12/12/2025 8:30:00 AM PFI Fridays #9: Asset condition surveys - A practical roadmap for Expiry By Emma Beynon In previous PFI Fridays blogs, we have introduced expiry timelines and managing the evolving building safety landscape. This week’s...
12/5/2025 11:06:05 AM PFI Fridays #8: Key takeaways from the Operational PPP Summit and Awards 2025 By Emma Beynon Alex Lawrence This week saw the Operational PPP Summit (OP3S) arrive in Wales for 2-3 days of panel discussions, breakout sessions, awards and...
11/28/2025 12:31:08 PM PFI Fridays #7: Budget 2025 - infrastructure, partnerships and local power By Emma Beynon Our focus with PFI Fridays is often the expiry of the legacy PFI contracts from the 2000s/2010s and handback of those facilities into the...
11/21/2025 9:38:50 AM PFI Fridays #6 - Breaking up is hard to do (but it doesn’t have to be): The PFI exit clause edition By Rumandeep Dhariwal Alex Lawrence PFI contracts have underpinned the delivery of many schools, hospitals, and other public infrastructure during the first quarter of the...
11/7/2025 9:29:55 AM PFI Fridays #5: well-drafted provisions or open to interpretation? By Emma Beynon For anyone managing or advising on PFI-style contracts, the recent Court of Appeal decision in Buckinghamshire Council v FCC...
10/10/2025 8:50:31 AM PFI Fridays #4 - Mediation is by far the better way By Andrew Lancaster As a mediator, I’ve been resolving disputes for CEDR and many others for over 20 years. And here at Anthony Collins, we’ve seen the power...
9/26/2025 7:34:49 AM PFI Fridays #3 – Managing the evolving fire and building safety landscape: Hurdles at handback By Emma Beynon Lorna Kenyon-Pain Paul Slinger Elizabeth Massey +1 more... Show less As the UK enters a critical phase of PFI contract expiries, the handback process presents a complex legal and operational challenge,...
9/19/2025 1:48:18 PM PFI Fridays #2 - Preparation is key for expiry/handback By Emma Beynon Rumandeep Dhariwal Alex Lawrence As part of our ‘PFI Fridays’ series, this second blog looks into the timeframes and key steps that contracting parties should consider...
9/12/2025 10:41:55 AM PFI Fridays #1 - PFI expiry and handback: A big moment for public sector infrastructure By Emma Beynon Alex Lawrence It’s back-to-school time, and with it comes a familiar flurry of activity, sharpened pencils, and a renewed focus on our public...
5/30/2025 1:28:02 PM Mediating PFIs: A potentially underused tool for unlocking contract disputes By Emma Beynon Andrew Lancaster Whilst we are watching what happens with the pipeline of new infrastructure Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) – see our colleague Jon...