In conjunction with 2-3 Gray's Inn Square Chambers, Sharpe Pritchard held a very successful day-long Seminar on

Local Government Law & Practice: An essential and practical guide for Local Authority lawyers.  

The Seminar was held on 11 March 2010 in Mayfair, London.

Providing both Bar Council and Law Society accreditation the full Seminar carried 6 CPD points.

The well-attended sessions covered a number of topics including:

• Code of Conduct, Bias and Pre-determination;
• Investigations of members;
• Latest Developments in Local Democracy and Local Authority partnerships;
• Well-Being and Companies – the implications of the Court of appeal decision in LAML;
• Procurement: Contractual issues for Local Authorities;
• Information law issues for Local Authorities;
• Public law challenges: Human Rights and other continuing problems for Local Authorities;
• JR – Practical issues.

Speakers included James Findlay QC, Trevor Griffiths, Alastair Lewis, Mark Lowe QC, Bryan McGuire, John Sharland, Roseanne Serrelli and Damien Welfare.