This post looks back at some of the key developments in education law in 2013 and highlights the impact these developments (and others that are expected) are likely to have in 2014.

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This post looks back at some of the key developments in local government law in 2013 and highlights the impact these developments (and others that are expected) are likely to have in 2014.

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As we head into January and Christmas cheer is becoming but a distant memory, we thought that now would be a good time to reflect on 2013 and what it meant for Practical Law Public Sector and its subscribers.

In this post we take a look at our most popular content of 2013 and link to pieces looking at what we can expect in 2014 in a number of areas of public sector law. Continue reading

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This post looks back at some of the key developments in public procurement in 2013 and highlights the impact these developments (and others that are expected) are likely to have in 2014.

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The final case digest for 2013 sees confirmation that an ALMO qualifies for the Teckal exception alongside several reports from Europe on technical public procurement issues.

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This is the fourth in our series of quarterly freedom of information law update blogs, which focuses 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. This post looks at freedom of information law developments from October to December 2013.

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