Service disruption

Please note that our Council Tax, Business Rates and Benefits self-service portals will be unavailable on Monday 20 May from 7.00am to 10.00am due to planned maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Legal services and byelaws

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1. Our legal team

Can the council give me legal advice?

We can only provide legal advice to our councillors and officers. If you need help finding your own solicitor, please visit the Law Society

Our solicitors, legal executives and administration staff:

  1. advise committees, members, senior managers and officers
  2. carry out all aspects of legal work, including conveyancing, planning, litigation, employment, local government law, licensing, contracts and procurement

The following pages contain byelaws, acts, orders and regulations that relate to the Exeter area.