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Legal services
Information and resources related to legal services.
In Legal Services we pride ourselves in offering an excellent in-house legal service to our clients.
The team is led by the Chief Legal Officer & Monitoring Officer for Cumberland Council, Clare Liddle. e: clare.liddle@cumberland.gov.uk
Should you need to enquire about or use our services, below you will find the most important pieces of information to assist you so that your enquiry gets to the right team on the first occasion.
Please find below:
- a list of key contacts within Legal Services, together with the areas of specialist legal support they provide.
- Links to our most commonly used forms to accompany instructions
- Internal Legal mailbox addresses which should be used as the first point of contact when seeking legal support. This will help us to process your enquiry efficiently:
Kate Turner, Senior Manager kate.turner@cumberland.gov.uk manages the Legal Service and is also one of two Deputy Monitoring Officers.
For enquiries relating to : Property, Regeneration, Planning, Highways, Environment, Housing, Enforcement, Prosecutions, Appeals, Contracts, Grants, Subsidy Control Regime
Inbox for Commercial, Governance and Contract Matters Governanceand.CommercialInstructions@cumberland.gov.uk
Inbox for Property & Regulatory Matters (including planning, prosecutions and enforcement): LegalServicesNewInstructions@cumberland.gov.uk
Key Contacts
Elizabeth Hore, Lead Senior Lawyer (& Deputy MO). e: elizabeth.hore@cumberland.gov.uk
Clinton Boyce, Solicitor: e: Clinton.boyce@cumberland.gov.uk
Emma Priest, Senior Lawyer( Planning). e: Emma.priest@cumberland.gov.uk
Emma Lawson, Senior Lawyer (Commercial). e: emma.lawson@cumberland.gov.uk
Kim Baxter, Lawyer (Highways) e: kim.baxter@cumberland.gov.uk
Jon Farnworth, Lead Lawyer (Regulatory & Prosecutions) e: jon.farnworth@cumberland.gov.uk
Ged McDonald, Lead Lawyer (Regulatory & Prosecutions) e: geraldine.mcdonald@cumberland.gov.uk
Planning and Highways Forms
Highways Instructions Form (SharePoint)
Template - Section 106 Instructions (SharePoint)
Commercial Forms
Commercial Instructions Form (SharePoint)
Form for Seeking Contract Modifications (SharePoint)
Form for Seeking an Exemption from Contract Procedure (SharePoint)
Sealing Form (SharePoint)
For enquiries relating to : Governance, Charter Trustees, Companies, Standards, Employment, Education, Litigation, JR, Grants, Adult Social Care
Inbox for Employment, Education and Litigation: LIRmail@cumberland.gov.uk
Inbox for Adult Social Care Legal Enquiries: ASCLegal@cumberland.gov.uk
Key Contacts
Paul Brodie, Senior Lawyer, Employment, Education & Litigation e: paul.brodie@cumberland.gov.uk
Sue Chappell, Acting Senior Lawyer, Adults Social Care. e: sue.chappell@cumberland.gov.uk
Sarah Dodds, Lead Lawyer (Education) e: sarah.dodds@cumberland.gov.uk
Holly English, Lawyer (Inquests) e: holly.english@cumberland.gov.uk
Erin Shearer, Lawyer (Civil Litigation) e: erin.shearer@cumberland.gov.uk
Adult Social Care Forms
Legal Referral Form (SharePoint)
For enquiries relating to : Childcare, Transition 16-18, Safeguarding, Litigation involving children
Key Contacts
Martin McAlister, Senior Lawyer. e: martinjohn.McAlister@cumberland.gov.uk
Kelly Clark, Senior Lawyer. e: Kelly.Clark@cumberland.gov.uk
Kim Smith, Senior Lawyer. e: kim.smith@cumberland.gov.uk
Duty Lawyer Rota April - June 2024 (SharePoint)