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Found 22 Solicitor jobs

Trustee at community schools trust.

• London and Norfolk
• Community Schools Trust

Are you a committed, visionary professional who is passionate about education and community impact?

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Education Lawyer

• Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• £40,221 - £44,428
• Lincolnshire County Council

If you have, or wish to develop a keen interest in education law in general and special educational needs in particular, this is your opportunity!

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• 14 days ago
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Head of Legal Services

• From £70,000 depending on skills and experience
• Staffordshire University

We are looking for a Solicitor or Barrister with extensive experience of working as an in-house lawyer

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Education Solicitor, Cardiff

• Wales, Cardiff
• £35000 - £45000 per annum
• Chadwick Nott

Education Solicitor NQ - 4 PQE Cardiff

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• United Kingdom
• Market related
• Venn Group - London

SEN Lawyer – South East – Competitive hourly rate – Remote WorkingPosition: SEN LawyerOrganisation: South East based Local AuthorityDuration: 3-mont

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Senior Associate/ Legal Director - Education

• East of England and Essex with hybrid working
• Market Rate + Benefits
• Errington Legal

Do you want to join a UK Top 50 law firm with an exceptional client base and global reach?  Senior Associate/ Legal Director - Corporate Education ...

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• London (Central), London (Greater)
• £28.00- £50.00 per hour
• LAW Absolute

A local authority based in London is seeking an Education Lawyer for an initial period of three months.

Education Solicitor

• £42k - 50k per year + Benefits Package
• G2 Legal Limited

Education Solicitor - Legal 500.A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly qualified (NQ) Education Solicitor, with a leading Legal 500 f

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Senior Lawyer - Education

• England, Merseyside
• £54231 - £57233 per annum
• Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited

Senior Lawyer - Education Salary: £54,231 - 57,233 Permanent/full time - 36 hours per week About the Senior Lawyer role:Sellick Partnership are recrui

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• £50 - £60 per hour + remote working

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Education Solicitor to join a local authority based in Merseyside on a locum basis. The role is expected to

Locum Education Lawyer

• England, South West England
• £50 - £55 per hour

Locum Education Lawyer£50-55 DOERemote working offered Our client, a Berkshire based Local Authority is seeking an experienced Education Lawyer to joi

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• England, Yorkshire and the Humber
• £45 - £60 per hour

Education LawyerLocum £45-60 DOERemote working Our client, a Yorkshire based Local Authority is seeking an an experienced Lawyer to join their team f

Commercial, Charities and Education Solicitor - NQ-5

• Competitive according to PQE
• Brooke Thornham Consulting

Commercial, Charities and Education Solicitor - Leeds Law is an acutely commercial profession, but every now and again there is the chance to be wo...

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• England, London
• £45 - £55 per hour

Locum Education Lawyer / Senior Lawyer London Council An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Education Lawyer or Senior Education

• 12 days ago
• £55k - 70k per year + Benefits Package

An esteemed Legal 500 law firm rooted in Westminster and boasting a rich 150-year history in education and charity law is currently seeking an Educa

• 13 days ago
• £40 - £55 per hour

Sellick Partnership are excited to be working with a well-respected London Borough Council to recruit a locum Education Lawyer. Our client is seeking

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Education Solicitor Vacancy in Uxbridge Join Our Esteemed Legal Team Are you passionate about the intersection of law and education? We are seeking a dedicated Education Solicitor to join our dynamic team in Uxbridge. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to a vital sector and make a lasting impact. Key Responsibilities: Provide expert legal advice on a wide range of education matters....

Solicitor - Education

You will be a Solicitor with some knowledge of education law Strong academics: educated to degree level (with at least a 2:1) and a strong LPC pass (or equivalent) and hold a clean practising certificate from the SRA Skills and Experiences Recently qualified as a solicitor with Education law experience would be desirable but not essential.

You will join this modern, dynamic firm that prides itself on a wonderful reputation, excellent staff retention levels and a genuinely collegiate environment. The firm is highly regarded by the legal directories for its work in many areas, with education being a growth area for them.

