Chris Billington

Areas of practice:

Chris is Head of the Education team and advises schools, academies, charities and social enterprises on a wide range of education and employment matters.

Chris’s work includes, but is not limited to:

Charities & social enterprise:

• Incorporations and registrations
• Legal structures and governance arrangements
• Group structures, including charity trading and trading subsidiaries and joint ventures
• Trustee and other disputes
• Commercial and contractual issues

Education:

• Governance and academy conversions
• Collaborations, partnerships and funding arrangements
• Service level agreements
• Data Protection and Freedom of information

Employment:

• Atypical contracts and secondments
• Drafting contracts, policies and procedures
• Disciplinary, grievance and termination issues

Career:

Chris joined Wrigleys in 2001 and was promoted to Partner in 2007. Chris is chair of an outstanding academy school.

Professional memberships:

Charity Law Association
Employment Lawyers Association
Education Law Association
Chris is a Dementia Friend

Publications:

Chris has written the following articles:

School safety: Key lessons from a recent HSE prosecution

Wrigleys hosts Michael Pain from Forum Strategy: Looking at the changing policy landscape for Academy Trusts

Will your school attendance policies and procedures be compliant from 19 August 2024?

Academy trusts: A reminder of their obligations under procurement law

Chris co-wrote 'Delivering Employee and Community Buyouts' published by Co-operatives UK in 2003 and contributed to 'Simply Legal' 2nd Edition, published by Co-operatives UK in 2009.  Chris wrote the first edition of Wrigleys own 'Guide to Legal Structures for Social Enterprise'.

Testimonials:

Wrigleys ‘proactive’ Education group is led by ‘excellent negotiator’ Elizabeth Wilson and the ‘outstanding’ Chris Billington, and is noted for its ‘overall excellent service’.  (Legal 500)