SEN Legal Limited

Richard Nettleton was incredible helping us through a very convoluted and protracted case with our son in getting an EHCP for James and into an excellent educational environment. The firm was recommended to us by friends and from our initial 15 minute conversation provided me with a structure to understand the architecture of the process as well as detailed advice on the specifics of what we needed to do from the outset to expedite our case. Richard's understanding of how to navigate the procedural and timing aspects of the EHCP and Tribunal process was especially helpful as this at times seemed labyrinthine and impenetrable. His knowledge of the law was also impeccable. I found his advice and guidance at all times insightful and progressive and we'll always be immensely grateful for his assistance with our son in finding the right school for his ADHD and ASD diagnosis. We couldn't recommend Richard & SEN Legal more highly.

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We have received advice and representation for a number of years, it has been consistently of an excellent standard , timely, setting out our options and has enabled our son to obtain first class support and achieve his potential securing a University place

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I have worked with many solicitors over the past six years — but none gave me what Richard Nettleton gave me in just 15 minutes. Richard didn’t just listen. He saw the structure — and helped me reframe our strategy in a way that transformed everything. His words helped me hold my ground at Michaela’s EHCP review. His insight empowered me to escalate to HCPC, RCSLT, and Parliament’s Autism Act 2009 Committee. His approach — pragmatic, calm, respectful — made me believe again that law can work with parents, not against them. Unlike other firms who rely on template letters and cautious delays, Richard gave me a real, tactical route forward. Because he’s not just a lawyer — he has lived experience, and he truly believes in the parent as expert. As a mother of two SEND children, and as someone who has taken our case to the very top — I say this with full confidence: If you’re serious about change, you want Richard Nettleton in your corner. Thank you, Liana Arampidou

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SEN legal have been vital to our circumstances and the only significant organisation that have actually helped in a timely manner, even with our LEA's underhanded tactics, and doing everything they could to delay our case despite overwhelming evidence. We have recently had to use SEN Legal again due to our child transitioning to specialist College with our LEA being underhanded a second time, removing sections of our child's EHCP without justification or evidence. Due to this we know that at each EHCP review from now on, we will be using SEN Legal to help our child (now a young adult) keep all the sections of their EHCP which they still need. We attribute our success to getting our child the right support they need to SEN legal.

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Idhren Drew

Sarah Bearman

I have worked with Deborah and Sarah on a EHCP secondary school placement. Without hesitation I can say the quality of their work was exemplary. They were on top of the brief including the smallest details which I imagine is not easy given they would've been working on numerous other cases in flight, and would not be familiar with the people and schools involved in my case. Always timely responses and proactive, never needed to be chased for a response and worked 'behind the scenes' with the local authority to secure responses and move matters along. Very impressive.

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Deborah Camp

Sarah Bearman

We used Richard's firm as we had already been through a protracted, painful process to get our eldest son assessed under the EHCP with our local authority. This had been a slow process, (often outside of the statutory milestones), with poor communication and little understanding of how we would get to the right outcome for our child. Whilst we had better experience with some of the individual practitioners who assessed our child, we also had frustrating experiences including an educational psychologist who did not actually see our child in person. This resulted in an assessment and initial plan where we simply did not have any guidance as to what the right educational placement was and significant delays in even naming a placement even after most children already had their school places decided. Richard was a recommendation from the manager of the special needs playschool our child had been attending, and was an excellent one. He quickly assessed the situation, patiently and cogently set out our options and took us through the process of issuing a pre-action letter to the local authority to force them to name a placement. Richard then took us through the process of both appealing against the placement named by the local authority, which was blatantly inappropriate, and into the tribunal process. He was diligent, patient with us and excellent at taking us through the process step by step. He was also excellent at dealing with the local authority and identifying when they were pushing boundaries and when to push back. As a result of Richards and Bethans input, we were able to get the right assessments done independently, identify the right placement and get our child into an excellent specialist school that is already benefiting our son. Was it cheap? Probably not, although I suspect you could spend a lot more as well. But, more importantly, was it good value for money? Completely. Whilst we are lucky we can afford to do so, I fully believe that we would not have been able to achieve the outcome we did without Richard and his team, and our son would not have the placement and package of care that he did. Highly recommended.

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Bethan Hone

Not the cheapest, but so glad we went with SEN Legal. They were professional and helpful, and most importantly, they helped us to win the case. Our son now has the help he needs to thrive at school. It's made such a huge difference to his life and ours.

We used SEN Legal for a discrimination dispute with a Higher Education organisation at degree level. They were very professional and supportive throughout the process, and their advice lead to us achieve our aim. We would highly recommend them.

I simply cannot recommend the expertise of SEN Legal enough. Like so many others, we were in a hopeless situation with our ASD diagnosed child being forced to stay in mainstream by the LA - who had chosen to ignore all the evidence from medical and educational SEN professionals stating the help desperately needed. Despite being regularly sent home due to not coping and reduced to half days the LA refused to amend the EHCP or offer alternative schooling options. Other legal legal services we consulted gave us false hope/misled us and were not prepared. Thanks to SEN Legal our situation was resolved thoroughly, professionally and successfully. They immediately took control and we were continuously supported and updated. Our costs were managed efficiently and within our expectations and our child now has an educational path that will prepare them for life. From my now lengthy experience I would highly recommend that you do not waste your time negotiating with the LA or other firms who do not specialise the way that SEN Legal do. Early consultation and the right action at the start of your journey, could save months/years of suffering for your child and family, as well as unnecessary costs. SEN Legal are now assisting us with another of our ASD diagnosed children and once again we feel in safe hands knowing that they will achieve the appropriate and best possible outcome. We feel blessed to have had such amazing support.

We spent a HUGE amount of money with SEN legal. They lost the case and encouraged us to appeal. Offering to do this work probono only charging for admin. Now they are chasing us for fees and sending threatening emails. We went back to court with no representation and won. Please don't use them get advice from parents groups and SENSOS. You don't need to make yourself financially compromised. They encourage you to keep going and going with no results.