News & Events
Listed below are the national news items and national events.
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Publish date: 08/02/2021
Talking Law in Local Government
A chatty, discussion featuring Deborah Evans (CEO), Dennis Hall (Bulletin Editor) and Helen McGrath (Head of Public Affairs) from LLG, looking back over the last edition of the bulletin highlighting points of interest, pulling in government policy and national news to give you a quick round-up of topical developments.
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Publish date: 08/02/2021
ADSO and LLG recently obtained counsels opinion from James Strachan QC of 39 Essex Chambers in relation to the expiry of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations (No.392) and the ability to continue to hold council meetings remotely past the 6th May 2021.
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Publish date: 03/02/2021
The Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation, the Association for Law Firm Diversity Professionals, and Thomson Reuters are looking for participants in their latest survey which seeks to understand what responses to the structural barriers that legal employers face is most effective in increasing retention and advancement.
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Publish date: 01/02/2021
Talking Law in Local Government
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Publish date: 28/01/2021
CfGS have launched their delayed Annual Survey of overview and scrutiny in local government.
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Publish date: 27/01/2021
Following a governance review last year, LLG appointed two new membership directors on the board of LLG. Read more about them here.
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Publish date: 19/01/2021
Talking Law in Local Governemnt
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Publish date: 15/01/2021
Our joint application with the Association of Local Authority Chief Executives (ALACE) has been granted by the High Court and will proceed to hearing in the middle of March
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Publish date: 15/01/2021
LLG will be bringing you a full programme of interactive zoom meetings in all subject areas in 2021. Sessions will comprise 30 minutes of training with question and answer session followed by the opportunity to network with colleagues in breakout rooms and stay connected. Details of content will follow but keep checking the website and click now to diarise the events. All sessions will take place on a Thursday between 12.00 and 1.00pm, so grab a sandwich and sit down with LLG and our guest speakers!
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Publish date: 13/01/2021
The Local Government Legal Society Trust have a few remaining copies of John Emms book on the history of Solicitors in Local Government from 1947-2012. For a limited time only as a promotional offer, if you would like to obtain a copy, only the cost of posting the book is required.
If you were involved with any of the groups throughout that time which have now become LLG, you are very likely to find reference to yourself and indeed, the odd photo!