Spend and Finances on External Law Firms from 2020-2024 - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1) What is your spend with external law firms (please provide for the last 4 financial years.)

2) Do you use eBilling technology to manage your law firms billing (e.g. systems such as Legal Tracker, Brightflag, Apperio, CT Tymetrix, Mitratech etc.)

3) Who is your Head of Legal or General Counsel (please provide email address).    

4) Who is your Head of Procurement (please provide email address).

5) Do you have a law firm panel / preferred supplier list / use a framework to buy your external law firm services. Please provide details were possible.

Decision

1. Please see below.

Spend on External Law Firms 2020-2024

2023-2024

£2,235,937.56

2022-2023

£2,031,378.80

2021-2022

£2,012,689.18

2020-2021

£1,905,837.64

2. Yes.

3. Lisa Tremble – Head of Legal – Lisa.Tremble@lincolnshire.gov.uk

4. Ben.Crow@lincolnshire.gov.uk

5. LSL do not have its own law firm panel or preferred supplier list.

LSL do make use of other frameworks to purchase external legal services. In the past this has included EM Lawshare. More recently CCS Framework RM6240

Reference number
9696717
Date request received
24 May 2024
Date of decision
13 June 2024