Events & Talks

The Maxwell Gillott team regularly attend schools to speak to parents and offer support and advice on education law matters. If you would like someone from our team to come and talk at your school or parent group please get in touch with us on Tel: 01524 596080 or drop us an email office@mglaw.co.uk.

Events/Talks

2011

• 24-25 June 2011 - The Autism Show - Elaine Maxwell presented a workshop on ensuring proper provision at a time of cuts, as well as running a series of 1:1 clinics for parents legal issues relating to education law and community care
• 23 March 2011 - Carers, Herfordshire - Emily Gent will be providing training on community care rights to parents of disabled children
• 5 April 2011 - In Control "Still Fooled by the Law" - Emily Gent and Julie Cornes will be running a workshop on personal health budgets

2010

• 16 November 2010 - Advice Link Conference - Emily Gent spoke about Community Care
• 31 March 2010 - Cerebra Meeting, Coventry - Gurvinder Kaur attended from Maxwell Gillott
• 9 March 2010 - Robert Ogden School - Elaine Maxwell and Lainey Gough attended Robert Ogden School which is specialist independent school for pupils on the autistic spectrum: Elaine spoke to around 20 parents who either had specific queries about their own children or who wanted more general advice to feed back to parents in their local areas. Elaine spoke on a variety of issues including the statementing process, post 16 education, tribunal appeals and hearings and how to get more support from the local authority. This was then followed up with one-to-one sessions with Parents who wanted more specific advice.
• 16 February 2010 - Cleveleys Citizens Advice Bureau - Emily Gent spoke on general issues in education and community care to advisors

2009

• 23 September 2009 - Southwark Parent Partnership - Emily Gent spoke to parents, on the invitation of the parent partnership, about statements for transfer to secondary school, rights to request certain schools and to appeal to tribunal.

To find out more about how we can help you, please contact Maxwell Gillott Solicitors.