Bevan Brittan LLP

This Practice Note focuses on the additional employment duties that are unique to local government in relation to the appointment and dismissal of statutory officers including the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Local Authority Chief Officers terms, green book conditions, occupation specific conditions of service and authorities’ employment procedure rules. It identifies the different rules which apply between categories of officers. It also explains the role and involvement of leaders or elected mayors and cabinet under executive arrangements and the Chief Executive.

This Practice Note is a guide to the council budget decision. It explains what the budget is and provides an overview of budget decision making, including the development process and the budget decision meeting.

This Practice Note sets out the foundation of good governance in a public authority by examining the fundamental public law concepts that must be taken into account by a public authority before making decisions. It covers the concepts of ultra vires, lawful delegation, ‘Wednesbury’ reasonableness, fettering of discretion and predetermination. It sets out a series of questions that should be considered before decisions are taken together with a full explanation of why this is necessary.

This Q&A considers the governance issues to be taken into account when contracting an outside body to carry out a local authority's enforcement duties during the coronavirus (COVID-19) panemic.