Major housing association names ten firm to legal services panel
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One of the country’s largest housing associations, Orbit Group, has appointed ten law firms to a legal services framework agreement estimated to be worth more than £500,000.
In all 16 tenders were received and the successful firms were:
- Devonshires
- Capsticks Solicitors
- Bevan Brittan
- Clarke Willmott
- Anthony Collins Solicitors
- Shakespeare Martineau
- Wright Hassall
- Penningtons Manches
- Birketts
- Trowers and Hamlins
The contract was awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 60) and price (weighting: 40).
Orbit Group aims to deliver 20,000 new homes over the next ten years. It currently manages a portfolio of 42,000 homes across the Midlands, the East and South East.
Solicitor/Lawyer - Children's Social Care
£44,075 plus market supplement of £8,223
Court of Protection and Inquest Lawyer
£66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata
Trainee Solicitor
£25,242 - £26,703 per annum
Senior Solicitor - Adult Social Care
£48,226 plus market supplement of £10,445
Senior Lawyer - Commercial & General
£42,839 - £46,142 per annum
Head of Audit and Risk
£62,474 – £73,056 (pay award pending)
Governance Lawyer
£51,471 - £55,585 per annum
Senior Solicitor - Planning & Highways
£48,226 plus market supplement of £10,445
Solicitor/Lawyer - Planning
£44,075 plus market supplement of £8,223
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