Decision details
Legal Services Partnership Agreement
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Seek agreement to the shared Legal Services
Partnership Agreement between Cotswold District Council, Forest of
Dean District Council and West Oxfordshire District
Councils.
Decision:
The purpose of the report was to seek authority to enter into a formal partnership agreement for a shared legal service with Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire District Councils and to note progress on the Legal Services Transformation programme to date.
The Cabinet Member for Economy and Council Transformation introduced the item, highlighting the following points;
- Cadence had carried out a review of the Council’s legal processes.
- The key outcomes of the review were to formalise informal partnership agreements, and the procurement of the Iken case management system.
Cabinet Members welcomed the proposals and particularly the procurement of the case management software, which would allow the Council’s legal teams to better monitor their caseloads.
The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Tony Dale and were seconded by Councillor Mike Evemy.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet
1. DELEGATED AUTHORITY to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for the Economy and Council Transformation, to enter into the formal Legal Services Partnership Agreement with Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire District Councils with immediate effect.
2. NOTED progress and the direction of travel for the Legal Services Transformation Programme to date.
Voting Record
8 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstention, 0 Absent/Did not vote
Report author: Angela Claridge
Publication date: 13/05/2024
Date of decision: 09/05/2024
Decided at meeting: 09/05/2024 - Cabinet
Effective from: 18/05/2024
Accompanying Documents:
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