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A recent report on the Effective use of mediation by local authorities in judicial review by Nabarro LLP, 39 Essex Street and ADR Group, shows that only 3 per cent of local authority judicial review cases are referred to mediation before court proceedings are issued, despite the fact that paragraph 3 of the Pre-Action Protocol for judicial review requires a letter before claim and an attempt at alternative dispute resolution.
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Ofsted’s failure to disclose potential evidence to Sharon Shoesmith in the case she has brought against Ofsted and others is a timely reminder of the duty of candour that parties in judicial review proceedings owe to each other and to the court.
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The clock is ticking, and it is now less than three weeks until the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (Regulations) come into force to implement the new Remedies Directive in the UK.
In this post, PLC Public Sector reports on concerns highlighted by speakers at the Procurement Lawyers’ Association (PLA) event on the implementation of the new Remedies Directive last night and also outlines how we will be updating our materials to take account of the forthcoming changes to the procurement regime.
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The Vetting and Barring Scheme introduced by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (SVGA 2006) requires individuals carrying out regulated activity (working with children or vulnerable adults in certain settings and circumstances) to be registered with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). Registration will be rolled out from June 2010 and failure to register will be a criminal offence. Criminal penalties also attach to a regulated activity provider who employs or engages a person to carry out regulated activity if that person is barred or has not registered.
Lawyers differ on whether local authorities, NHS Trusts and other such bodies (commissioners) are caught by the definition of regulated activity provider even where the regulated activity is carried out by independent providers.
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Local authorities will be interested in the following bills from the government’s final legislative programme outlined by the Queen in her speech today.
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