The Legal Office is part of Governance and Planning and is located in A415 on the 4th Floor, A-block, Luton campus. Their specific areas of responsibility include:
Ashahul Ali, Senior Legal Officer ext. 3465 or email legaloffice@beds.ac.uk
The Legal Office represents the University in estates and other non-HR contracts, student issues raised through third party solicitors, intellectual property and advice on legislation in connection with University business.
The Legal Office is responsible for all legal affairs involving the University. We oversee compliance with competition and consumer protection laws, immigration laws, data protection and freedom of information law, and company law. We have the responsibility to approve all contracts, once they are compliant with the law and University policies. The responsibility for the University’s insurance policies lies with the Legal Office . We ensure that the University secures, maintains, and enforces its intellectual property rights. Legal issues concerning the University’s estate, including leases, licences, and purchases, also rests with us.
Colleagues should forward any letters from solicitors to the Legal Office as soon as they are received.
Information concerning the legal status of the University, the Privy Council letter confirming the establishment of the University of Bedfordshire and our Instruments and Articles of Government - 
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are published on our website.
The Bribery Act came into force in July 2011. The University is required, under the Act, to put in place 'adequate procedures' designed to prevent bribery.
One of those procedures is the insertion of anti-bribery clauses in contracts - 
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. You will need to adapt the clause since we are referred to as the 'Customer' and the other party as the 'Supplier'.
The University has a number of subsidiary companies. The list below includes the company registration name:
For information about each of the above companies, please contact Ashahul Ali, Senior Legal Officer on ext. 3465