LLG's Eastern Regional meeting will be taking place on Thursday 28th November, from 1-2pm.
For this session, we are delighted to be joined by Simon Goacher, from our corporate partners Weightmans. Simon will be delivering a session on the forthcoming standards consultation and the current consultation on remote meetings.
Simon joined Weightmans in February 2013 to head up the Local Government team. Formerly head of legal and democratic services at Cheshire West and Cheshire Council, Simon Goacher has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in local government law spanning almost two decades.
Simon is a go-to adviser for authorities on significant governance and vires issues throughout the country including carrying out independent reviews on sensitive and high profile issues.
He is a leading practitioner on member conduct and has carried out a number of significant investigations on behalf of local authorities into the behaviour of elected members.