‘More than a third of public bodies expect to have formal disputes as PFI contracts come to an end, the National Audit Office has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th June 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Camden Council has submitted claims to the High Court to recover costs from the contractor PFIC (Partners for Improvement in Camden) and its principal subcontractors, who previously had responsibility for refurbishment and maintenance of the Chalcots Estate, under a private finance initiative agreement.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Camden Council is to end a private finance initiative deal and take legal action against contractors in a dispute over the recladding of tower blocks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has refused to grant contractor Amey permission to appeal in its dispute with Birmingham City Council over the correct interpretation of a £2.7bn highways PFI contract, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Do long-term contracts need to be construed in a particular way? Do contracts that require the parties to work together and cooperate over a period of many years have their own special rules? Do they demand special treatment when it comes to questions of contractual interpretation? Those are some of the questions raised by the judgment in Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council, in which the Court of Appeal had to grapple with the complexities and oddities of a PFI contract.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 27th February 2018
‘A PPI company that made 75 million nuisance calls in just four months has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The director of Miss-sold Products UK Ltd will not face any punishment despite the company he ran “blatantly ignoring the law” because of shortcomings in existing legislation, the ICO said on Wednesday.’
The Independent, 17th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three local authorities who were told in February that the Government was withdrawing previously-awarded financial support for waste management projects have launched legal challenges to the decision.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Local Government Law Update: 27 June (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 28 June (PDF)
11 KBW, June 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“Continuing to make payments towards a school rebuilt through a project finance initiative (PFI) arrangement once that school has converted to academy status will not cause local authorities to break the law, an expert has told the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The NHS in Leicester is being sued for more than £20m over the collapse of a plan to rebuild the city’s hospitals.”
BBC News, 5th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Since the Treasury proposed the introduction of equity funding competitions into PFIs it has remained strangely tight-lipped on the issue. By John Smith and Al Goodwin.”
The Lawyer, 6th August 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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