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Home / Members Area / Legal Topic Notes

Legal Topic Notes

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) prepares a range of Legal Topic Notes for use by parish councils.These are a very useful source of information for all parish councils covering a huge selection of relevant topics.

Please make full use of these topic notes. You can view the full list of legal topic notes, or alternatively you can view by category from the list shown below.

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