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Welcome to the Local Government Lawyer Marketplace Portal.

Here you can find the full range of services that public law departments and lawyers need. For departments, this page provides a directory of specialist legal advisers - including local authority legal departments that provide external services - expert witnesses, consultants, training courses, technology providers and much else besides.

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Pathfinder Legal names joint chief executives following retirement of Andrew Shufflebotham

Pathfinder Legal, the shared legal service owned by Cambridgeshire County Council and Central Bedfordshire Council, has appointed joint…

LLG launches professional body for monitoring officers with Rachel McKoy as Executive Director

LLG has officially launched a new professional body for monitoring officers with Rachel McKoy – former Director of Law & Governance…

Browne Jacobson and CBI launch partnership to advise Government on new PPP models

Browne Jacobson and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) have announced a partnership to develop research aimed at advising…

Legal Services Board calls for regulators to provide clear information in wake of Mazur judgment

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has called for clear and accurate information to be made available to lawyers and legal professionals…

North Wales solicitor becomes 181st president of the Law Society

Mark Evans has this week become the first president of the Law Society to hail from Wales in 22 years, and only the third in its 200-year…

LLG unveils new chair of LLG Board

LLG (Lawyers in Local Government) has appointed Nicholas Ong-Seng as Chair of the LLG Board.

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Burges Salmon advises council on £750m+ regeneration scheme near railway station

Law firm Burges Salmon has advised Stevenage Borough Council on its partnership with Muse, English Cities Fund (ECF) and Homes England in…

Homes England to procure £75.6m framework for property and investment-related legal services

Homes England, the Government’s housing and regeneration agency, is to procure a national framework of legal professional service providers…

South of England councils name 48 providers to £40m legal services framework

Four councils in the South of England have appointed 48 law firms, barristers chambers and other providers to their latest legal services…

Geldards advises local authority trading company on £20m property portfolio acquisition

Law firm Geldards has advised TBG Open Door on the acquisition of a portfolio of 73 properties with a total value of £20 million.

Places for People to procure £28m development legal services framework

Places for People Group, the placemaking and regeneration company, is to procure a four-year framework agreement providing legal services…

Welsh Government names 36-strong panel of counsel

The Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, Julie James MS, has named 36 barristers to a renewed panel of counsel that will provide…

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Transport for London confirms new Legal Directors following strategic review

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed the appointment of two new Legal Directors following a strategic review of the legal department's…

Cornerstone Barristers names Andrew Bisbey as Senior Clerk

Cornerstone Barristers has appointed Andrew Bisbey as its new Senior Clerk. Bisbey joins Cornerstone from No5 Barristers’ Chambers, where…

East Midlands council appoints Corporate Director for Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer on permanent basis

West Northamptonshire Council has confirmed the permanent appointment of Sarah Hall as Corporate Director for Law and Governance and…

Devonshires strengthens Housing Management & Property Litigation team with two partners

Law firm Devonshires has bolstered its Housing Management & Property Litigation team with the appointment of two partners, Aoife Murphy and…

Peterborough set to approve appointment of new Monitoring Officer

Councillors at Peterborough City Council will next week be asked to approve the appointment of Gavin Milnthorpe as Director of Legal and…

Burges Salmon bolsters public sector pensions offering with double hire

Law firm Burges Salmon has strengthened its Pensions and Lifetime Savings practice with the appointment of two public sector pensions…

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Lawyers need more guidance on use of AI, Law Society tells Government

Lawyers need to be given "clear, practical guidance" on the existing rules around the use of AI, the Law Society has urged in a response to…

City council to hold preliminary market engagement exercise on £1.68m legal case management solution

Manchester City Council is to hold a preliminary market engagement exercise regarding its legal case management system requirements.

Courts service accused of taking “several years” to react to IT bug that caused evidence to go missing

A leaked report has claimed it took several years for HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to react to an IT bug that caused evidence to…

Senior judges fire warning over misuse of AI before courts and tell those in profession with leadership responsibilities to take practical measures to prevent it happening

Practical and effective measures must be taken by those within the legal profession with individual leadership responsibilities and by…

Councils to use AI for preparing meeting minutes as part of Government trial

Local councils across the country are trialling a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool aimed at streamlining tasks in the planning process…

Courts and Tribunals Judiciary issues refreshed guidance on use of AI by judicial office holders

Senior judges have issued updated guidance aimed at assisting judicial office holders in relation to the use of Artificial Intelligence…

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