This service is provided by our in-house legal team, which is responsible for providing legal advice to all parts of the council in respect of all its functions. Four specialised teams provide access to knowledge on their areas of expertise.

These are:

• Safeguarding
• Corporate
• Environment and regeneration
• Major contracts and commercial

Safeguarding

This includes advice on:

• general child care matters
• safeguarding children and adults
• school transport and special educational needs.
• individuals and families with no recourse to public funds

Corporate

This includes advice on:

• employment matters
• Freedom of Information, Data Protection and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Acts
• complex civil litigation
• community safety and criminal matters
• judicial review proceedings
• licensing and housing matters

Environment and regeneration

This includes advice on:

• all types of leases, licenses and hall hire arrangements
• sales and acquisition agreements for land or buildings
• planning obligations and planning related queries
• issues related to the environmen