Decision details
Charges for Legal Work
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
It is proposed that this Council implement
charging for certain areas of legal work carried out at the request
of third parties.
Decisions:
The report of the Leader in the absence of the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services and Assets advising Members of the current position, the nature of the work undertaken by the Legal and Democratic Services Team and the resource implications was considered.
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RESOLVED |
That Members endorsed the contents of the report and approved: |
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the general principles of imposing a charge for discretionary legal services; |
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the creation of a standard form of response to leasehold enquiries and the implementation of standard fees as detailed in the report, and; |
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the implementation of standard charges for the areas of legal work in accordance with the schedule at appendix 1. |
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(Moved by Councillor D Cook and seconded by Councillor S Claymore) |
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Report author: Mary Gallagher
Publication date: 04/10/2011
Date of decision: 21/09/2011
Decided at meeting: 21/09/2011 - Cabinet
Accompanying Documents:
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