Legal services and insurance

Who to contact regarding legal and insurance matters

Shared Legal Services provides legal services for both Hart District Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. We are committed to the provision of first class legal services in an e-enabled environment. To contact a legal representative please email instruct.legal@basingstoke.gov.uk

Insurance claims

If you are a third party solicitor enquiring about our insurance policy details and Portal ID:

  • for employers liability and public liability, our insurer is Zurich Municipal (trading name of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd)
  • policy number: QLA-11H074-0093 and the portal compensator ID: C00650
  • defendant (an individual, company, or institution) only claim notification forms must be sent to insurance@hart.gov.uk

Notice: for highway authority incidents 

Any highway claims should be addressed to:

Hampshire Legal Services
Hampshire County Council
The Castle
Winchester
SO23 8UJ

If you are registered with the Claims Portal, highway-related low-value personal injury claims can also be directed to Hampshire County Council via the Portal website.

The County Council is listed on the portal website as a Defendant and Compensator organisation with the address:

Hampshire County Council
Castle Avenue
Winchester