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Legal Services Framework
Meeting: 12/10/2009 - Central Services Cabinet Member Meeting (Item 26)
26 Legal Services Framework 
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Report of the Director of Strategy & Governance (copy attached).
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. That the Head of Law be authorised to enter into a Consortium Agreement to achieve a joint procurement framework agreement for external legal services with all or any of the Unitary, County, District, Borough and Fire and Rescue Authorities in West and East Sussex (the Consortium Authorities) to be led by Arun District Council, and take any steps necessary or incidental to implementing the framework agreement.
Minutes:
26.1 The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Strategy & Governance concerning the legal services framework (for copy, see minute book).
26.2 The Cabinet Member reported that the purpose of the framework agreement, which included the District and Borough Councils in West and East Sussex, East and West Sussex County Councils, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Authority and the city council, was to provide external legal services at a reduced rate.
26.3 The Cabinet Member pointed out that the agreement, a scheme of shared services, should enable all the participating authorities to benefit from economies of scale offered by solicitors and barristers and noted that efficiencies should also be achieved from being able to select from a pre-approved list for each category of work, rather than start from scratch for each piece of work. He noted that there were no disadvantages for Brighton & Hove City Council in participating in this agreement.
26.4 The Opposition Spokesperson, Labour, welcomed the report.
26.5 RESOLVED – That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet Member accepted the following recommendation:
(1) That the Head of Law be authorised to enter into a Consortium Agreement to achieve a joint procurement framework agreement for external legal services with all or any of the Unitary, County, District, Borough and Fire and Rescue Authorities in West and East Sussex (the Consortium Authorities) to be led by Arun District Council, and take any steps necessary or incidental to implementing the framework agreement.