Alice de Coverley and Barry McTaggart offer practical guidance on SEND White Paper
11th May 2026
3PB 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’s recent SEND White Paper.
The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper was published in February this year, alongside the consultation document ‘SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First’. In their analysis, Alice and Barry explore the key proposals within the documents, including what the proposals do, what this could mean for the future role of EHCPs and individual support plans, and the duties placed on schools moving forwards.
Alice and Barry also explore the key legal implications for practitioners to be aware on when working within SEND law.
To read the full article, please click here. Please note that a LexisNexis subscription is needed to view the full article.
To contact or instruct Alice de Coverley, please email Practice Manager Gemma Faulkner on [email protected]. To contact or instruct Barry McTaggart, please email Practice Manager Jordon Gallifant on [email protected]. Both Gemma and Jordon can be reached by phone on 020 7583 8055.
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