HALA continues to break new ground with the latest iteration of its Solicitors Framework, which is the most extensive in its history. Now covering 7 Lots, it is worth up to £96m (including VAT) over 4 years. It comes into effect on 19th October 2026.
The exacting procurement process was again managed by specialist legal consultants Kennedy Cater, who have seen the framework develop from its original 4 members back in 2010 to a current national membership of 51, who collectively manage some 500,000 units across England and Wales.
The new framework has been expanded from the previous 4 Lots to 7, with new dedicated Lots for Commercial and Residential Property, alongside specialist Lots for Employment, and Construction Litigation. In total 21 Solicitors firms have been appointed.
The Frameworks 7 Lots are:
Lot 1: Corporate, Governance & Finance (8 firms)
Lot 2: Housing & Asset Management (10 firms)
Lot 3: Development (8 firms)
Lot 4: Commercial Property (6 firms)
Lot 5: Residential Property (8 firms)
Lot 6: Employment (6 firms)
Lot 7: Construction Litigation (6 firms)
Successful firms:
Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP (Lot 1)
Bevan Brittan LLP (Lot 1,2,3,4,6,7)
Birketts LLP (Lot 2)
Capsticks Solicitors LLP (Lot 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
Clarke Willmott LLP (Lot 1,2,4,5)
Devonshires Solicitors LLP (Lot 1,2,3)
Foot Anstey LLP (Lot 3,4,5,6)
Forbes Solicitors LLP (Lot 1,4,7)
HCR Legal LLP (Lot 5,6)
Hugh James (Lot 3,4,5,7)
Judge & Priestley LLP (Lot 2)
MSB Solicitors Limited (Lot 2)
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP (Lot 1,5)
Shakespeare Martineau LLP (Lot 2,3,5,7)
Sharratts (London) LLP (Lot 5)
TLT LLP (Lot 3)
Tozers LLP (Lot 3,6)
Trowers & Hamlins LLP (Lot 1,2)
Ward Hadaway LLP (Lot 2)
Weightmans LLP (Lot 6)
Winckworth Sherwood LLP (Lot 7)
Advance Housing and Support
Barnet Homes
BME London Landlords
Bromford - Flagship
CDS Co-operatives
Christian Action Housing
Citizen Housing
Cross Keys Homes
Eastend Homes
First Garden Cities Homes
For Housing
Golding Homes
Greatwell Homes
Habinteg
Hastoe Group
Havebury Housing
Hexagon Housing Association
Hightown Housing Association
Homes in Somerset
Honeycomb Group
Housing for Women
Housing Solutions
Karibu Community Homes
ISHA
Leathermarket JMB
Local Space
MHS Homes Group
Moat Homes
MTVH
NewArch Homes
Newlon
Octavia Housing
Onward Homes
One YMCA
Orwell Housing
P3 Housing
Phoenix
Progress Housing Group
Raven
Roupell Park
Saxon Weald
Southern Housing
Trident
Wandle Housing Association
Walterton and Elgin Community Homes (WECH)
Watford Community Housing
West Kent Housing
Women’s Pioneer Housing
YMCA North Tyneside
YMCA Robin Hood Group
YMCA St Paul’s Group
HALA’s founding aim was to provide its members with high-quality legal services at exceptional rates, leveraged from the group's combined legal spend. The commitment to reducing legal spend is supported by an unparalleled range of fixed fees, and significant value added and social value benefits, the most popular being the annual legal training sessions, and charitable donations.
Jane Campbell, Director of Legal Services at Southern Housing, who acted as Contracting Authority, comments:
‘HALA continues to be an exceptional framework to be a part of, which is perhaps most clearly evidenced by the exponential growth of our membership and the growing Lots that this latest framework covers. The breadth and depth of expertise that we can access are truly second to none and we look forward to developing strong relationships with our framework firms in the years ahead.
Richard Short, General Manager of Kennedy Cater’s Public Sector team says:
‘We are delighted that, after another rigorous procurement process, HALA has secured a framework that will support the growing demands of this ever-expanding consortium. We are particularly proud of the significant savings that it offers equally, to all members, regardless of their size, and the attractive Social Value benefits that will positively impact their residents.’
For further information please contact:
Tim Morel at Kennedy Cater.
Tel: 0844 800 3296
Email: tim.morel@kennedycater.com