Immigration, Education, SEN, Charity Lawyers and Solicitors

We are looking for individuals and groups of Solicitors, Barristers, FCILEx or Licensed Conveyancers who have expertise in residential or commercial property in the private and/or public sectors with 2 years PQE + to join our consultant programme with clients following. Earn up to 75% of what you bill; your split will not drop below 70%. Referral of larger and established clients. Choose your own...

Education Lawyer

Service Care Legal are currently recruiting for a London Borough Council who are seeking an Education lawyer to join their team on a contract basis. Please find below further details with regards to this. ROLE: Education Lawyer LOCATION: South London RATE : £45.00 to £55.00 per hour CONTRACT: 6 months ongoing, 35 hours per week The Role of the Education Lawyer To manage a full caseload of...

You will be encouraged to voice ideas and make suggestions for improvements and developments within the team and support will be provided with business development and marketing. Principle Responsibilities

You will work on matters related to:

You will be a Solicitor with some knowledge of education law

Education and Employment Solicitor

Employment & Education Solicitor 6 month contract Fully Remote Rate: DOE My client has an excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Education and Employment Solicitor to join a thriving London local authority on a 6 month locum basis. This large, collaborative local authority is looking for a personable and ambitious locum Education and Education Solicitor to be an integral part of...

You will be part of a modern, dynamic firm that pride itself on excellent staff retention levels and a genuinely collegiate environment. The firm is highly regarded by the legal directories for its work in many areas, with Education being a particular area of growth. The work is particularly rewarding, helping families with issues arising from a variety of education establishments.

Contracts Manager (Construction Solicitor)

You will be joining a large team of solicitors and legal executives. Together you will assist Wren’s Members to be appointed on terms falling within their cover and handle any resulting negotiations. Your Responsibilities - Reviewing Members’ appointments and other related documentation and advising them of the coverage position

Infrastructure & Major Projects Solicitor

National UK Firm Infrastructure and Major Projects Associate/Managing Associate LondonThis leading UK law firm operates across 13 offices nation-wide, offering expert advice to various legal sectors. The firm's dedicated lawyers are the trusted partners for businesses, individuals, and public sector organisations, across the UK and beyond. The firm's Infrastructure and Major Projects Team advise...

Charities Solicitor (Partner)

You will be highly experienced in all types of charities related matters and possess the ability to provide advice to a variety of education clients on a range of issues to include joint ventures, student contracts, employment tribunals, reorganisations, charity disputes, governance and restructuring

Family Solicitor

We are seeking an experinced Child Panel Solicitor to join a boutique law firm who are passionate about representing the local community.. * At least 3 years PQE * Experience of working in a specialist team * Looking to manage a varied and challenging caseload of public law cases * Excellent interpersonal and client care skills * Advocacy experience * Membership of Children Panel * A developed...

Contracts Executive (FTC)

Company Description Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, delivers award-winning content to millions across the globe. Based in London, the business' in-house production labels include Carnival Films, creator of worldwide phenomenon "Downton Abbey" and hit drama "The Last Kingdom"; Monkey Kingdom, producer of BAFTA-winning "Made in Chelsea", "The Real Housewives...

Head of Legal

Company Overview Britannia Global Markets offers securities and investment management services, providing a wide range of bespoke financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, and individuals. With more than 120 years of Banking tradition, the company is headquartered in the City of London and maintains offices in major...

Construction Lawyer (Non Contentious) (6+ PQE)

You should therefore be very familiar with JCT and NEC contracts from a purely construction and property development perspective. Experience of PPP or PFI transactions would be particularly valued, and similarly exposure to FIDIC or ICHEME forms would be great.

You will be able to rely on support from team members across the firm.

National UK Firm Infrastructure and Major Projects Associate/Managing Associate London This leading UK law firm operates across 13 offices nation-wide, offering expert advice to various legal sectors. The firm's dedicated lawyers are the trusted partners for businesses, individuals, and public sector organisations, across the UK and beyond. The firm's Infrastructure and Major Projects Team advise...

Solicitor - General Crime

You will be a Duty Qualified Solicitor Strong academics: educated to degree level (with at least a 2:1) and a strong LPC pass (or equivalent) and hold a clean practising certificate from the SRA Indicatively, 3- 6 years post qualification experience in this area of legal work Exposure to a broad range of cases and clients...

