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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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Devonshires opens Cardiff office with hire of real estate and social housing partner

Devonshires has opened a Cardiff office and appointed a leading real estate and social housing lawyer, Liz Gibbons, to head its Welsh…

Solicitors Regulation Authority highlights concern over AI-generated inaccuracies and breaches of confidentiality

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a warning notice to remind the legal profession of their professional obligations…

Weightmans sees 12% rise in revenues to £162m, looks to grow higher-value work in public sector and other practices

Weightmans has reported a fifth consecutive year of growth in 2025/26, with revenue increasing by 12% to £162m and net profit rising by 17%…

Bevan Brittan revenue surpasses £100m for first time with growth in energy, housing and government markets

Bevan Brittan has announced record revenue of £101m for 2026/25, up 17%, with central and local government featuring among its…

Sellick Partnership acquires majority shareholding in independent recruitment and talent solutions business

Sellick Partnership, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsic Group, has acquired a majority shareholding in Birmingham-headquartered Gleeson…

Browne Jacobson sees record revenues of £148.8m in 2025/26

Law firm Browne Jacobson has seen record revenue of £148.8m, up 9% on the previous 12 months.

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EM Lawshare fires gun on procurement of £1.2bn legal services framework

The EM Lawshare consortium has started the procurement of its next legal services framework agreement, which is estimated to be worth up to…

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust seeking to procure provider for provision of specialist town planning legal advice

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has kick-started the procurement of a provider for specialist town planning legal advice services, in…

West Midlands authorities name 23 sets of chambers to first ever barristers legal services framework

A group of West Midlands local authorities has appointed 23 chambers to its first framework for barristers' legal services, divided into…

Council fires gun on procurement of £48m LGPS legal services framework agreement

Norfolk County Council has kickstarted the procurement of a £48m national framework agreement for the provision of pension legal services…

Largest social landlord in Wales to procure £2.4m legal services contract

The largest provider of housing, care and support in Wales, Codi Group, is to appoint legal providers to provide legal services worth an…

North of England housing association to set up £3.6m legal services framework

Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) is to establish a multi-supplier framework for the provision of legal services worth an…

People

Leading planning silk among ten new High Court judges

Planning and local government specialist Daniel Kolinsky KC from Landmark Chambers is among ten new High Court judges.

Lord Briggs appointed as next President of Supreme Court

Lord Briggs of Westbourne is to become the Supreme Court’s fifth President since it was established in 2009.

City Solicitor at Manchester City Council to step down in May 2027

The City Solicitor at Manchester City Council – described by her chief executive as “a titan of local government” – is to step down in May…

Devonshires strengthens construction team with partner hire

Sean Garbutt has joined Devonshires as a partner, in a move the firm has said will bolster its national construction offering and…

Wigan monitoring officer leaves after 30 years at council

Janet Davies has left her role as monitoring officer at Wigan Council after three decades at the local authority.

Cheshire East appoints Mike Jones as Monitoring Officer

Mike Jones has been appointed as Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) at Cheshire East Council.

Technology

Survey finds widespread adoption of AI by legal professionals but concerns remain over inaccurate information

A survey of more than 500 legal professionals carried out by LexisNexis has found that nearly all of them (94%) use AI for legal work, with…

Legal sector chosen as first participant in Government AI ‘sandbox’ programme

Legal services will be the first sector to participate in the Government's AI advisory 'sandbox' programme, designed to accelerate the…

HMCTS to pilot AI transcription service for court records

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is piloting a new AI transcription service in the Crown Court in an effort to reduce the cost of…

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…

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