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    ContractsLegal Services for Defence of Personal Injury Claims
    Awarded contract

    Legal Services for Defence of Personal Injury Claims

    Awarded
    £2.2m
    Published 18 Jun 2026

    Opportunity for law firms to provide defence legal services for personal injury litigation on an as-needed basis for the Education Authority and related educational bodies.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· Northern IrelandPublished 18 Jun 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £2.2m
    Published 18 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £2,200,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      Northern Ireland

    Suppliers

    4 suppliers
    • NS
      NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD
    Lead contractor
  1. DB
    DAC BEACHCROFT (N.IRELAND) LLP
    Consortium partner
  2. KN
    KEOGHS NORTHERN IRELAND LLP
    Consortium partner
  3. TU
    TUGHANS LLP
    Consortium partner
  4. Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    18 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    The Education Authority seeks to establish contracts with up to 4 law firms to provide defence legal services for personal injury claims. Services include defending actual or anticipated High Court or County Court proceedings against the Education Authority, Libraries NI, controlled schools, Irish Medium Schools, or Catholic Maintained Schools. Firms may also conduct initial claims investigations, defend or prosecute appeals, and handle third party or contribution proceedings. This is an on-demand contract with no guaranteed volume or frequency of work allocation. Work will typically be allocated on a rotational basis, but the Education Authority reserves the right to allocate work to internal solicitors or other providers instead. Contractors should understand the workload is indeterminate and no exclusivity is offered.

    Track record

    2 awards · 2 winners
    Thin record

    Only 2 prior awards here — too little to read.

    In professional services, the Education Authority has awarded 2 contracts to 2 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. NAPIER & SONS SOLICITORS LTD1× · 50%
    2. Carson McDowell LLP1× · 50%

    Across professional services, the most active winners are REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, KPMG LLP, Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-05a79c
    EA
    Buyer
    the Education Authority
    Sector
    Professional Services