Sam Rose

Solicitor, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Sam is a member of the education sector group at Penningtons Manches Cooper. She advises higher education institutions on governance; student disciplinary cases; fitness to study and fitness to practise; student disputes relating to teaching and assessment; freedom of expression; Prevent and Equality Act issues.

She also advises on information law, including complex freedom of information requests and data subject access requests.

Before joining the firm Sam worked as an education law specialist at the University of Oxford and as the Head of Strategic Litigation for the Consumers' Association (better known as Which?). As part of her role at Which?, Sam worked on projects considering consumer law compliance across the higher education sector, including looking at university advertising and student protection plans. She engaged with Government departments and regulators, including the Competition and Markets Authority and participated in the European Commission's REFIT exercise, reviewing the consumer law acquis. She was also actively involved with BEUC (the European consumer organisation).

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Student discipline in higher education

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers the legal framework involved in a student’s relationship with their higher education provider with reference to student discipline. It considers the contractual relationship with the student, the interrelationship with public law, statutory duties, and criminal law. It details the types of misconduct that could lead to disciplinary proceedings, as well as matters to be considered before proceedings are commenced.

Local Government

The Prevent duty

Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the scope and content of the statutory duty on certain public authorities to have due regard for the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism in the exercise of their functions (known as the ‘Prevent duty’). It covers the duty in the context of the government’s overall counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) and the Prevent strategy. It also considers the application of the duty to local authorities, schools, childcare providers, the health sector, prisons, probation and the police.

Local Government