Litigios en materia de enseñanza superior
Our Higher Education team has an impressive track record of advising leading colleges and higher education providers in matters relating to the Office for Students (OfS). Our multi-disciplinary approach, which spans litigios comerciales, public law, and appellant work, gives us the ideal grounding to handle even the most challenging cases in this developing area.
The education sector has changed – and legal advice needs to change accordingly. Our team has the skills and experience to help colleges and higher education institutions navigate the new legal landscape. Our advice covers everything from employment a restructuring to challenging decisions by the OfS.
La Oficina para los Estudiantes (OfS) se creó como nuevo organismo regulador de la educación superior con la entrada en vigor de la Ley de Educación Superior e Investigación de 2017. Su función es normativa responsabilidad sobre todo el sector, incluidas las universidades y otros centros de enseñanza superior.
We can help with any issues relating to the OfS, from pre-registration advice to the termination of partnerships and franchises. We have assisted our higher education clients by appealing data requests, challenging ‘Minded to Refuse’ letters, and advising on the financial loss suffered as a consequence of OfS actions.
Sanctions by the OfS, including the refusal to register higher education providers, can mean those providers are unable to recruit international students and their students cannot access funding from the Student Loans Company. Ronald Fletcher Baker stands as the only legal firm to have success in challenging an OfS refusal to register a provider R (a instancia de Bloomsbury Institute Limited) contra Office for Students (2020) EWCA Civ 1074.
- Asesoramiento sobre la preinscripción
- Asesoramiento a varias universidades y impugnación de las cartas de “decisión de denegación”
- Asesoramiento a varias universidades en cuestiones relacionadas con la reputación y las publicaciones
- Challenging by way of Revisión judicial (see Bloomsbury Institute Limited and The Office for Students [2020] EWHC 580 (Admin))
- Se revocó con éxito la decisión de la OfS de no registrar a un centro de enseñanza superior (Bloomsbury Institute Limited y The Office for Students (2020) EWCA Civ 1074).
- Recurso favorable contra una solicitud en virtud de la Ley de Libertad de Información relacionada con la OfS
- Claims involving access to personal data under the GDPR against the OfS
- Successfully obtaining an order from the High Court for a Part 18 request for information and disclosure
- Asesoramiento sobre las pérdidas económicas sufridas por las universidades como consecuencia de las medidas adoptadas por la OfS
- Asesoramiento en materia de reestructuración, incluido el asesoramiento general en materia laboral y los despidos colectivos.
- Advising on the termination of franchise and partnership arrangements
- Assistance with public and private consultation representations
Contactos clave
Rudi Ramdarshan
Socio Principal de Litigios
Victoria Huxley
Socio de Litigios
