LAW firm Ward Hadaway has scored another success in the growing public sector side of its practice by becoming one of only seven firms in the country to sign a new Government agreement.

The Newcastle-based firm has been selected to appear under the Employment and Pensions category of the Legal Services Framework Agreement, offering legal advice to a range of public sector organisations over the next four years.

The framework agreement was awarded to Ward Hadaway by OGCbuying- solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce in HM Treasury, after 32 firms tendered for a place on the panel. It means customers in the public sector can place orders with Ward Hadaway under standard terms and conditions for legal advice on employment and pensions.

Ward Hadaway is now advising on more than £2bn worth of public sector projects.