3PB’s dedicated team of education specialist barristers have a wealth of experience in Ofsted and CQC regulation, including appeals against cancellation by Early Years and Child Care providers.
Our work has included advising and representing schools and nurseries to respond to unfavourable Ofsted inspection reports and responding to CQC inspection and reports.
Charlotte Hadfield
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7583 8055
Emma Calvert (née Waldron)
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7583 8055
Tom Cox
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0117 928 1520
Gemma Faulkner
Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 7583 8055
3PB’s Deputy Head of the Professional Discipline team, Daniel Brown, and specialist professional discipline barrister, Louise Hartley, will speak at the ARDL Webinar titled "Should regulators be concerned about the High Court’s judgment in NMC v Richmond [2025] EWHC 1828 (Admin)?" The Webinar will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 22nd October at 6-7pm. Daniel Brown specialises in representing healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, midwives, dentists and doctors, in fitness to practise proceedings. He has also...
Continue reading3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) have been awarded a record number of individual rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers and Partners, reaching a total of 104 (96 last year) achieved by 86 of its barristers. The national set has doubled its number of individual rankings in 5 years (52 in 2021) and is rewarded with accolades in 22 areas of law across the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern,...
Continue reading3PB Barristers are pleased to confirm that 6 of its specialist education law barristers are ranked in Chambers and Partners 2026 published today. The group remains ranked in Band 3 at the London bar in the publication, its barristers praised as “exceptional”, “highly skilled” and “meticulously prepared” by clients and peers. The team is supported by an “incredibly responsive, professional and extremely helpful" clerking team. In our clients’ words, “the organisation, care and attention from...
Continue reading3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings), one of the UK's largest chambers, is delighted to announce a record number of rankings - totalling 193 - in the Legal 500 2026’s edition which is published today, compared with 167 last year. A total of 123 3PB barristers are now ranked in the Legal 500, up from 108 last year. The set is ranked in 26 areas of law across 4 large UK Circuits (London, South Eastern, Western...
Continue reading3PB’s education law team is delighted to have retained its Tier 3 ranking in the Legal 500 2026, boasting 7 rankings in London and one in the Midlands. The team is lauded for the ‘fantastic array of Education based experts and specialist Counsel'. Seen by many as their ‘go-to set’, the team remains ‘one of the strongest sets in Education Law with a breadth of expertise at all levels'. Clients describe the set as ‘an...
Continue readingWelcome to 3PB’s September Education Law Newsletter. Edited by Jack Felvus, this edition features analysis from Katherine Anderson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley and Jim Hirschmann on
- The legal and practical implications for schools of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
- Artificial Intelligence in Education and EHC Plans
- Phelps v The London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] 2 A.C. 619; [2000] E.L.R revisited 25 years on.
Find out more about our Education for Local Authorities webinar series and our forthcoming 3rd Education Law Conference and lots of Education sector news.
3PB’s specialist education, equality, and public law barrister Alice de Coverley will speak at The Professional Deputies annual conference. The conference will take place at The NEC in Birmingham on Thursday, 18th September 2025. The theme for the 2025 conference is "Periods of Change and Transitions That a Deputy Will Deal With." Sessions will cover topics such as transitioning from children's services to adult services, litigation to settlement, private homes to care homes, marriage to...
Continue readingNaomi Webber edits the 12th edition of our education law newsletter featuring analysis from our barristers Alice de Coverley, Ben Amunwa, Olivia McGonigle, Naomi Webber and Alex Leonhardt. We look back at our team's 2nd education law conference in February and highlight recent involvement of our barristers in important cases and upcoming events.
Continue reading3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) Emma Southern and Alice de Coverley will join Lincoln’s Inn’s “A Conversation about Neurodiversity at the Bar” panel, being held in honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. The panel, which will be held on Wednesday 19 March 2025, will offer practical advice to both neurodivergent members of the Bar and those who support them. The panellists will discuss topics such as court work, paperwork, diary management and marketing. Emma Southern, family...
Continue reading3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) specialist education law barristers Charlotte Hadfield (Head of 3PB’s education law group) and Alice de Coverley have published a second edition of their successful book ‘A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to School Exclusions’. The law relating to school exclusions is complex, often mixing public and regulatory law, anti-discrimination and human rights, statutory guidance and, when relating to independent schools, principles of commercial contract and tort. The book,...
Continue reading3PB Barristers are pleased to confirm that 7 of its specialist education law barristers are now ranked in Chambers and Partners 2025. The group has retained its London Band 3 ranking in the publication, its barristers drawing much appreciated praise from its clients and peers, as well as recognition for its 'second to none', 'very responsive' clerking team. Group Head Charlotte Hadfield said: 'We are delighted with our latest results in Chambers and Partners’ 2025...
Continue reading3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) breaks another record in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners with a total of 96 rankings (81 last year) achieved by 80 of its barristers. The national set is rewarded with accolades in 21 areas of law, in the London Bar as well as in the North Eastern, South Eastern, Western and Midlands Circuits and exceptional comments for its expertise and service delivery. Click here to view the full...
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| Date: | Thursday 5th Feb 2026 |
| Time: | 9:00 am - 5:30 pm |
| Venue: | IET London: Savoy Place |
3PB's Education Law Team is delighted to announce that its third annual conference will be held on Thursday 5 February 2026! This full-day event will include presentations on a variety of topics of interest to education practitioners. We will hear from a number of 3PB's specialist education law barristers, including: 3PB's Head of Education Charlotte Hadfield, John Friel, Lachlan Wilson, Katherine Anderson, Emma Calvert (née Waldron), Ben Amunwa, Alice de Coverley, Jim Hirschmann, Alex Leonhardt, Liz Adams and Olivia McGonigle. A…
| Date: | Tuesday 13th Jan 2026 |
| Time: | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Venue: | On Zoom |
3PB's Family and Public Law teams are delighted to invite you to a talk to consider the future of disabled children’s social care. 3PB's panellists will explore the recommendations from the Law Commission's report 'Disabled Children’s Social Care Final Report' which was published on 16 September 2025 (and followed a request from the Department for Education to look at this area). The Minister is expected to provide an interim response within 6 months of the report,…
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