First North Law launched in March 2020, becoming the first local authority in the north to trade its legal service.
Our newly formed company has the ability to trade more widely in a range of specialist legal services to other public sector bodies as well as the private sector. The creation of the company supports the council’s commercial growth with its expanding portfolio of services offered to external markets, including initiatives in education, waste disposal, broadband, information governance and auditing and in property. These commercial ambitions are driven by the council’s determination to protect as well as transform frontline services.
We offer services across a wide range of fields including:
- education and schools law
- adult and children’s social care
- employment law
- debt recovery
- information law
- governance
- commercial and procurement services
- business and environmental services such as advice on minerals and waste planning
- highways maintenance and improvement and flooding - the council is the lead flood authority
We also offer training across all of these specialisms.
We are a highly professional body and, as we work for a local authority with an outstanding record in areas like children’s services, and in transforming services and organisational delivery, people can be confident that we work to the highest standards and with great integrity.
With holding the Lexcel accreditation for almost two decades, we have an enviable background and reputation and we pride ourselves in achieving excellent customer satisfaction.