Lawyers in Local Government 23 Hewitts Estate Elmbridge Road Cranleigh Surrey GU6 8LW
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President: Date: 1 September 2014 Philip Thomson Director for Essex Legal Services
PRESS RELEASE
Clive Anderson to host inaugural London LLG Awards on 29 November 2014
LLG is delighted to announce that ‘cuddly assassin’, Clive Anderson, will host LLG’s inaugural awards at London’s prestigious Rosewood Hotel on 29 November 2014. Clive is a man of many parts. A barrister by training he is well-known broadcaster having made many guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You, QI, Mock the Week, and The Bubble. He currently hosts Loose Ends and Unreliable Evidence on BBC Radio 4. Amongst his famous ‘ask the unaskable’ questions are: To Cher: 'You look like a million dollars - is that how much it cost?' and To Jeffrey Archer: 'Is there no beginning to your talents?' Clive will hold the ring as winners are announced in the following categories: Adult Social Care and Health; Children Services and Education; Employment Law; Information Management; Litigation and Licensing; Monitoring Officer and Governance. Partnership and Procurement Planning, Highways and Environment. Junior Lawyer of the Year Individual Local Government Lawyer of the Year Local Government Legal Team of the Year;
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Lawyers in Local Government 23 Hewitts Estate Elmbridge Road Cranleigh Surrey GU6 8LW
Telephone: 01483 542917 Email: [email protected]
LLG President Philip Thomson said: ‘LLG is delighted to have secured a star of Clive Anderson’s calibre to host our inaugural awards. These are designed to showcase the ground-breaking best of local government legal practice across the country. We’ve had an excellent response from our practitioners across the range of categories and judges will now be hard at work on judging and shortlisting. The black tie ceremony will take place on 29 November at the premier Rosewood Hotel in London. World renowned creative centre, Covent Garden, being ‘just steps away’, the Rosewood is an entirely fitting venue to celebrate the creativity and innovation of local government lawyers across the land. With must have tickets at just £60.00 it’s definitely the place to be – and to be seen!’
Notes for Editors The Awards At the Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) Weekend School at the University of York on 5 April 2014, newly elected LLG President Phil Thompson announced LLG’s inaugural Local Government Legal Awards. These will take place on 29 November 2014 at a prestigious black tie event at the Rosewood Hotel, Holborn, London. Tickets cost just £60.00. The purpose is to celebrate the work of local government lawyers across the country. These awards are therefore designed to: Highlight this vital work being carried out to the benefit of local communities across the land; Give due recognition to the significant public added value generated by local government lawyers; Inspire and motivate all local government lawyers to reach out beyond their best.
There will consequently be awards for outstanding achievement in the following categories: Adult Social Care and Health; Children Services and Education; Employment Law; Housing and Regeneration; Information Management; Litigation and Licensing; Monitoring Officer and Governance. Partnership and Procurement
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Lawyers in Local Government 23 Hewitts Estate Elmbridge Road Cranleigh Surrey GU6 8LW
Telephone: 01483 542917 Email: [email protected]
Planning, Highways and Environment. Junior Lawyer of the Year Individual Local Government Lawyer of the Year Local Government Legal Team of the Year;
Awards Criteria Judges will particularly be looking for submissions demonstrating some or all of the following: Excellence and innovation Community focus A template for best practice Significant contribution to corporate objectives Ability to think beyond narrow legal tramlines Adaptability to a rapidly changing legal environment Commercial awareness Creative use of limited resources Contribution to authority revenues.
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Lawyers in Local Government 23 Hewitts Estate Elmbridge Road Cranleigh Surrey GU6 8LW
Telephone: 01483 542917 Email: [email protected]
Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson is a barrister by training, but he is best known for being an award-winning and versatile, presenter and comedy writer. Winner of the British Comedy Award in 1991, Clive began his success during his 15-year law career with stand-up comedy and script writing, before rising to fame as the host of Whose Line Is It Anyway? on radio and then television. Clive went on to front ten series of his own show, Clive Anderson Talks Back on Channel 4 and four series of Clive Anderson All Talk on BBC 1 As well as presenting several other TV and radio programmes, he has made many guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You, QI, Mock the Week, and The Bubble. He currently hosts Loose Ends and Unreliable Evidence on Radio 4. Clive has been the unflappable host of live events and award ceremonies for BAFTA, the London Evening Standard Film Awards, the Olivier Awards and has fronted other events and programmes ranging from the Proms to politics. (see www.curtisbrown.co.uk).
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Lawyers in Local Government 23 Hewitts Estate Elmbridge Road Cranleigh Surrey GU6 8LW
Telephone: 01483 542917 Email: [email protected]
About LLG 1. Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) is the organisation formed in March 2013 by the merger of the former Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors (ACSeS) and Solicitors in Local Government (SLG) to give a strong and unified national voice to all lawyers and governance officers working in local government. 2. LLG plays a leading role in the development of law and governance affecting local authorities and related bodies and works closely with other associations, Government Departments and agencies. 3. Current LLG President, Philip Thomson is Director for Essex Legal Services.
4. The LLG Executive Board is currently as follows:
PhilipThomson President [email protected] [email protected] Bev Cullen Vice President [email protected] Doreen Forrester-Brown Deputy Vice President [email protected] Mark Hynes Immediate Past LLG President [email protected] [email protected] Nicholas Dobson Communications Officer [email protected] Nigel Snape Treasurer [email protected] David Carter LGG Chair [email protected]
National Leads for Special Area Activities are as follows:
Lia Musto-Shinton SAA: Adult Social Care & Health [email protected] Graham Cole SAA: Children’s Services & Education [email protected] Paul Hodgson SAA: Employment [email protected] Alison Stuart SAA: Housing & Regeneration [email protected] Mark Turnbull SAA: Information Management [email protected] Gurbinder Sangha SAA: Junior Lawyer [email protected] Sam McGinty SAA: Junior Lawyer [email protected] Nicola Hartley SAA: Litigation and Licensing [email protected] Tim Britton Alternate SAA L&L [email protected] Eleanor Hoggart SAA: Monitoring Officers and Governance [email protected] Ian Anderson SAA: Partnership & Procurement [email protected] Stuart Evans SAA: Planning, Highways & Environment [email protected] [email protected]
For Press Enquiries, please contact our Communications Officer: Nicholas Dobson ([email protected]) Ends.
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