Governance
Legal Services offers a comprehensive service in all aspects of local authority governance.
Our Chief Legal Officer, Assistant Chief Legal Officers and Principal Lawyers all undertake work in this cross cutting area which include;
- local government law
- acting in capacity as Monitoring officer and Deputy Monitoring Officer
- advising on the constitution
- providing advice and support in respect of the standards regime to county council, district and borough councils and parish councils
- undertaking investigations into breaches of the code of conduct
- advice and attendance at standards hearings and committees
- provision of councillor training in relation to the code of conduct
- election law
We also have experience in the provision of training for councillors in relation to bias and pre-determination and ward member advocacy as well as one-to-one and parish council training following breaches of the code of conduct.
