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Could you please send me the following information:
1. What is your spend with external law firms (please provide for the last 4 financial years)?
We do not report on this function. Departments will instruct on their matter/case and this would form part of their costs. It would exceed the 18 hour appropriate limit to manually search for this information across the Council and extract it.
2. Do you use eBilling technology to manage your law firm's billing (e.g. systems such as Legal Tracker, Brightflag, Apperio, CT Tymetrix, Mitratech etc.)?
We don’t use eBilling tech; (all transactions are handled via the Wokingham Borough Council main accounts system).
3. Who is your head of legal / general counsel (please provide email address)?
Neil Allen – Head of Legal.
4. Do you have a law firm panel / preferred supplier list / use a framework to buy your external law firm services? Please provide details where possible.
EM Lawshare.
