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REUTERS | Michael Dalder
07/11/2014
In brief for week ending 5 November 2014
REUTERS | Neil Hall
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 to October 2014. For those who are seeking the latest on education law, we will shortly be publishing a regular digest focusing solely on that topic.
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.
REUTERS | Fabrizio Bensch
30/10/2014
In brief for week ending 29 October 2014
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REUTERS | Mike Blake
On 2 October 2014, the High Court decided that Gatwick Airport should be prevented from entering into a new contract for the provision of air-traffic control services with DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) following a procurement exercise in which the complainant, NATS services Ltd, had also participated (NATS (Services) Limited v Gatwick Airport Limited [2014] EWHC 3133 (TCC)).
Christopher Brennan, Director at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, considers the decision.
REUTERS | Yuriko Nakao
23/10/2014
In brief for week ending 22 October 2014
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REUTERS | Toby Melville
After taking a break for August, due to lack of published cases, we start autumn with a flurry of interesting cases on imposing the national minimum wage on contractors in other member states, invalid VEAT notices, the perils of checking the accuracy of what your bidders say, and reference projects in assessing technical capability.
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.
REUTERS | Alex Domanski
A previous blog has provided a useful overview of the light touch regime in the draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Draft Regulations) and its application to health care services.
In this post, Simon Taylor, barrister at Keating Chambers, considers a few key questions relating to NHS health care services which are hanging in the air.
REUTERS | David Bebber
17/10/2014
In brief for week ending 15 October 2014
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REUTERS | Jason Lee
For many years the route to Chief Executive of a local authority tended to be via the legal department. However, the last decade or so has seen a decline in the number of solicitors reaching the top jobs. Why is that?
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REUTERS | Mike Blake
10/10/2014
In brief for week ending 8 October 2014
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