Local Government and Authorities
Compliance is complex for organisations in the public sector. Expert guidance and the right tools can avoid unpleasant consequences.
Parish and Town Councils and local authorities deal with a range of risks and legislation obligations in their day-to-day proceedings.
Parish and Town Councils are also under increasingly tighter budget restraints.
Our teams support many parish councils and have collaboratively worked with local authorities, in-house legal teams to provide the full range of legal and risk management services to ensure the delivery of projects and the day-to-day challenges that can arise.
Access to our unique knowledge platforms, tools and advisory services to upskill their team, and give them the legal advice and representation support if needed.
How we can help
We are well versed in helping local government and authorities in England manage legislation and risk across the board. This includes:
- Helping resolve rights of way and footpaths disputes and regulation requirements
- Consultations and training on employment best practices, ready made policies and procedures to follow relating to safeguarding, capability, sickness and absence monitoring, harassment and grievance issues
- Advice and representation for employment claims and at tribunals – unfair dismissals, discrimination, redundancy appeals and settlement agreements
- Educating your clerks and staff and advising them on responding to freedom of information requests, data handling and processing, UK GDPR, and improving cyber security awareness
- Giving expert advice and guidance around contracts
- Training and advice on new regulations and legislation such as Martyn’s Law – Protect Duty
- Helping to establish legal obligation and risk surrounding community events
- Commercial disputes
- Supply chain contracts and procurement processes
- Reputational management and support with defamation claims including help with dealing with committee issues or community disputes
- Dispute resolution for contractual agreements and warranty reviews
- Helping to resolve trespassing and other disputes
- Representation at Coroner’s Court inquests
- Guidance and representation in respect of Ombudsman investigations
- Assistance and advice in respect of internal investigations and complaints
- Advice and guidance in respect of roles, responsibilities and code of conduct
- Advice in relation to safeguarding
Some of the services described on the website may not be available in all jurisdictions.
The tools you need to succeed
Discover our range of tools and services designed to help you navigate risk, achieve your goals and minimise any harm to your business.
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Online Knowledge Library
Use rradarstation to access legal resources and downloadable templates that give businesses the knowledge they need to proactively navigate risk.
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Intelligent Legal Assistant
Do you need to access legally verified information, templates or guidance affecting your business when you are out of the office or on site? Our legal assistant, rradargrace, is on hand to help.
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Risk Audit Tool
rradarrisk is a comprehensive risk audit tool that helps you to identify potential hazards and pinpoint any gaps that may expose you to risk – providing clear next step options for managing them
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Incident Reporting Tool
Our digital incident reporting tool makes it easy for you to document, manage and respond to health and safety risks across your business.
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Legal Advisory Service
Sometimes, the human element is what is needed to get to the root of the problem. Our Legal Advice experts can help you pinpoint the issues concerning you.
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Training
If you have identified gaps in the skills profile of your workforce, then you may find our training services are here to fill them.
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Emergency Crisis Line
If something happens outside office hours, you can call us for support and guidance to help minimise harm to your business – whatever happens, whenever it happens.
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Consultancy
Sometimes, you just need dedicated support in a specific area to address issues in your business. That is where our personalised consultancy service can help.
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Legal Services
By your side from everyday advice to full legal representation. Our UK-based solicitors and specialists are dedicated to achieving the best results for you and your business.
Need advice? Speak to our experts
Whether you are looking to strengthen your processes, navigate risk roadblocks or protect your business from harm, our team is armed with the guidance and tools you need to be by your side and make your business unstoppable.