- London
- commercial; charities & social enterprise; practitioners
- i.hempseed@hempsons.co.uk
- 020 7484 7530
Legal advice for students’ unions
Students’ unions (SUs) play an important role in protecting the rights of students, representing their views and delivering services. In recent years SUs have had to grapple with changes to student finance, the “Prevent” anti-radicalisation agenda and increased scrutiny from the Charity Commission. We are able to advise SUs on a wide range of legal issues relevant to them and their members.
What we do
We provide specialist legal services to students’ unions in the following areas:
- Campaigning and lobbying
- Charity law and regulation by the Charity Commission
- Constitutional and electoral matters
- Fundraising and trading
- Governance
- Membership disputes
- Relationships with the college or university
- Student welfare
In addition, we have specialist expertise in other areas of law:
- Collaborations and joint ventures
- Commercial contracts
- Data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment and discrimination
- Funding
- Health and safety
- Information technology
- Intellectual property
- Property
