Weightmans takes the Consortium lead after London panel success

The Local Government team at law firm Weightmans has cause for celebration as it takes up its sixth local authority panel place in 12 months.

The firm has been appointed to the Outer London Boroughs Legal Consortium panel where it will represent the 14 members over an initial four year period.

Weightmans was successful in ten different areas of work namely: Property, Contracts, Housing, Social Care, Child Care, Commercial, Regulatory, Employment, Litigation and Environment.

Graeme Creer, partner in the Local Government team at Weightmans led the tender process and commented:

“This is an excellent achievement for the team and one which illustrates how broad and diverse our local authority offering is.

“The pooling of expertise and resources is sure to generate costs savings and deliver better results for the member borough councils.

“The Consortium approach, with partnership at its core, is proving a winning formula for a whole range of public sector organisations and one which we embrace wholeheartedly.”

Aside from the ten specific areas of law to which the firm was appointed, Weightmans will work with the 14 authorities and provide a range of value added services.