Legal services

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Newcastle City Council is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its member Authorities to establish a multiple lot Framework Agreement for the delivery of legal services. The Framework Agreement will be accessible by all NEPO Associate Members at a Local and National level. General Legal Advice including 9But not limited to: (a) creation of new delivery vehicles and shared service proposals; (b) public procurement; (c) contracts; (d) outsourcing; (e) state aid; (f) restructuring/Insolvency; (g) planning and highways (including enforcement); (h) construction (Including construction disputes); (i) tax; (j) local authority powers and duties in respect of the above; (k) freedom of Information Act and data protection; (l) monitoring officer/standard issues (including investigations of alleged breaches of the code of conduct for councillors); (m) finance. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of Legal Services which may be required under Lot 2: Specialist Requirement — Conveyancing. — commercial, — right to buy, — residential, — land registrations. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under Lot 3: Specialist Requirement — Housing: — anti-social behaviour, — disrepair claims, — landlord and tenant, — litigation. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 4: Specialist Requirement — Family: — children, — adults. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 5: Specialist Requirement — Education Law. — academy conversions, — Special Education Needs (SEN) mediation, — admissions appeals. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 6: Specialist Requirement — Prosecutions. — trading standards, — environmental. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of Legal Services which may be required under this Lot 7: Specialist Requirement — Licensing. — alcohol, — premises, — taxis, — gambling. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 8: Specialist Requirement — Litigation: — personal injury, — public liability, — employers liability, — commercial property litigation, — technology and construction litigation. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 9: Specialist Requirement — Insolvency: — insolvency of other contracting parties and remedies available. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 10: Specialist Requirement — Debt Recovery: — debt recovery. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 11: Specialist Requirement — Highways: — Section 278 agreements, — Section 38 agreements, — Section 50 licensing. The list below is intended to be an indicative list, but not exhaustive of the types of legal services which may be required under this Lot 12: Specialist Requirement — Employment Law: — employment tribunal claims (for example, unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction of wages, discrimination), — compromise agreements, — general employment law advice, — clerking employment appeals committee hearings.