“Please could I have the following information for your authority:
1. For each of the last three financial years, what was the total cost of your in-house legal function? | ||
Year | Outturn costs for Legal Services | |
16/17 | £1,126,342 | |
17/18 | £1,117,754 | |
18/19 | £1,217,256 | |
2. For each of the last three financial years, how much have you spent on external solicitors (including e.g. shared service/alternative delivery model)? | ||
Year | Outturn costs on solicitors | |
16/17 | £1,127,240 | |
17/18 | £415,139 | |
18/19 | £431,292 | |
3. For each of the last three financial years, how much have you spent on external barristers? | ||
Year | Outturn costs on barristers | |
16/17 | £1,043,334 | |
17/18 | £693,921 | |
18/19 | £1,117,071 | |
4. What are the current job titles within your in-house legal function and the salary grades for those roles? Please see response to question 5 below. | ||
5. How many of each role do you have? | ||
FTE Number | Job Title | Salary grades |
1 | County Solicitor | £111,437 |
1.6 | Deputy County Solicitor | £67,867 |
1 | Assistant County Solicitor | £55,299 |
3 | Senior Solicitor | £49,222 |
0.8 | Head of Conveyancing | £49,222 |
12.2 | Solicitor | From £42,683 to £46,561 |
3 | Principal Legal Executive | From £36,876 to £40,760 |
3.8 | Senior Asst Solicitor | From £36,876 to £40,760 |
0.8 | Corporate Insurance Manager | From £36,876 to £40,760 |
1 | Assistant Solicitor | From £32,029 to £35,934 |
4 | Legal Executive | From £27,905 to £31,371 |
1 | Land Charges Manager | From £27,905 to £31,371 |
1.2 | Corporate Insurance Officer | From £23,369 to 26,317 |
7.36 | Senior Legal Assistant | From £23,369 to 26,317 |
4.54 | Legal Assistant | From £19,554 to £21,589 |
1 | Land Digitisation Assistant | From £19,554 to £21,589 |
1 | Land Charges Assistant | From £18,426 to 19,171 |
1 | Apprentice – Clerical Assistant | £17,364 |
6. Do you have a shared service or alternative delivery model for legal services? If yes, what is it? Devon County Council has a shared service agreement with Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council, Cornwall Council and the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority. |