Paul’s main area of practice is employment law.
Paul studied law at Queen’s University and before joining Napier Solicitors he gained over 15 years post qualification experience as an employment solicitor at a major national law firm. He has worked with clients in a wide variety of employment sectors, including schools, further education colleges and universities.
Paul has specialist knowledge of all areas of employment law, including all forms of unlawful discrimination; unfair dismissal; TUPE issues; protected disclosures (whistleblowing); and cases involving part-time workers and fixed-term employees. He routinely runs complex high value Industrial Tribunal cases and has dealt with Tribunal appeals to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
Paul also provides training to clients in relation to employment law and equality issues. He is a committee member of the Employment Lawyers Group for Northern Ireland.
A Legal 500 source recently said: “Paul Upson is now established as one of the leading employment and discrimination lawyers in the jurisdiction. His grasp of cases and complexities arising is second to none”.
In this Quarterly Education Law Update, Paul Upson from Napier Solicitors considers updated guidance for schools from the Department of Education about who has parental responsibility for a child and what rights such individuals acquire as a result.
Background
On 13 February 2023, the Department of Education issued Circular 2023/3 – Parental Responsibility: Updated Guidance for Schools (“the Guidance”). This article is a summary of the new guidance.
The guidance is designed to do two things. Firstly, inform schools about the law on parental responsibility (taking into account recent legislative changes). Secondly, to provide advice for schools on how to address issues raised by individuals who have parental responsibility for a pupil (or acquire parental responsibility for a pupil).
What
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