Cassandra Hurley

Cassandra is a Senior Associate in the Education Team specialising in employment law in the education sector.  Her clients include maintained schools and academy trust companies, as well as independent schools.

Recent Experience

• Acting for several multi-academy trust companies in the defence of Employment Tribunal proceedings brought for unfair dismissal, direct and indirect sex discrimination and disability discrimination
• Extensive experience and knowledge of the law as it applies to voluntary aided schools and voluntary academies through my role supporting and advising Catholic dioceses generally
• Advising a Catholic diocese in relation to a claim brought against one of its schools for discrimination on the grounds of religion
• Drafting a Teachers’ Pay Policy for an independent school
• Drafting contracts of employment for a range of employees from support staff to senior employees, such as Chief Executive Officer
• Drafting and maintaining a suite of model employment documents, including contracts and workplace policies, for over 2,500 Catholic schools and academies in England and Wales
• Drafting model scheme of delegation and associated documentation for Catholic academy trust companies in England

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of England and Wales
• Employment Lawyers Association