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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Medical Treatment
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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Local Government
What our barristers offer
39 Essex Chambers has a full complement of leading barristers with considerable experience of acting for clients in the local government sector. A number of our barristers have worked in local government (including former London borough councillors) or for other public bodies, giving our team a depth of understanding of the needs of local authorities and an exceptional insight into their culture and decision-making processes.
Who our barristers act for
- Local authorities
- Local government ombudsman
- Businesses dealing with local authorities
- Individuals (claimants)
- Care homes
Which areas of local government we cover
- Adult Social Services
- Care home funding and closures
- Children’s services
- Community care
- Compensation
- Compulsory purchase
- Consultation
- Court of Protection
- Cuts to public services
- Data protection
- Education
- Freedom of information
- Health/social services disputes
- Housing and homelessness
- Human rights
- Local authority powers and duties
- Mental capacity
- Mental health
- Public funding, including no recourse
- Ordinary residence disputes
- Personal budgets and direct payments
- Procurement
- Protection of vulnerable adults
- Public sector equality duty
- Safeguarding
- State aid
Specialist expertise in local government legal services framework agreements
Our barristers have particular expertise in legal services framework agreements. 39 Essex Chambers barristers provide their services to more than 80 local authorities across the UK. These include:
- The North West Legal Consortium (including Liverpool City Council, Cheshire East and Cumbria County Council)
- The Sussex Consortium Total (including Brighton & Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council)
- Bradford, Calderdale and Wakefield Councils
- The London 10 (including Barnet, Croydon and Haringey)
- South West Wales Legal (including Cardiff and Swansea City and County Councils)
- West of England Partnership (including Bristol and Bath City Councils)
- The East of England Consortium (including Essex and Cambridgeshire County Councils)
- Poole Borough Council
Click here to download the Local Government Capability Statement.
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