Employment Solicitor

This is an exciting opportunity to join a professional and growing legal team. ESP Solicitors is a new-model employment law firm and ER technology business. Our group of companies provide integrated support services, including a dedicated legal advisory team, online HR resources, learning and development tools and market-leading ER case management software. ESP Solicitors provide specialist...

Employment & Education Solicitor 6 month contract Fully Remote Rate: DOE Are you ready to apply Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding. My client has an excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Education and Employment Solicitor to join a thriving London local authority on a 6 month locum basis. This large,...

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Locum education lawyer.

• England, South West England
• £50 - £55 per hour
• Sellick Partnership Limited - Public Sector

Locum Education Lawyer£50-55 DOERemote working offered Our client, a Berkshire based Local Authority is seeking an experienced Education Lawyer to joi

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Education Lawyer

• England, Yorkshire and the Humber
• £45 - £60 per hour

Education LawyerLocum £45-60 DOERemote working Our client, a Yorkshire based Local Authority is seeking an an experienced Lawyer to join their team f

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SEN Education Locum

• Lincolnshire
• £40-55 per hour
• Law Absolute Limited

We are working with a Local Authority in the Lincolnshire region looking for an experienced SEN Education Lawyer to join their department for an in...

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• London (Central), London (Greater)
• £28.00- £50.00 per hour

A local authority based in London is seeking an Education Lawyer for an initial period of three months.

Education/ SEN Lawyer

• England, East Midlands
• £50 - £60 per hour

Education/ SEN LawyerEast Midlands£50-60 p/hr Sellick Partnership are working with a well established local authority based in the East Midlands who a

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Our specialist education lawyers have experience of supporting children, young people and families in London and have a vast experience of working across England and Wales.

How can I get support for my child’s special educational needs in London?

Special educational needs (SEN) affect how a person learns. Special educational needs entail a wide range of disabilities including but not limited to:

• Physical ability
• Concentration levels
• Hearing and/or visual impairment
• Reading and writing
• Ability to understand
• Social skills.

A child or young person’s school is usually where a SEN is identified. In these instances, the class teacher works alongside the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) who takes the responsibility for planning and monitoring of the additional support for the child or young person.

The ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ model is used in most schools to support SEN. There are various types of support available to your child, but this will mainly depend on their circumstances, this support could include the use of special learning materials, small group and one-to-one work.

Parents and guardians should be involved in discussion about planning SEN support for their child or young person. You should be updated a minimum of three times a year on the support that is being provided, by whom, and how the progress will be monitored and evaluated.

Each school receives a SEN Delegated Budget, this budget is not finite and as a result could limit the support available to the children and young people at the school who require SEN. On occasion, the school may not identify that your child has SEN, or the needs of the child or young person cannot be met at the school. If this is the case, then you should consider an application for an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

If you are unsure as to whether your child has special educational needs and is receiving the appropriate support, then you should seek legal advice. HCB’s specialist Education Law Solicitors have significant experience in the provision of special educational needs advice in the London

area. We have also had successful appeals via a tribunal which have helped many families overturn initial decisions made by the local authority. We are experts at giving SEN Legal advice to parents.

How to Apply for an EHCP in London?

Before an EHCP can be issued, an Education Health Care (EHC) Needs Assessment must be completed.

When a child is still failing to make progress, it is the job of the school’s Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) to review the special provisions being made and decide what appropriate additional provisions can be made through the ‘Asses, Plan, Do, Review’ method.

Beyond this, if a child is still failing to achieve their expected academic progress then an Education Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment may be appropriate. This will be conducted by the local authority to define the child’s specific needs and the provision needed to achieve progress and whether it is within the school’s means to provide them.

The legal criteria for determining whether or not to carry out an EHC needs assessment is outlined in Section 36 of the Children and Families Act (2014). A local authority should take into account the extent of a child’s learning difficulties, the provision they have already received, and any additional provision provided by the child’s parents/guardians. The local authority also has a duty to examine whether any of these difficulties point to further learning needs that haven’t already been identified.

Once all this has been considered, a child’s progress should be judged to determine whether their progress is adequate, if independent provision is being provided, and whether their progress would be stunted without these provisions.

