Coral Peutrill and Paul Watkins discuss their top tips and best practice advice for schools handling subject access requests and parental complaints.

Our Head of Academies, Emma Swann, and Education solicitor Coral Peutrill discuss special educational needs (SEN) and challenging the local authority for unsuitable Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

In this episode of our Academies podcast Coral Peutrill and Emma Swann discuss best practice for schools when handling parental complaints.

In this episode Emma Swann and Coral Peutrill of HCR's Education and Charities team discuss Hire Facilities Agreements, and what actions schools need to consider to reduce risks.

What’s the changing landscape for public sector pensions on divorce? How does pensions offsetting work? What’s the role of an expert witness and when may practitioners and clients need their advice?

These are common questions for Richard Scott, Head of Family Law at HCR’s Cardiff office, who regularly advises public sector employees and clients with significant pensions. In this debut podcast episode, he is joined by specialists for an insightful discussion around pensions on divorce:

• George Mathieson, expert witness and founder of Mathieson Consulting
• Rachel Mathias, Investment Manager, Brewin Dolphin
• Daniel Jacob, Chartered Financial Planner, Brewin Dolphin

In episode three of HCR Horizon, Martyn Davies – Corporate Partner – introduces Sinead Johnson, Director at Lexington Corporate Finance. As the lead on debt advisory, Sinead talks about Lexington’s role in the local market, trends they saw in 2022 and how debt works with businesses looking to raise finance.

Corporate Partner Martyn Davies is joined by Chris Skinner, Eagle Lab Ecosystem Manager at Barclays UK, for our second episode of HCR Horizons. Chris tells us how their Cardiff Eagle Lab hub is supporting tech start-ups in South Wales and shares his business success stories.

Corporate Partner Martyn Davies introduces the inaugural HCR Horizons podcast, interviewing prominent members of the tech community. In this episode, he’s joined by David Blake, investment executive with the Development Bank of Wales. They discuss the role of the Development Bank of Wales, mistakes early stage businesses make when trying to raise capital and what the Welsh venture capital market looks like.