In this month’s digest the Advocate General has been considering whether the in-house exception, something the new directives seek to codify, should be extended.
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The High Court’s recent decision in Home Department [2013] EWHC 2873 is a useful reminder of the importance of promptness in judicial review when it comes to the defendant filing an acknowledgement of service and summary grounds of resistance. Continue reading
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Practical Law Public Sector addresses the questions that schools may ask local authorities regarding day-to-day school management and sets out the legal issues to consider when responding:
This FAQ examines the regulation of holidays during term time. For all our school hotline queries, please see Practice note, Schools hotline FAQs. Continue reading
Lawyers involved in tendering public contracts are having a rough few months; the procurement rules are being redrawn, a radical new Fair Deal policy has been published and the NHS has new procurement rules.
TUPE has always been a key issue in tendering public contracts. Happily then, procurement lawyers have a reprieve: the amendments to the TUPE regulations which come into force next week are underwhelming. Continue reading
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On 8 January 2014, the government suffered a defeat in the Lords over its proposed threshold for granting new injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance (IPNAs) set out in clause 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill 2013-14. Continue reading
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This post looks back at some of the key developments in freedom of information and data protection law in 2013 and highlights the impact these developments (and others that are expected) are likely to have in 2014.
If you are particularly interested in any expected development in this area expected in 2014 (whether set out below or not) please do not hesitate to get in touch with our editorial team by leaving a comment below or by submitting a query through the Ask system. Continue reading