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Pioneering council ABSs join forces to create biggest local authority legal team
Friday, 15 July 2016The first local authority alternative business structure to be given a licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been taken over by the second. Lawyers at Buckinghamshire County Council have joined HB Public Law, making it the largest local authority legal team in the country.
Tags: ABS, Local authority legal services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Rules forcing local authorities to set up ABSs “risk privatisation of public sector legal services”
Monday, 3 August 2015Local authority legal departments are being forced to set up alternative business structures by restrictive rules on in-house lawyers, leading to the “privatisation” of public sector legal services, the director of Essex Legal Services has claimed.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, in-house lawyers, local authorities, Local authority legal services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Solicitors
Local councils make ABS bid as bulwark against outsourcing, while Kent pauses its ABS plan
Thursday, 21 November 2013HB Public Law, the merged legal teams of the London boroughs of Barnet and Harrow, is to seek an alternative business structure as a defence against outsourcing. Meanwhile, Kent Legal Services, the first council legal team to express ABS ambitions, has its plans on hold.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, local authorities, Local authority legal services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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