2/20/2025 12:31:56 PM High Court examines new parts of the Building Safety regime By Paul Slinger In a recent case (381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Limited & Ors v Click St Andrews Ltd & Anr), the High Court has given valuable...
2/20/2025 10:50:31 AM The final curtain for decades-old procurement in England, Northern Ireland and Wales? By Mark Cook As 5.30 pm on Friday 21 February 2025 beckons, councils and other contracting authorities are busy as they seek to launch their last...
2/17/2025 2:50:05 PM Who decides planning applications? By Max Howarth Michael Clohessy Making decisions on planning applications is a function that is split between officers and elected members sitting on planning...
2/14/2025 2:46:51 PM Procurement UnpACked: Getting in the right 'framework' of mind By Sophie McFie-Hyland Contracting authorities may be pleased to hear that the framework purchasing tool will still be available under the Procurement Act 2023...
2/13/2025 6:28:53 PM Procurement UnpACked: concession contracts under the Procurement Act 2023 By Gayle Monk Alex Lawrence Alongside the demise of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) we see the end of the (perhaps less used but equally exciting)...
2/13/2025 5:10:08 PM Higgs v Farmor's School - proportionate responses and protected beliefs By Libby Hubbard The case of Kirstie Higgs and her previous employer, Farmor's School, has finally been decided by the Court of Appeal. Her dismissal was...
2/7/2025 2:45:48 PM Procurement UnpACked: Open procedure – Open sesame By Priya Kale Alex Lawrence For any procurement falling under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) there are only two competitive tendering procedures – the open...
2/7/2025 2:33:35 PM Ryanair’s guide to turning a strike into a legal nose-dive - Why employers should care about Morais and others v Ryanair By Katherine Sinclair Housing associations often have unionised staff, including maintenance teams, administrative staff, or frontline housing officers....
2/6/2025 5:11:29 PM 'Restrict' your panic when using the competitive flexible procedure… By Richard Brooks Sophie McFie-Hyland From 24 February, procurement law changes, so you have to use the 'open' procedure or the ‘competitive flexible' procedure when running...
2/4/2025 11:57:54 AM The Right to Buy – A problem? By Jabir Dar Ahead of the 2024 General Election, the Labour manifesto included a pledge to review the Right to Buy (RTB) discounts introduced in 2012...
2/4/2025 11:34:38 AM The revised National Planning Policy Framework – what has changed? By Zaynah Hanjra The Government finally published the much anticipated, revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). These revisions, unveiled by...
2/3/2025 1:09:46 PM Introducing our Employment Rights Bill Hub and subscription service - Your one-stop shop for all you need to know By Libby Hubbard The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) - currently 199 pages long with 28 reforms for employment law - is making its way through our...