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Sponsored by: Winner: Essex County Council When the county council stepped in to fill the gap left when the Post Office announced it was shutting branches it was the legal team which handled the negotiations to reopen a new post office itself. FINALISTS: (Click on the links to read councils' submissions to the judges) Buckinghamshire County Council Kent County Council Lincolnshire County Council Commended Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Sheffield City Council Staffordshire County Council Stockton on Tees Borough Council About the sponsors: Eversheds is the ideal partner for local authorities seeking legal advice and representation. Business lawyers with significant public sector expertise, our advice focuses on the needs of local authorities whilst taking into account the commercial and political realities. We have a thorough understanding of the environment in which local authorities operate and this means we can provide advice that is practical and, above all, efficient and effective. Working across the United Kingdom, we provide a total legal service, comprising specific local government advice, together with a wide variety of other legal and consultancy services. Eversheds employs many specialist lawyers, whose expertise is available to local authorities, ensuring that our clients get the right person for the job. Our approach is about creative solutions, proactive client care and straightforward talking. This formula has attracted hundreds of local authorities to us and has led to us becoming one of the most highly regarded teams in the country. Eversheds has a genuine reputation for cutting edge work, which delivers unique and innovative solutions to legal problems facing local authorities. This has been recognised in fields as diverse as Regeneration, PFI, Waste Management, Procurement, HR and Governance. As pioneers of development in local government law ourselves, we are delighted to support this MJ Achievement Award. For more information on Eversheds, click here for the company focus Download a Word entry form here Click here to download a sample entry from last year Back to the MJ Awards Home

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Legal Achievement of the Year

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