Each case is examined on an individual basis, however, if after examining all the information it becomes clear a child is not making progress, and in fact cannot make progress without an EHC needs assessment, then the local authority should conclude that an assessment is indeed necessary.

Despite it being important that the law is applied correctly when applying for an EHC needs assessment, many local authorities’ panels will rely more on internal criteria that doesn’t necessarily take into account an individual’s circumstances. This internal criteria can be much stricter, and so in many cases a local authority can wrongly turn down an EHC assessment request.

How to appeal for an EHCP in London?

Information gathered during the assessment process is brought together and forms the EHCP.

Further information on how this assessment is made and guidance on the application process can be found here:

https://contact.org.uk/advice-and-support/education-learning/education-health-and-care-(ehc)-plans/

Appeals can be made to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST), if the local authority refuses to complete an EHC needs assessment, or if they refuse to make an EHCP. As this process can be complex it is useful to take specialist legal advice regarding a SENDIST appeal. Here at HCB Education Law we have specialist lawyers who assist with SENDIST appeals.

What SEN Legal Advice is available in London?

HCB Education Law Solicitors are specialist education law solicitors who have helped many children, young people and their families in the Leeds area as well as extensive experience of working with families throughout the country. Our SEN solicitors are specialists who focus on this area of practice and we have a very high success rate.

To speak to one of our specialist education solicitors covering the London area, please call our team on 0844 556 3525.

London SEN policies and guidance can be found here:

https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes/children-and-young-people/education-and-school-places/do-maths-2017/special

Support available to you in London for Special Educational Needs (SEN)

http://fyi.cityoflondon.gov.uk/kb5/cityoflondon/fyi/parents_forum.page

London SEN page in relation to Education, Health and Care Needs assessments and plans can be found here:

You can also click on the link below to the London Local Offer to find support available to children and young people with special educational needs:

http://fyi.cityoflondon.gov.uk/kb5/cityoflondon/fyi/site.page?id=1Fs6MOf8LYk

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Erin Hawley, a law professor and wife of Senator Josh Hawley, is arguing the Supreme Court case.

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By Elizabeth Dias and Abbie VanSickle

It was 2014, and Erin Morrow Hawley was fighting against the egg-laying hens of Missouri. Specifically, a new requirement that chicken cages have enough space for the hens to stand up, turn around and stretch out.

A law professor from five generations of ranchers and the wife of Senator Josh Hawley, Ms. Hawley joined a challenge to California, which required more spacious enclosures for hens laying eggs to be sold there. The state where she taught, Missouri, sold a third of its eggs to California, and Ms. Hawley believed that a blue state had no right to impose its values and rules on Missouri’s farmers.

She joined in a lawsuit against California’s attorney general at the time, Kamala Harris. A judge found that the challengers could show no direct injury and dismissed the case. Ms. Hawley continued teaching, and Ms. Harris became Joe Biden’s vice president.

Ten years later, Ms. Hawley, 44, is now at the center of one of the country’s most heated cultural battles about bodily autonomy, gender roles and abortion. On Tuesday, for the first time since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court considered a case involving nationwide limits on abortion access. And Ms. Hawley was the woman standing before the justices, arguing to sharply curtail access to the abortion pill.

The case centers on the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a commonly available drug used in the majority of abortions in the country. Limiting medication abortion is a next frontier for the anti-abortion movement in the post-Roe era.

Ms. Hawley represents a group of anti-abortion doctors and an umbrella group of conservative medical associations that claim that the abortion pill — approved more than two decades ago — is a danger to women. The F.D.A. has pointed to substantial scientific evidence that the medication abortion is safe .

Ms. Hawley views the cause as similar to her fights against government interference, rooted in her experience of ranch life.

“You see how those regulations impact people that are really living on the ground, and sometimes for good and sometimes maybe not for good,” she said in an interview with The Times earlier this month. “And so being pro-life, and believing that every child, no matter how small, no matter if they’re not yet born, is invested with inherent dignity and worth — government action can have a lot to say about that as well.”

She argues that federal approval of the abortion pill went forward without enough consideration of possible side effects and dangers, and that subsequent changes to enable greater access have ignored health risks to women.

