
Email: sroberts@darbys.co.uk |
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 | Hannah Faux
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Hannah attended Headington School in Oxford before reading Law at the University of Leicester. She went on to gain a Distinction in the Legal Practice Course from the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice in 2007.
Hannah joined Darbys in September 2007 as a trainee solicitor and upon qualification in September 2009 joined the Education and Medical Negligence teams.
Hannah advises schools in respect of disability discrimination in education and also assists parents of children with special educational needs in ensuring their child’s needs are met by the local authority.
Hannah has experience of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal process in respect of both disability discrimination claims and appealing local authority decisions regarding special educational needs
Telephone: 01865 811262
Email: hfaux@darbys.co.uk |
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