News for: Emma Calvert (née Waldron)

3PB 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...

Faizul Azman and Emma Waldron attending the Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair

7th October 2025

3PB will participate in this year's Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair on Thursday, 9th October, from 2-5 pm. Intellectual property barrister Faizul Azman and education barrister Emma Waldron will be attending the event. This is an opportunity to ask questions directly to barristers, explore different practice areas, and gather application tips. Several workshops will be held, these have previously included sessions titled ‘Make Your Pupillage Application Stand Out,’ ‘Interview Tips and Tricks,’ and ‘Life at the...

3PB’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...

3PB 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...

3PB is delighted to report that its Education law team has retained its Tier 3 ranking in London. The team has attracted a total of eight rankings in the Legal 500’s 2025 edition published today: seven of our barristers are ranked in London, one of them is also recommended for their work in the Midlands. The directory acknowledges the team “cover[s] the complete range of education disputes, including acting in tribunal claims and judicial reviews...

Education law newsletter - July 2024

23rd July 2024

Jim Hirschmann edits the 11th edition of our education law newsletter, packed full with team news, awards, book launches, events and analysis from our barristers Charlotte Hadfield, Lachlan Wilson, John Friel, Alice de Coverley, Matthew Wyard, Emma Waldron, Alex Leonhardt, Caroline Stone, Mark Green, Sunyana Sharma, Katherine Anderson, Ben Amunwa and Rosa Thomas, to name a few.

Strong results for 3PB’s Education Law team in Chambers and Partners 2024

19th October 2023

3PB celebrates its specialist Education Law team’s achievements in the latest set of results published by Chambers and Partners today. The team is once again ranked in Band 3 with 7 of our barristers attracting top marks for their talent, skills and dedication. In the words of clients, there is little 3PB’s education law barristers cannot achieve be it in terms of strategy, advocacy and pleadings, understanding of vulnerable clients, drafting of procedural issues and...

3PB’s ‘genuine specialists in education law’ move up a rank in London Legal 500 results

4th October 2023

3PB is delighted to report the promotion of its Education law team to TIER 3 in London. The team has attracted a total of 9 rankings in the Legal 500’s 2024 edition published today: 7 of our barristers are ranked in London, 2 of them are also recommended for the work they do in the Midlands and Wales. This promotion in the Legal 500 follows a great year for the team, in which Alice de...

September Education law newsletter - out now!

19th September 2023

Welcome to the 9th edition of our education law newsletter. Edited by Jim Hirschmann and Katherine Anderson, it features analysis and contributions from head of team Charlotte Hadfield, Katherine Anderson (who celebrated the publishing of her book), Emma Waldron, Olivia McGonigle, Jim Hirschmann and pupil Rosa Thomas.
Case analysis covers: R (on the application of Swalcliffe Park School) v Wokingham Borough Council and another [2023] EWHC 1451 (Admin); R (on the application of AI) v London Borough of Wandsworth [2023] EWHC 2088 (Admin); MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 99; and Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v JS and Others [2023] EWCOP 33. The team also looks at potential student litigation that could arise out of the university marking and assessment boycott.

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Emma Waldron sees childminder suspension lifted in Ofsted appeal

21st March 2023

3PB education barrister Emma Waldron (pictured here) recently saw her client, a registered childminder, successfully appeal against her continued suspension by Ofsted. Emma was instructed by Francesca Snape at Markel Law in Manchester. The First-tier Tribunal Care Standards hearing was held in front of Tribunal Judge Ian Robertson and two specialist members, Michele Tynan and Dr David Cochran. The tribunal were taken by Emma to the Upper Tribunal decision in Ofsted v GM & WM...

Legal Directories reward 3PB’s ‘genuine specialists in education law’

20th October 2022

3PB is delighted to report that 9 out of its 14 education law barristers are ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners 2023 directories, with the team reaching Band 3 in London in Chambers and Partners and Tier 4 in the Legal 500. While the Legal 500 attributed 10 rankings for 8 of our barristers in London, the Midlands and Wales, Chambers and Partners rewarded our team with 7 rankings in London. The...