REUTERS | David Mdzinarishvili
21/12/2016

Freedom of information law quarterly digest (September-December 2016)

Our quarterly freedom of information law update blogs focus on the latest developments in freedom of information law under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/3391) (EIR). The blog will enable readers advising on freedom of information law to catch up on the most important cases, issues or developments on the topic. This post looks at freedom of information law developments from September to December 2016. In this post, we look at:

  • The future of the First-tier Tribunal.
  • The Information Commissioner’s opinions on issues and developments in freedom of information law.
  • Recent case law.
  • Legislative developments.

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REUTERS | Dado Ruvic
07/12/2016

Public procurement case digest (October – November 2016)

October and November’s case digest includes three ECJ orders on the compatibility of Italian national law with the EU procurement rules on exclusion of tenders, a High Court decision to lift an automatic suspension, and an Advocate General Opinion on the test for misrepresentation of tender information.

Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases covered, or think that we have missed a case that should be brought to the attention of public procurement practitioners. Continue reading →

REUTERS | Bob Strong
23/11/2016

Public procurement policy review: June to November 2016

This post sets out the key developments in public procurement legislation and policy that lawyers need to be aware of and covers the period from June to November 2016. The post does not consider case law as this is covered in our monthly public case digest. For a summary of the latest cases, see Public Procurement case digest (August-September 2016). A new case digest covering cases from October and November 2016 will be published at the start of December.

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