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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.

Tenders and Instructions

NHS Shared Business Services to hold preliminary market engagement for £240m framework agreement

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has issued a preliminary market engagement notice for a “fit-for-the-future” legal services…

Top Midlands social landlord to procure £20m legal services framework

One of the UK’s largest social landlords, Platform Housing, has launched the procurement of its next legal services framework, which is…

South of England authorities name 30+ law firms and several barristers’ chambers to £40m framework

More than 30 law firms plus a range of barristers’ chambers have been appointed to the Orbis Legal Services Framework, which is estimated…

North West social landlord appoints 11 firms to £6.4m framework

Torus, the North West’s largest affordable housing provider with 40,000 homes in its portfolio, has appointed 11 firms to a multi-lot…

Combined authority to procure £12m open framework for legal services

The Tees Valley Combined Authority is to establish an open framework for the provision of specialist legal support worth an estimated £12m…

UK Sport to procure £400-450k pilot scheme providing legal services to high performance coaches

The UK Sports Council (UK Sport) is seeking tenders from legal service providers for the delivery of a pilot scheme comprising dedicated…

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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…

11KBW silk appointed as High Court judge

A leading public law King’s Counsel at 11KBW has been appointed as a High Court judge, with effect from 12 January 2026.

Tributes paid to ‘leading figure’ in local government law Stephen Taylor

Tributes have been paid to a "leading figure" in local government and monitoring officer Stephen Taylor, who passed away last week.

Attorney General names six KCs to new Senior Treasury Counsel Group

The Government has appointed six King’s Counsel to a new Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel Group (STCG), who will support First…

Top planning silk becomes High Court judge

Leading planning silk Richard Kimblin KC has been appointed a High Court judge, assigned to the King’s Bench Division.

Royal borough names new Monitoring Officer

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has appointed Victoria Statham as its new Director of Governance & Law (Monitoring Officer).

Technology

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…

Local authorities being left without adequate support to procure AI in public interest, research finds

Local government does not have access to a clear, comprehensive or consistent account of how to procure AI in the public interest, an…

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