Coventry wins Legal Services of the Year at MJ Awards 2017

Coventry City Council last week won the Legal Services of the Year category at the MJ Awards 2017, with judges saying the team was “delivering wide- ranging initiatives in-house with long-term benefits for the communities it serves”.

Dorset County Council and Tri-borough Legal Services, the shared legal service for Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Councils, were highly commended.

The other finalists in the category were: the shared legal service for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Thurrock Borough Council (BDT Legal); the London Borough of Waltham Forest; and Warwickshire County Council.

The award was sponsored by Lawyers in Local Government and presented by LLG President Doreen Forrester-Brown of Southwark Council at a ceremony at the Hilton on Park Lane.

In other categories Wolverhampton City Council picked up Local Authority of the Year, Excellence in Governance and Scrutiny and Senior Leadership Team.