Local authorities

The diverse and numerous operations and responsibilities of local authorities and other public sector organisations expose them to a range of potential claims from both members of the public and aggrieved employees. Coupled with frequent legislative changes, these place a burden on the public sector to ensure compliance and understanding throughout their organisation.

Frequent legislative changes place pressures on the public sector to ensure compliance and understanding throughout their organisations. Together with the increasing cost involved in settling litigation, invariably met by operational budgets, this creates a further burden and whilst claims can never be eliminated, the costs involved can be reduced by using the best mix of in-house experience with external support.

By their very nature, local authorities need local legal advisors. As a national firm with nine offices across the UK, we have broad experience of working with unitary authorities, city and county councils and large metropolitan district councils and recently represented the local authority position in the EL trigger litigation.

Our geographical spread allows local representation with the background resource of a national firm.

What the legal directories say:

Sources praise the firm’s ‘winning combination’ of ‘strength in depth and breadth of experience’.

Chambers & Partners 2011

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