Dami Adedoyin
Associate
Birmingham
dami.adedoyin@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 1166
Dami advises on a range of student related matters, especially those which are, or are likely to become, contentious including admissions, exclusions, special educational needs, discrimination claims, complaints and other parent issues.
Key achievements and outcomes
Assisting schools in resolving parental complaints at the outset, successfully defended disability discrimination claims, judicial review proceedings.
Dami advises on a range of student related matters, especially those which are, or are likely to become, contentious including admissions, exclusions, special educational needs, discrimination claims, complaints and other parent issues.
Career progression
Dami has been a qualified solicitor in the United Kingdom since September 2022. His initial field of expertise was Professional Indemnity which provided a segway into education claims after working with a number of higher education clients through instructions from their insurers. Dami made the move from Professional Indemnity to focus on Education law in October 2025.
Expertise
Experience
Tribunal claim for disability discrimination
Defending an academy trust against a First-Tier Tribunal claim that their permanent exclusion of a pupil amounted to disability discrimination.
High Court claim for permanent exclusion
Defending a judicial review claim brought by a parent of a pupil permanently excluded from school
Supporting with difficult parent complaint
Supporting a school with the management of a difficult parent relationship, including a vexatious complaint, freedom of information and subject access requests.
High Court claim for higher education client
Defending a claim from a university student who has issued proceedings against the institution following failure to achieve a specified grade.