News & Events

Listed below are the national news items and national events.

The LLG Grapevine - Week 28 Available Now
Publish date: 12/01/2021
Talking Law in Local Government
Local Government Legal Society Seeks Trustees
Publish date: 11/01/2021
The Trust Board is normally made up of solicitors who currently work in local government or have recently retired having worked in local government for many years. The Trust are seeking new Trustees to replace current trustees who are due to retire from the Board.
Law Society Issues Ballot on Council Seat Proposals
Publish date: 18/12/2020
Solicitors should have received an email from the Law Society enabling them to vote on the proposals to reduce the Council Seat composition and restrict length of term to 12 years. LLG have previously highlighted the proposals halve local government representation to just 1 council seat. The Ballot remains open until the 7th January 2020 at which point voting will close. If you have not received an email to your address registered to MyLawSociety, you are urged to contact the Law Society directly.
The LLG Grapevine - Week 27 Available Now
Publish date: 14/12/2020
Talking Law in Local Government
Trustee Vacancy on the Local Government Legal Society Trust Fund & Annual Reports
Publish date: 11/12/2020
A vacancy has arisen for a trustee on the Board of the Local Government Legal Society Trust Fund which provides sponsorship and grants towards the fees of solicitors and trainees undertaking training courses to enhance their skills and broaden their experiences relevant to an applicant’s local government work. Application are sought by 8th January 2020. Please also see the trust's Annual Report for 2018 & 2019.
LLG Junior Lawyer Festive Catch-up
Publish date: 07/12/2020
LLG are hosting a festive catch up for junior lawyers via Zoom on the 17th December 2020 at 1.00pm. Join us for an hour of fun, games and the chance to network and meet other junior lawyers across England and Wales. If you would like to kick start your Christmas break just email us at membership@llg.org.uk Hope to see you there!
The LLG Grapevine Podcast - Week 25 - Available Now
Publish date: 01/12/2020
Talking Law in Local Government
Iken win Best Service Desk Customer Experience Award 2020!
Publish date: 30/11/2020
Congratulations to one of LLG's Corporate Partners, Iken, in winning Best Service Desk Customer Experience Award 2020 from the SDI, Service Desk Institute, last week.
The LLG Grapevine - Week 24 - Available Now
Publish date: 24/11/2020
Talking Law in Local Government
LLG Issue Judicial Review Proceedings Seeking to Quash the Exit Payment Cap Regulations
Publish date: 20/11/2020
Amidst confusion caused by the Exit Payment Cap Regulations clashing with the requirements of the Local Government Pension Scheme, in the absence of any indication from HMT or MHCLG that they will take action to address the procedural and substantive legal flaws, LLG and ALACE have reluctantly taken the decision to issue judicial review proceedings seeking to quash the Exit Payment Cap Regulations.

Blog

26 February 2021

Publish date: 26/02/2021

LLG was a flurry of activity this week thanks to our online training and networking provision. We were joined by Jacqui McKinlay from the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny on Wednesday for our LLG Brief on the Path to Governance Failure who focused on 'governance risk characteristics' and shared details of soon to be published research aimed at statutory officers. Jacqui was joined by Bethan Evans who explored the lessons learnt from authorities such as Croydon and provided advice on avoiding 'significant failings in leadership and management'.

Thursday, our newly appointed National Lead for Employment, Felicia Epstein, hosted an employment meeting which saw Doug Mullen from Anthony Collins present on pensions (including the thorny issue of disputed nominations upon death) together with the employment considerations of working from home. Following a useful breakout session where we listened to our members views, we are now putting together a focused webinar on covid-19 vaccinations and employment duties for the 3rd March (next week!)- so do book-on via our training pages. Thursday also saw the East Midlands Branch virtual meeting with two break out rooms for training provision on governance from Olwen Brown and Matthew Gregson at Anthony Collins aimed at Monitoring Officers and Amardeep Gill and Louis Sebastian from Trowers and Hamlins aimed at junior lawyers. We were delighted with the membership engagement from all these events reaching nearly 500 members live and of course, if you missed them, you can catch up on our website either within our on-demand webinars or within the national lead or branch pages.

On the subject of membership engagement, we are very excited to announce the date of our LLG Awards 2021 virtual ceremony on 15th July 2021. This year will see something a little different, which looks to recognise significant achievement, dedication and resilience during the pandemic. Details will be released very soon so start thinking about who has gone the extra mile to support your legal service or your community. Have you driven through a project despite the obstacles of covid-19? Did you volunteer in your community? We want to find the real champions of 2020-2021 despite the adversity. Last year's event was a real tonic and following the popularity of the best pet in lockdown, we will certainly be running further competitions to inject a bit of fun into the evening.

Best wishes

Helen McGrath

Head of Public Affairs

Helen@llg.org.uk