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The Corporate Governance Toolkit: Good governance, strong relationships in the ‘golden triangle’ top team, and a positive approach to scrutiny of decision making, and a focussed approach to risk and resilience are the keys to success within a local authority.
One of the biggest challenges for in-house legal teams is an increasing volume of work. In addition to managing a complex and varied workload, legal departments must ensure that the value of their work is visible to their client departments and understood by stakeholders
Given the unprecedent year we have all faced, LLG are delighted to bring you the LLG Awards 2021 which will be held virtually on 15th July 2021. This year, the categories have been specifically developed to celebrate your outstanding achievement, resilience, leadership and agility throughout the pandemic, encapsulating the spirit and professionalism of lawyers in local government. The deadline for submissions is 31st May 2021. Best of Luck!
View the latest Senedd Update No 147
Talking Law in Local Government
Councils are already actively considering the options the minister has suggested, including looking at alternative larger meeting venues at significant extra cost. The proposal to delegate significant decisions to officers is likely to be viewed as undermining democratic accountability due to the fact that such decisions are not subject to direct member involvement. Given the circumstances authorities find themselves in due to the imminent loss of virtual meeting provision, they now face unpalatable decisions, which include restricting member attendance and a reduction in members roles in decision making, whilst attempting to keep the machinery of local government moving. LLG & ADSO remain fully committed to presenting our case at the High Court Hearing timetabled to be heard before the end of April 2021.
A memorandum has been jointly prepared by Lawyers in Local Government with input from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on exemption for authorisation under Section 15 Legal Services Act 2007. Thanks to the hard work of our President, Quentin Baker and Abdus Choudhury, Deputy Director, Legal and Governance at One source, together with the significant contribution of Fiona Anthony from nplaw, who worked hard to ensure guidance as to the circumstances in which this approach to regulation will be appropriate, we now have some clarity on this historical issue.
Are you a student looking for work experience? interested in working in law in local government’ Lawyers In Local Government are delighted to announce our new national work experience programme. Students will experience first hand the varied day to day life of a lawyer within a local authority.
Doug Rhodes and Stuart Brown of Trowers & Hamlin will be our guest speakers on this weeks webinar and will provide an overview of the timeline leading up to the draft Building Safety Bill and a recap of the key issues included in the bill, including the new regulator, the dutyholder regime and the in-occupation duties arising
ADSO and LLG (along with Hertfordshire County Council) have received permission to expedite our claim for a declaration in the High Court which will provide certainty for local authorities on whether they can continue to hold meetings remotely past the 6th May 2021 deadline, due to the expiry of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations (No.392).