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Public Law team expansion following partner appointment at Leeds’ Simpson Millar

Leading national law firm Simpson Millar is expanding its renowned Public Law team with the appointment of Partner and Education and Community Care specialist, Sarah Woosey.

Based in Leeds and representing clients across England and Wales, Sarah brings with her a wealth of experience securing education and wider service provisions for children and young adults with a wide range of special needs and disabilities; including securing SEN assessments for children and young people advising on Education Health Care Plans and challenging school placements.

Having been recognised by the Legal 500 for her work, Sarah joins from Irwin Mitchell Solicitors where she spent more than three years working in the Public Law and Human Rights team and more recently, headed up their Newcastle-based Public Law team.

Commenting on her appointment Greg Cox, Simpson Millar CEO, said: “We’re delighted to be able to welcome Sarah to our established, national Public Law and Education team.


“She is a well-regarded lawyer with a truly impressive track record, and her wealth of experience securing education and wider service provisions for people with special needs will make her a fantastic addition to the firm and a great advocate for new and existing clients based all around the country.

“Sarah will be based in our Leeds office, which is a key location for our Public Law department.”

Sarah returns to Simpson Millar where she trained and subsequently worked as a solicitor for a number of years. She continues to have close links to the Newcastle area where she also sits on the Board of the regional charity, Skills for People. Speaking of her appointment, she said: “I am very much looking forward to re-joining Simpson Millar at what is such an exciting time of growth and expansion.

“Simpson Millar is very much a firm that puts their clients at the heart of their work and makes a real difference to the lives of the people they act on behalf of; I look forward to working alongside the already well-established and well-respected Public Law and Education team. To ensure our clients receive the very best representation in the cases that mean so much to them.”

Sarah’s appointment follows a number of strategic hires and internal promotions at the firm, including the promotion of Solicitor-Advocate and Public Law and Education law expert Samantha Hale to Partner, in a move that saw her relocate from London to Bristol to grow the firm’s Public Law offering in the South West. Simpson Millar is a national law firm employing over 470 people, with nine offices across the UK including Manchester, London, Liverpool Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Wimbledon and Lancaster.