Purpose

Pursuant to an Authorisation from: the
Council’s Scheme of Delegation

To:

Approve the calling-off/commissioning of legal services from third
party lawyers during financial year 2024/2025 in circumstances
where demand for in-house legal services exceeds available resource
or where specialist legal advice is required in niche areas of
practice; and

Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Legal Services (and
those council officers authorised by her) to call-off/commission
such legal services as and when required, subject to the financial
restrictions set out in the Resource Implications section of this
report.

Decision

To: 
1.    
Approve the calling-off/commissioningof legal
services from
third party lawyers during financial year 2024/2025 in circumstances where demand for in-house legal
services exceeds available resource or where specialist legal advice is
required in niche areas of
practice;
and  
 
2.    
Delegate authority to the
Assistant Director of Legal Services (and those council officers authorised by her) to
call-off/commission such legal services as and when
required,  
 
subject to the financial
restrictions set out in the Resource Implications section of this
report.