Understanding the Basics of Consultation Law: What Council Officers and Councillors Need to Know
With ever worsening financial conditions, local authorities face having to engage their residents and stakeholders on unpopular proposals, knowing that failures to follow the complicated rules on consultation law can lead to judicial reviews, delays and reputational damage.
In this Webinar, Rhion Jones – the Consultation GuRU and long-time expert on this aspect of the law, (https://consultationguru.co.uk/consultation-law) explains why public engagement professionals, senior Managers and Councillors all need a basic awareness of the legal rules that have evolved over the last thirty years.
He says : “Whilst in-house legal teams will undoubtedly help with legal advice on the details, we need a much wider appreciation of the salient features of what makes for a lawful consultation. In this short session, I will provide an insight into the kind of issues that can affect the lawfulness of such exercises and help hard-pressed organisations minimise the risk of legal and other challenges in the coming months and years.”
Rhion Jones is the co-founder of The Consultation Institute and has been monitoring consultation case law since 2008. He has published 50+ commentaries on specific judicial reviews and delivered over 100 courses on the Law of Consultation. Rhion currently provides government and C-suite advice and guidance under his trading name, The Consultation Guru.
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