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Schools

We already work successfully for a number of schools and have a dedicated team in place to cover all aspects of the legalities of school life.

Whether it’s your buildings, your land or your employees, we have the expertise to steer you through any matters that may arise. Our tax and charity team will also make sure that all the advice you receive builds in pragmatic and practical solutions to what can be complex problems; for example, the restructuring of schools as charities, trusts and other entities.

Key team contacts

Iain Donaldson
01923 215048
iain.donaldson@mablaw.com

David Marsden
0845 606 1291
david.marsden@mablaw.com

Latest news and views about Schools

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School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

17 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Association of School and College Leaders and Holly Park School have signed separate undertakings with the Information Commissioner’s Office after laptops containing sensitive personal data had been...

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Hospital agrees to improve data protection procedures after medical student loses dozens of patients’ sensitive health records on unencrypted memory stick

16 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has given formal undertakings to the Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – to improve its data...

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Information Commissioner’s Office advocates students to examine the examiner’s comments

27 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Exam results were generally very good again this year. But the Information Commissioner’s Office has offered hope for people whose results were not quite as desired. The ICO has issued a statement encouraging...

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ICO tells school to learn lesson of avoiding passwords for duplicate purposes after 20,000 people’s personal data compromised by hack attack

25 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Personal data belonging to 20,000 pupils, parents and teachers have been hacked after hackers (including one school pupil) on a school website managed to access the rest of the school’s systems. This...

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Information Commissioner tells parents to take photos as normal at seasonal school events

10 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner has advised parents to continue taking photos for the family albums when their children appear in school plays and other seasonal performances. He says that the event is often...

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Boundaries – Financial Ruin v Compromise?

1 June 2010 | Faiza Ahmad

£30,000, £40,000, £75,000, £100,000 – significant amounts of money? Yes and these are all examples of the legal costs people across the country have recently spent on fighting boundary disputes...

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Employers demand greater skills for our 21st Century economy

3 March 2010 | Michael Delaney

Matthew Arnold & Baldwin's employment team launched its HR Forum for local employers at lunch time today. We were delighted to hear from Sal Brinton a Director of the Association of Universities in...

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School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff

22 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

A school has admitted storing sensitive personal data of about 1,200 pupils and staff on an unencrypted laptop, which was subsequently stolen. The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator...

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