REUTERS | Sharif Karim
18/11/2015

Public procurement case digest (October 2015)

October’s case digest includes an ECJ ruling holding that public authorities can be economic operators, to the extent that they have authorisation to offer certain services to the market, and a General Court ruling ordering OHIM to pay compensation to a tenderer due to errors in its assessment of bids during a procurement procedure.

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REUTERS | Gleb Garanich
18/11/2015

Public children law digest (September – November 2015)

This is a public children law update blog to give readers a snapshot of the important cases, issues and developments from September to November 2015. 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:

  • Proceedings with an international element.
  • Radicalisation guidance.
  • Secure accommodation and deprivation of liberty.
  • Local authority duty of care.

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REUTERS | Alex Domanski
11/11/2015

Publishing the procurement documents with the OJEU notice: navigating the Regulations and Guidance

Recent guidance from the CCS suggests that there is no need to draft all of the contract and procurement documents before submitting an OJEU notice. Andrew Millross, Partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, considers this guidance in light of the legal requirements for publishing the procurement documents alongside the OJEU notice set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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REUTERS | Ali Hashisho
06/11/2015

Adult social care quarterly digest (August – October 2015)

This is the first of our series of quarterly adult social care update blogs, giving readers a snapshot of the most important cases, issues and developments in adult social care. This post looks at developments from August to October 2015.

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REUTERS | Thomas Peter
27/10/2015

Local government quarterly digest (August – October 2015)

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 August 2015 to October 2015.

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In this post we look at:

  • Cases of interest to local authorities.
  • Various legislative and other developments of interest to local authority lawyers.

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REUTERS | Gary Hershorn
27/10/2015

Freedom of information law quarterly digest (July – September 2015)

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 July 2015 to September 2015.

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