Decision details
Legal Fees and Charges July 2022 revision
Decision Maker: Monitoring Officer
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Unlike statutory fees and charges Local
Authorities are not constrained in how they calculate and apply
fees and charges for discretionary services they provide. This
means the full costs of all aspects of a services provided can be
recovered and monies received invested in Council services.
A report published on the weekly list dated 20.08.2021 obtained
approval from the Member for Resources and Economic Development to
review of Legal Fees on an upward only basis
in accordance with CPI until July 2023. Given the continued
financial pressures facing the Council and the Office of National
Statistics latest forecast for UK CPI being 9.1% the Fees and
Charges have been revised accordingly.
Decision:
To revise the schedule of Legal Fees and
Charges in accordance with CPI
Alternative options considered:
Given the financial pressures facing the
council and the charges are applied to the commercial sector in the
recovery of fees for professional services not increasing the fees
was not considered an option.
Publication date: 28/07/2022
Date of decision: 28/07/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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