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Written legal views
Clear written advice on governance and constitutional questions
Memos and reports that members and officers can act on, with legal precision where it matters and without the padding that makes council legal advice hard to use.
Areas
What a legal view can cover
Decision making and powers
Lawful decision making, vires, ultra vires risk, reasons and record keeping.
Urgency and delegation
Urgency powers and delegated authority.
Council procedures
Standing orders, council and committee procedures.
Access to meetings
Confidential and exempt items.
Constitutions
Schemes of delegation, terms of reference and officer delegations.
Elections
Where electoral law meets council governance.
How it works
Simple and direct.
You send the question
By email, with the background papers you have.
I write the view
I write it myself. The person you brief writes the advice.
You can act on it
Plain written advice members and officers can use.
Contact
Need a legal view?
Email me with the question and the papers, and say when you need it.