The key legal questions for public bodies to consider before deciding to cease exercising a discretionary power due to limited resources or other reasons.
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Public bodies must understand the scope of ‘irrational’ or ‘unreasonable’ challenges so that proactive steps can be taken to reduce the likelihood of successful judicial intervention.
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Crown Commercial Service has issued a Procurement Policy Note (03/16) on the publication of payment performance statistics (the Note) under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR).
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Our latest report on the devolution debate, Devolution – managing the risks, highlights the key thoughts and views that emerged at our roundtable and highlights a series of recommendations for further consideration by stakeholders on managing the risks associated with this issue.
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In this month's edition the team look at: procurement – two Advocate General opinions on third party reliance and the 'living wage'
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On 24 September 2015, Ishaq Hussein was sentenced to four months’ immediate imprisonment at Reading Crown Court for a number of breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
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In this month's edition the team look at: public authority decisions and the broad corrective principle; Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - changes to help businesses and apprentices; property search enquiries - are your records up to date; defamation claims: a narrowing scope; redeployment pools and agency workers; local authority trading companies - avoiding the wrongful trading trap.
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In this month's edition the team look at: a case of evaluation gone wrong – lessons learned from assessment of tenders; devolution - the game changer? A look at the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015; the cost case to end all cost cases - or was it! Coventry and other v Lawrence and others;new procurement guidance for EU grant recipients;changing a cost budget: it's not that easy; a look at the Trade Union Bill - consultation.
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In this month's edition the team look at: employee removal requests and assignment on TUPE transfers
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In this month's edition we look at: mutualisation - a case study on the establishment of a new mutual company owned by an employee ownership trust; procurement - transparency and technical specifications – how guidance from a recent ECJ judgment may help ensure compliance with EU treaty principles; state aid - does it really affect trade between member states; public rights of way - the potential impact of a recent Planning Court decision on public rights of way applications; employment law - collective consultation, the meaning of ‘establishment’ and the implications of the Woolworths case; public sector prosecutions – how the potential impact of new draft sentencing guidelines may impact upon the role of prosecutors in criminal courts; Election 2015 - implications of the Conservative Manifesto.
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