REUTERS | Brian Snyder
02/03/2016

Public procurement policy review: December 2015 to February 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 December 2015 to February 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 (January 2016).

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REUTERS | David Mdzinarishvili
24/02/2016

Public children law digest (December 2015 – February 2016)

This is a public children law update blog to give readers a snapshot of the important cases, issues and developments from December 2015 to February 2016. Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases, issues, or legal developments that are covered or if you think we have missed something that should be brought to the attention of child care law practitioners.

In this post, we look at the following:

  • Special guardianship reports.
  • Use of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court.
  • Deprivation of liberty.

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REUTERS | Jason Lee
17/02/2016

Public procurement case digest (January 2016)

January’s case digest includes two ECJ decisions concerning the interpretation of Directive 2004/18 (Public Contracts Directive), and a High Court ruling on automatic suspension under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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 | Dani Cardona
10/02/2016

Local government quarterly digest (November 2015 – January 2016)

This is the latest in our series of quarterly local government update blogs, which will enable readers to catch up on the most important cases, issues or developments in local government from November 2015 to January 2016.

Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases, issues, or legal developments covered or if you think we have missed something that should be brought to the attention of local government practitioners.

In this post we look at:

  • Cases of interest to local authorities.
  • Various legislative and other developments of interest to local authority lawyers. Continue reading →
REUTERS | Michael Dalder
02/02/2016

Adult social care quarterly digest (November 2015 – January 2016)

This is the second in our series of quarterly adult social care update blogs giving readers a snapshot of the most important cases, issues or developments in adult social care. This post looks at developments from November 2015 to January 2016. Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases, issues, or legal developments that are covered or if you think we have missed something that should be brought to the attention of adult social care practitioners.

In this post we look at:

  • New legislation and guidance.
  • Care Act 2014: developments.
  • Local Government Ombudsman decisions.
  • Deprivation of liberty.
  • Mental health.
  • Health.

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