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THE ELU TEAM
  The ELU Team are supported by and are part of the 
Govan Law Centre
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Iain Nisbet Iain Nisbet
Co-ordinator of the Education Law Unit
advice@edlaw.org.uk
Iain is fast developing a reputation as one of Scotland’s leading practitioners on education law.  He is the author of textbooks “Bullying and the Law” and “A-Z of Scots Education Law”.  He was the legal adviser to the Disability Rights Commission on the statutory Code of Practice on Disability Discrimination in Schools.  Particular areas of expertise include: exclusion from school; records of need; disability discrimination and transport to school issues.  He represented the appellant in the ground breaking case of Proudfoot v. Glasgow City Council in 2002.
Morag Steven
Mediation Consultant
mediation@edlaw.org.uk
Morag has worked as a mediator since 1999.  She set up and developed Scotland’s first special educational needs mediation project operating in 5 education authorities nationally.  Nobody knows more about SEN mediation in Scotland than Morag.  She is a volunteer mediator with SACRO’s mediation and reparation service and a sessional conciliator with the Disability Conciliation Service.
Anne Taylor Anne Taylor
Information and Clerical Officer
advice@edlaw.org.uk
Anne has moved to the education law unit from a successful career within the financial and banking sector, five years of which she spent seconded to the trade union Unify.  Responsible for the unit’s many statistical and administrative needs, Anne is especially adept in the use of databases and conference management.
Tommy McMahon
Chair of User Advisory Committee
mail@govanlc.com
Tommy is also the Chair of the Govan Law Centre and Elderpark Primary School Board, as well as being the Secretary of the Govan Youth Information Project. He chairs the meetings of the Education Law Unit's User Advisory Committee which advises the Unit on matters of policy and strategy.
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