Legal Support and training

12 months’ full support access for your authority for £999 (plus VAT)

Join England's largest regulatory support network for less than a single fixed penalty!
The largest local authority regulatory support network in England and Wales with over 200 local authority members

What we do:

The Mallard Support Network is more than just a resource.

We provide access to expert personal consultant's support for officers and their legal advisers, together with a programme of regular on-going interactive free training, peer to peer support, and discounted bespoke training (in-house and virtual).

We also have an extensive catalogue of on-line documents, notices, guides & resources.

Membership provides a comprehensive quality solution for hard-pressed budgets, with support and training across ASB, Waste and Enviro-Crime, through to Planning Enforcement, and traditional EH work, such as Housing, Food and Health & Safety.

Membership of the Network provides real support and real savings – and for less than the amount of a single fixed penalty for fly tipping.

Our Network members help their budgets and their officers to work smarter, not harder.

What We Do

The Mallard Support Network is more than just a resource

Expert Personal Support

We provide access to expert personal support for officers and their legal advisers, together with a programme of regular on-going interactive free training, peer to peer support, and discounted bespoke training (in-house and virtual).

Legal Advice and Support
We are the largest local authority regulatory support network in England, supporting over two thirds of all local authorities across the country.

Documents, Notices, Guides & Resources

We also have an extensive catalogue of on-line documents, notices, guides & resources.

What we do

We provide a complete support resource for local authorities.

We are specialists in all aspects of local authority regulation and enforcement from Enviro-Crime and ASB through to Planning Enforcement, Licensing, Food and Health and Safety.

Mallard Consultancy was founded in 1996 and provides a comprehensive training and consultancy service:

Mallard has a proven track record of obtaining regular and significant efficiency savings for local authorities.

Who we are

Our founder, David Armstrong, is a retired Barrister and widely known to public sector agencies as “the Wig”, the original expert consultant and adviser to Keep Britain Tidy and the Keep Britain Tidy Network, and also regular consultant to Tidy Northern Ireland and Keep Wales Tidy. In other areas David won the first defining case on the scope of Part 1 EPA authorisations. He prosecuted the largest food / local authority prosecution to have been prosecuted in the jurisdiction and also trained the FSA’s Illegal Meat Task Force. He has regularly advised local authorities and police officers in many forms of regulation and enforcement.

Legal Advice and Support
We are the largest local authority regulatory support network in England, supporting over two thirds of all local authorities across the country.

Budget Friendly

Membership provides a comprehensive quality solution for hard-pressed budgets, with support and training across ASB, Waste and Enviro-Crime, through to Planning Enforcement, and traditional EH work, such as Housing, Food and Health & Safety.

Membership of the Network provides real support and real savings – and for less than the amount of a single fixed penalty for fly tipping.

Our Network members help their budgets and their officers to work smarter, not harder.

What we do

We provide a complete support resource for local authorities.

We are specialists in all aspects of local authority regulation and enforcement from Enviro-Crime and ASB through to Planning Enforcement, Licensing, Food and Health and Safety.

Mallard Consultancy was founded in 1996 and provides a comprehensive training and consultancy service:

Mallard has a proven track record of obtaining regular and significant efficiency savings for local authorities.

Who we are

Our founder, David Armstrong, is a retired Barrister and widely known to public sector agencies as “the Wig”, the original expert consultant and adviser to Keep Britain Tidy and the Keep Britain Tidy Network, and also regular consultant to Tidy Northern Ireland and Keep Wales Tidy. In other areas David won the first defining case on the scope of Part 1 EPA authorisations. He prosecuted the largest food / local authority prosecution to have been prosecuted in the jurisdiction and also trained the FSA’s Illegal Meat Task Force. He has regularly advised local authorities and police officers in many forms of regulation and enforcement.

Legal Advice and Support