Bar Council Chairman: We will not facilitate a scheme which will wreck the...
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has today stated that it has no plans to develop a quality system to facilitate price competitive tendering (PCT) for criminal legal...
View ArticleGrayling promises second consultation on legal aid – but sets red lines – Law...
“The Ministry of Justice will publish a second ‘short’ consultation on its ‘finalised’ legal aid proposals in September before ‘pressing on’, the justice secretary announced this morning.” Full story...
View ArticleAre Britain’s barristers living on borrowed time? – Daily Telegraph
“It’s a profession that’s been associated with glamour, intrigue and financial gain. But imminent changes to our legal system have criminal lawyers fearing for their livelihoods. Why? And who stands to...
View ArticleGrayling announces U-turn on legal aid competition plan – The Guardian
“Plans to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders following criticisms it would reduce justice to a ‘factory mentality’ have been scrapped.” Full story The Guardian, 5th September 2013 Source:...
View ArticleMinisteriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregaende Uddannelser v Manova...
Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregaende Uddannelser v Manova A/S; (Case C-336/12); [2013] WLR (D) 383 “The principle of equal treatment did not preclude a contracting authority from...
View ArticleGlendalough Associated SA v Harris Calnan Construction Co Ltd – WLR Daily
Glendalough Associated SA v Harris Calnan Construction Co Ltd: [2013] EWHC 3142 (TCC); [2013] WLR (D) 397 “Where, in adjudication proceedings brought pursuant to the Housing Grants, Construction and...
View ArticleNordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium – WLR Daily
Nordecon AS and another v Rahandusministeerium (Case C-561/12); [2013] WLR (D) 470 ‘Article 30(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC did not allow a contracting authority to negotiate with...
View ArticleHealthcare at Home Ltd v Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health...
Healthcare at Home Ltd v Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service [2014] UKSC 49; [2014] WLR (D) 351 ‘On a challenge by an unsuccessful tenderer for a public contract, the question...
View ArticleHealthcare at Home Limited (Appellant) v The Common Services Agency...
Healthcare at Home Limited (Appellant) v The Common Services Agency (Respondent) (Scotland) [2014] UKSC 49 (YouTube) Supreme Court, 30th July 2014 Source: www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt
View ArticleBarristers’ clerks leader condemns “scandalous” local authority portal scheme...
‘A barrister portal scheme operated by the North West Legal Consortium, a group of over 30 local authorities, has been condemned as “scandalous” by the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks (IBC).’ Full...
View ArticleCartiera dell’Adda SpA v CEM Ambiente SpA – WLR Daily
Cartiera dell’Adda SpA v CEM Ambiente SpA (Case C-42/13) EU:C:2014:2345; [2014] WLR (D) 468 ‘Article 45 of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC of 31 March 2004 on the co-ordination of...
View ArticleLet Me Stop You There… The test for lifting injunctions in public procurement...
‘If you’ve seen an advert in the last few years warning you to submit your tax return on time, telling you not to drink and drive, or asking you to consider joining the armed forces, chances are that...
View ArticleGrayling’s legal aid reforms ‘irrational’, Law Society argues – Law Society’s...
‘The lord chancellor’s decision to start a tender process for legal aid crime duty contracts is unlawful because it is “irrational”, “disproportionate” and based on a “manifest error”, the Law Society...
View ArticleGroup M UK Ltd v Cabinet Office – Henderson Chambers
‘The Technology and Construction Court has reiterated that, in considering whether to lift the statutory suspension of the placing of a public contract following a challenge by an unsuccessful...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal dismisses procurement claim over delivery of tax-free...
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that the Government’s proposed arrangements for the delivery of tax-free childcare breach domestic and EU public procurement legislation.’ Full story Local...
View ArticleHigh court challenge to government over services to Saudi prisons – The Guardian
‘The legality of a bid by the commercial arm of the Ministry of Justice to provide services for Saudi Arabia’s prisons is to be challenged in the high court.’ Full story The Guardian, 29th June 2015...
View ArticleJudge orders damages and not award of contract after flawed tender – Local...
‘A High Court judge has decided that a council which ran a “fundamentally flawed” tender evaluation process should be required to pay the claimant damages rather award it the contract.’ Full story...
View ArticleLegal aid cuts: MoJ puts brakes on changes as solicitors revolt – The...
‘Moves to overhaul the legal-aid system have been delayed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the face of more than 100 challenges from solicitors’ firms who claim the whole process is fundamentally...
View ArticleLaw centres to challenge rights helpline contract – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Law Centres Network has threatened to seek judicial review of the government’s decision to award the contract for operating a discrimination helpline to security contractor G4S.’ Full story Law...
View ArticleMedical equipment expert convicted of £1.7m corruption – Crown Prosecution...
‘An expert in the procurement of medical equipment who received £1.7m in corrupt payments to help medical supply companies win tenders has been convicted of corruption.’ Full StoryCrown Prosecution...
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