The government lawyers in this case, led by Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar, have argued in court filings that Ms. Hawley and her legal team offered scant evidence of real injury, and that declarations from “seven identified doctors” were “often vague or conclusory.”

Ms. Hawley’s particular background makes her ideal for this moment. Her longtime interest in limiting the power of the administrative state is well suited to speak to the current court’s conservative supermajority, which has welcomed cases challenging regulations on everything from herring fish to machine guns and, now, abortion.

Ms. Hawley brings her credentials not only as a former clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. but as a millennial Christian mother. An evangelical believer who forefronts her identity as a wife and mother of three, Ms. Hawley works for the Alliance Defending Freedom, a powerful conservative Christian legal group. She represents the ideals of womanhood many in the anti-abortion and conservative Christian movement seek to elevate.

Until now, Ms. Hawley has been best known as the wife of Senator Hawley, Republican of Missouri, who actively sought the overturning of Roe and has supported anti-abortion legislation.

In a campaign ad for him, Ms. Hawley starred as an everyday mom, playing with their children in the kitchen, while he took the spotlight. But she will be one of a few women to argue a prominent abortion case at the Supreme Court for the anti-abortion side.

Even anti-abortion leaders often said “who?” or “Josh’s wife?” when asked about Ms. Hawley. Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, has met her at events supporting Senator Hawley but did not realize that Ms. Hawley was arguing the mifepristone case.

“There are millions of conservative women all over our country who are educated and powerful and love their families, similar to Erin Hawley,” Ms. Nance said. “She is actually fairly typical of young millennial conservative Christian women coming up through the ranks.”

But it may be Ms. Hawley, not Sen. Hawley, whose work will most power the anti-abortion cause.

“I think it may be more accurate to say that he’s Erin Hawley’s husband,” Mary Ziegler, a law professor and historian at University of California, Davis, said of the senator. “I think people are just beginning to see how influential she is.”

Erin Morrow was born into a family of frontier women and grew up on a cattle ranch near Folsom, N.M., population roughly 50. The foundation of her great-great-great grandmother’s homestead is still visible on the land, where family lore says that as a young widow, she outwitted marauding bandits.

The oldest of three daughters, Ms. Hawley was raised mainly by her mother after her parents divorced. Her father, a former national rodeo champion who struggled with alcoholism and depression, died by suicide when she was in high school, a pivotal moment she has spoken about on her podcast . Her mother, Shari Morrow, ran the family’s ranch, WineCup, and started teaching Erin to ride horses before she could walk.

“She was there when the bus came home, and often she’d throw us on horseback, and we’d help her move cattle, and we were able to sort of participate in her job in a small way,” Ms. Hawley said in the interview with Times reporters. “She was just a wonderful example of putting her family first but also doing something she loved and cared about.”

Her mother, a registered Democrat in the 1990s, had wanted to be a veterinarian, and for a while her daughter did too. Ms. Hawley studied animal science at Texas A&M University and considered a doctorate in genetics. But an internship for the House Committee on Agriculture sparked her interest in regulatory law.

Ms. Hawley started law school at the University of Texas in Austin, then transferred to Yale Law School, where she was a senior editor on the law review.

She clerked for J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and for Chief Justice Roberts in 2007.

There, her desk faced that of another clerk from Yale, Josh Hawley, and they secretly dated. He persuaded her to get married, when she was skeptical after having grown up “in a home with a marriage that wasn’t ideal,” she said in a podcast, and they moved back to his home state of Missouri.

When they searched for jobs, she impressed the faculty at the University of Missouri’s School of Law and expressed interest in filling a need to teach tax law. The school offered jobs to both of them.

Together they started the Missouri Liberty Project, “dedicated to promoting constitutional liberty and limited government.” But her husband’s career soon took the lead in their lives. As he campaigned for the U.S. Senate, she wrote a devotional book for mothers, drawing spiritual lessons from the lives of her children while comfortably weaving in references to modern theologians like Stanley Hauerwas. Her light textual analysis of original Greek words in the Bible echoes her approach to interpreting the Constitution in her legal work.

“Why can’t a high-powered lawyer also share that side of her life? Why not? That is her foundation, that is who she is,” said Julie Holmquist, who edited the book.

