Legal Services (Herefordshire Council)

What the service provides:

Our service covers and includes:

• Admission and exclusion appeals
• Employment law
• Debt recovery
• Governance
• Safeguarding law
• Contract and procurement law
• Property law
• Information law

Advice is provided either:

• Face to face, in writing and over the telephone
• Representation at meetings, tribunals and courts and other hearings and forums

Should your legal requirements fall outside the core work detailed above and require external specialist legal advice (for example, Counsel), we have access to this at competitive prices and can commission this external support on your behalf.

Benefits to your school:

We are a local, friendly team of specialist lawyers, experienced in providing legal services to schools. We’ve listened to our clients and have increased our capabilities in employment, contract and property law. Our charges are on average 70% less than private sector firms.

Costs

The Baseline Service cost entitles you to call on an inclusive two hours of the team's time, undertaking work on your behalf. They will notify you as soon as the two hour limit is reached. Any further work will be charged at an hourly rate of £90 per hour. 

For those schools who do not obtain the Baseline Service, the hourly rate from the outset is £135 per hour.

Please note that 2018/19 prices for Council Legal Services to Schools remains the same as last year.