Baker Small Legal Services Limited

If you are serious about legal representation for any SEN related issue in the UK, in my opinion, there is only one best choice - Mark Small at Sen4You. I personally have seen the pre-eminence of Mark and total ownership of our case against the Local Authority, to such an extent that he was working at weekends/late evenings, consistently hyper-responsive to queries and extremely helpful in explaining complex legal matters. His brilliance in the court room is very well known, but what you will also experience is his unrivalled knowledge of the SEN process all the way from the acceptance of the requirement to perform an EHCP assessment through to representing you at Tribunal. Not everyone will need to go to Tribunal, and I have seen other Parents just use Mark for a small amount of time in writing letters or representing them in meetings. When Mark is involved Parents tend to be listened to by the LA in securing the support to which their child is entitled to. What I was not expecting from any solicitor was the degree to which Mark acted as our true champion and took such personal ownership of helping our little boy get the support which he so obviously needed and deserved. From our first meeting, Mark was able to distil the critical points into easy-to-understand concepts which allowed us to fully believe him when he said "I'll get you the support your child needs". Despite hearing from quite a few other Parents about his performance in the court-room, no-one could have prepared us for how professional, intelligent, articulate and generally just "really good at his job" Mark was on the date of the Tribunal. His preparation for the case was amazing; he knew the EHCP process "inside-out" but also he knew more about my boy than anyone else in the room (apart from us Parents obviously), and I believe that he was seen as highly credible by all parties. Mark has changed my little boy's chances of leading a happy and productive life. I've personally seen a large volume of recent experience from local parents - we all regard him as an absolute hero. If I could give 6 stars I would, and I could not recommend him more highly!

Brilliant advice and support. Highly recommended if you are in dispute with your local authority and need someone to 'fight' your corner.

We used Baker Small for an SEN Tribunal appeal. I have to say that Mark was simply outstanding in all respects - his advice, preparation and confidence in our case was very re-assuring and he helped us through what could have been a very stressful process. His knowledge of local authorities was invaluable. I am so pleased that Mark is now working for parents... he is an asset to any parent in dispute with their local authority.

We used Baker Small solicitors to help us undertake an appeal to the SEN Tribunal about our son's school placement. We wanted a specialist placement for him as we felt he was not progressing. Mark took on the case and was confident we would be successful. He helped us to prepare the evidence we needed and ensured that we had all of the evidence organised. His knowledge of local authorities helped us to prepare our arguments, which were ultimately successful and the Tribunal found in our favour. I would highly recommend Baker Small and we would have been lost without Mark!

I was skeptical about using Baker Small after the affair on twitter. However, I am so glad I did! The advice and support we received from Mark was priceless. Despite a great deal of personal stress, Mark helped us to remain calm and gave us clear advice at each stage of the process. Mark’s firsthand experience of the tactics used by Local Authorities was invaluable as he was able to predict their response to our appeal at every point and we were able to prepare our case accordingly. We were able to settle the appeal and achieved everything we wanted! Thoroughly recommended without any hesitation.