Ms. Hawley had expected her husband to pursue a political career after their children were grown. When they felt God calling him to run for office, she packed the family onto the campaign bus. The couple voted at their home church, The Crossing Church, an evangelical Presbyterian congregation, and the Hawleys moved to Washington.

Only a few months into her role as a lawyer for the conservative Christian legal advocacy group A.D.F. in 2021, Ms. Hawley flew to Mississippi to strategize on the Dobbs case, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

Ms. Hawley and her infant daughter arrived on time, but her babysitter did not. In the middle of the meeting, the baby let out a wail.

As Ms. Hawley tells it, this moment encapsulated her purpose, both as a Christian mom and as a lawyer aimed at dismantling the right to abortion. On the couple’s podcast, she described her baby’s crying as “a tangible reminder of why the Dobbs case might matter so much.”

At a speech after the Dobbs oral argument, Ms. Hawley said she had “been blessed to have a front-row seat on this case.” She added, “As a conservative mother, I can tell you it has been the project of a lifetime.”

Ms. Hawley has notched other legal victories, becoming synonymous with conservative social-issue cases. She worked on 303 Creative, the case in which the Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of a Colorado web designer who cited the First Amendment in refusing to serve same-sex couples.

Ms. Hawley is currently helping the Idaho attorney general defend the state’s abortion ban from a challenge by the Biden administration.

At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, her unique background was on display, even as most justices seemed skeptical of her argument. She answered a question from Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. about determining standing — whether the anti-abortion doctors could show direct harm — by referencing how the court considered the issue in a case about genetically engineered crops. In that case, Ms. Hawley said, the court looked at “the distance that bees might fly in order to pollinate seed farms,” she said. She had the support of her husband, who was present in the courtroom.

Even with the pressure of a first-time oral argument, she said in the interview that she remained calm because the decision was ultimately up to God.

“Christians are called to work with excellence but also to rest in the knowledge that God is sovereign, and that we can trust the results to Him,” she said. “To have the faith that all of it is in His hands, I think does help.”

The justices are expected to make a decision in June.

Julie Tate and Kitty Bennett contributed research.

Elizabeth Dias is The Times’s national religion correspondent, covering faith, politics and culture. More about Elizabeth Dias

Abbie VanSickle covers the United States Supreme Court for The Times. She is a lawyer and has an extensive background in investigative reporting. More about Abbie VanSickle

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Company founded in China and promoted on social media is thought to be considering London listing

Shein, the online fast fashion retailer founded in China , has more than doubled its profits to more than $2bn (£1.6bn) as it awaits approval for a stock market listing in New York or London.

The company, which is growing rapidly around the world by using social media to promote its goods, recorded sales of about $45bn last year, according to a report in the Financial Times based on information from sources close to the company.

Shein , which has moved its headquarters to Singapore, is among the most profitable fashion companies in the world, the figures suggest, making more than the Swedish fashion group H&M and the UK’s Primark and Next. However, profits at Inditex, the Spanish owner of Zara, Bershka and Massimo Dutti, remain higher at €6.9bn (£5.9bn) last year.

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, reportedly held talks with the Shein boss, Donald Tang, in February to try to persuade him to float the company on the London Stock Exchange. The company is thought to be considering a London listing because it believes that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is unlikely to approve its initial public offering (IPO). If it were to go ahead, it would be one of London’s biggest ever corporate listings, valued at up to $90bn.

The rapid rise of Shein, which bought the Missguided online brand from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group last year after recording sales of £1.1bn in 2022 for its UK entity, has piled pressure on UK online fashion specialists including Asos and Boohoo. The new competitor is gaining ground just as the UK online groups grapple with a squeeze in the market after the pandemic boom.

Shein partly benefits from sending goods directly to shoppers, including to the UK and US, from China so they attract fewer taxes. The tactic has proved controversial, prompting calls for a change in tax rules.

Founded by the entrepreneur Chris Xu , the company continues to run most of its operations from China but sells all its goods outside the country. It reached a valuation of $100bn in an April 2022 fundraising round, making it the third most valuable startup in the world.

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By May last year the company’s value had dropped to just over $60bn, but Shein has reportedly told investors it is hoping for a valuation of as much as $90bn if it goes ahead with a public listing. Shein declined to comment.

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