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Historic England has named four law firms to a £2m contract for advice on a broad spectrum of legal work.

Details: 18.Aug.2021

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The successful firms were:

Bevan Brittan
Burges Salmon
Trowers & Hamlins
Womble Bond Dickinson

The four firms will advise particularly on:

Planning law – with an emphasis on the law relating to the historic built environment
Property law – particularly all aspects of property management
Commercial – a wide range of contracts, licenses etc
Procurement and subsidy control
Intellectual Property –including IT, trademarks, software and data protection
Employment
Defendant Personal Injury
Commercial litigation
Contentious and non-contentious construction advice
Charity, including tax advice
Judicial Review

Historic England said it had appointed four firms “to enable us to deal satisfactorily with conflict of interest situations and to have competition between firms for appropriate large matters allowing us to offer clients a choice of lawyer”.

Fourteen tenders were received.