News & Events

Listed below are the national news items and national events.

• LLG Announce Wilkin Chapman as New Corporate Partner

  Publish date: 05/12/2019

  LLG are delighted to announce Wilkin Chapman LLP Solicitors as new Corporate Partners of LLG. We very much look forward to working with them!

• Applications for the Board Director Position of LLG Treasurer are Now Open.

  Publish date: 02/12/2019

  This is an exciting opportunity to gain high level strategic board experience working alongside experienced directors to promote and support lawyers working in local government. Closing date 20th December 2019.

• ​Are you a Junior Lawyer in Local Government who could Represent your Sector?

  Publish date: 02/12/2019

  LLG are looking to appoint a Deputy Junior National Lead to work alongside the existing two leads in this area. The appointment would run for one year from the April AGM 2020 to 2021. At the 2021 AGM it would be envisaged that the appointment would be nominated as the Junior Director with a seat on the LLG board from the AGM 2021 to 2022.

• Moving On Up: A Lawyers’ Guide to Mortgages

  Publish date: 29/11/2019

  Many in the legal sector aren’t aware that their professional status can be an advantage when it comes to making mortgage or remortgage applications. Recent application figures from Wesleyan Financial Services show that the average mortgage advance given to lawyers is 52% higher than the national average when compared to lending figures from the Bank of England. It doesn’t matter if you are a seasoned lawyer or a trainee, you may be eligible for a ‘professional mortgage’. Lenders offering these mortgages will take your professional status into account and potentially offer you a higher loan at a preferential rate. Clearly, it pays to do your homework when it comes to choosing the right mortgage. We've outlined four key tips to help you stay ahead of the game.

• CLIMATE EMERGENCY Have you thought about: Governance?

  Publish date: 29/11/2019

  Public concern is rising over climate change, and there is an enormous weight of expectation on local authorities to take the lead in creating low carbon and climate resilient places. So far, more than half of English and Welsh councils (over 230) have declared a climate emergency. Most want their locality to be carbon neutral by 2030, and are now working hard to make that happen. But climate emergency declarations are simply statements of intent unless they are followed up with measurable outcomes. Becoming carbon neutral isn’t easy: councils need to make strategic and operational decisions, supported by clear action plans that are widely supported and embedded in the authority.

• Compulsory Purchase Order seminar with Shoosmiths

  Publish date: 18/11/2019

  Shoosmiths invite you to join them for a Compulsory Purchase Orders seminar and forum in 3 locations in November - Manchester, London and Milton Keynes

• The Criminal Rule Procedure Committee Publishes the Outcome on its Invitation to Comment on Draft Rules

  Publish date: 13/11/2019

  LLG Responded to a specific invitation from the Criminal Rule Procedure Committee to comment on proposals to make rules under the power to be conferred by section 67B(1), (2) of the Courts Act 2003 looking at predominately the exercise of judicial functions by court staff in the courts in which the Criminal Procedure Rules apply. Click to see the report.

• The Centre for Public Scrutiny Launch Oversight & Scrutiny Survey

  Publish date: 12/11/2019

  As local government practitioners, the CfPS would like to hear your views on their 2019 oversight and scrutiny survey spread the word to your fellow council officers and members. The CfPS want to have – and want you to have – the fullest possible picture of scrutiny across the country so they can work on improving it for all.

• The Timetable for the Parliamentary UK General Election Has Been Published

  Publish date: 31/10/2019

  The Electoral Commission has published the timetable for the UK General Election. The timetable is based on the assumption that the writ is received on the day following the dissolution of Parliament.

• Event Invitation - Employment Law Update

  Publish date: 28/10/2019

  We would be delighted if you could join us at our next round of Employment Law Update seminars. Seminars will be held in Bristol, Birmingham, London and Leeds in December.