Leneen Forde is a principal of Sladen Legal, which is part of the Lantern Legal Group. She specialises in commercial dispute resolution and education law. Leneen is interested in the legal issues associated with education facilities from preschool to postgraduate institutions. She lectures in Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution the Law School at Australian Catholic University and is member of the University of Melbourne Legislative & Trust Committee, a Sessional Member with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and a panel chairperson on the Disciplinary Appeals Board.

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Legal matters: Schools and data privacy
Legal matters: Schools and data privacy

Schools collect and receive personal and sensitive information on a daily basis. What are the legal requirements for managing and using this data? Teacher asked three legal experts.

Legal matters: Intervention orders
Legal matters: Intervention orders

Staff at one Victorian school told Teacher they would like to know more about intervention orders, so we asked two lawyers from the state give a brief overview.

Schools, fetes, fundraising and GST
Schools, fetes, fundraising and GST

Your GST Compliance obligations can be complex and time consuming, so it’s well worth getting a good understanding of them.