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Angela Jackman
Angela has been a recognised Leader in education law since 2003 when she was first ranked by Chambers and Partners. Since 2009 she has held the prestigious Chambers band 1 individual rank; she is also ranked in Legal 500 and Legal Experts.
In addition to her long established education law practice, Angela has track records in community care and capacity law. She has a particular interest in children’s community care issues and has developed a niche practice in Court of Protection best interest cases. She is cited in Chambers and Partners 2010 as a category 3 individual leader in Civil Liberties.
Angela’s reported cases include the following:
R v Board of Stoke Newington School ex p M (1994) ELR 131; K v (1) Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. (2) Hertfordshire County Council (2007) EWHC 790 Admin ; (R) A v Independent Appeal Panel for London Borough of Sutton and Others [2009] EWHC 1233 (Admin), D v Southwark LBC (2007) EWCA (iv) 182 and Re SK [2007] EWHC 3289 (Fam).
Angela obtained a BA Hons law degree from Balliol College, Oxford University and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in 1987. Following qualification, she moved to Hackney Community Law Centre where she practised for 13 years in the areas of education, immigration and asylum and housing.
Angela was actively involved in grassroots community groups whilst based at the law centre, including Hackney Action for Racial Equality and Hackney Anti-Deportation campaign. She also provided free legal advice to numerous voluntary organisations and charities.
Angela convened the Law Centres Federation Education Working Party and facilitated workshops at its national conferences. She was also invited by the Legal Services Commission to join a working party which devised supervisor standards in education.
Angela joined Fisher Meredith in 2001 and became a salaried partner in 2006. Angela joined MG Law on 20 April 2010 as a Partner and was made a Director in September 2011.
Angela is an experienced writer and trainer. She has been a lecturer for CLT and Legal Action Group; she currently lectures for MBL Seminars. She is also a podcast contributor for CPDCast and has featured in College of Law Legal Network TV training DVDs.
Angela successfully participated in a live discussion on Radio 4’s “The Learning Curve “ in February 2008 which featured one of her education judicial review cases.
Angela co-wrote “Practical Education Law”, an education law text, published by the Law Society in 2005. She co-writes regular education law updates for Legal Action Group and writes articles for legal journals, including New Law Journal and Education Law Journal.
Angela is a member of the College of Law pro bono Legal Advice Centre’s advisory panel and the Secretary of the Education Law Practitioners’ Group which organises seminars for education law practitioners and spearheads responses to government consultations.
Angela was presented with an award for Outstanding Achievement at the Legal Aid Practitioners Group Silver Jubilee Awards Ceremony in June 2009. She was also featured as a role model of achievement at the Law Society’s inaugural Black History Month celebration in October 2009.
Angela enjoys 10k runs, traditional African dance and world music.
Quoted in Chambers and Partners 2012:
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Angela Jackman has a wealth of experience in deprivation of liberty cases. She recently acted in a novel matter concerning a grandparents' challenge to a local authority's refusal to offer financial assistance in caring for their grandchildren.
Education: Individuals, Angela Jackman The "skilful" Angela Jackman continues to impress peers and clients with her work in education-related judicial reviews. She is currently acting in a high-profile judicial review involving a school which banned boys from braiding their hair; the case covers issues of both race and sex discrimination.
Quoted in Chambers and Partners 2011:
Civil Liberties, Angela Jackman is "organised, approachable, knows her stuff and is able to get to the nub of the matter quickly."
Education: Individuals, Angela Jackman is praised for her "reassuring and calm presence," with clients agreeing that she is "totally unflappable." She is also "extremely approachable and not afraid to tell you how it is."
Quoted in Chambers and Partners 2010:
Civil Liberties, Angela Jackman regularly acts for vulnerable young people in challenges relating to best interest and capacity, and is widely praised for the consistent quality of her practice.
Education: Individuals, Angela Jackman is marked out as a leading light when it comes to issues of exclusion and has enviable experience in judicial reviews.
Testimonial:
"I have had the pleasure of working with Angela to take our case forward. She has been patient, kind, caring, and supportive, and her professionalism is second to none, in fact I have learnt from her.
Angela has shown a great deal of respect for the case, and I cannot imagine having this case handled by anyone else.
If I was asked to recommend a brilliant solicitor, I would shout her name from the roof tops!"
Contact angela.jackman@mglaw.co.uk
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