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Jill Donabie

Recognised as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by Legal 500 UK and shortlisted for Public Sector Lawyer of the Year 2025 in the Northern Powerhouse Awards, Jill Donabie is a Partner at Muckle LLP, Legal 500 Tier 1 Firm for Education.

She works exclusively with education clients, providing practical, solutions-based advice on all types of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including:

  • Employment documentation and day-to-day employment-related issues.
  • Employment tribunals.
  • Projects (such as TUPE transfers, redundancies and restructuring).
  • Collective issues.

Jill also advises on student and parental issues, including parental complaints, safeguarding, discrimination claims from pupils and special educational needs, including SEND tribunals.