‘Lawyers say the Government is claiming more than £130 million after suing a firm at the centre of a row over the supply of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.’
The Independent, 5th January 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In the second in a two-part series on a recent procurement challenge brought by the Good Law Project, Juli Lau looks at the procurement principles considered by the court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Families bereaved by Covid will write to eight PR companies that received hefty government contracts during the pandemic asking them to withdraw from a tender process to manage part of the inquiry.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Laura Wisdom, Patrick Parkin and Lloyd Nail look at key cases concerning record keeping of evaluation decisions, and what these decisions mean in practice.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An error in the award of an NHS orthodontic contract was not serious enough to entitle the loser to Francovich damages, the High Court has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd September 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Juli Lau and Gonzalo Puertas outline their key takeaways on a procurement judgment from the Technology and Construction Court.’
Local Government Lawyer. 19th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Good Law Project (GLP) has lost a bid to revive a judicial review which was thrown out after the legal campaign group served a claim form one day late.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into whether outsourcing firm Mitie Group has broken competition law in relation to a procurement process for immigration removal centre contracts run by the Home Office.’
The Independent, 4th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Gloucestershire County Council has started the procurement of a fully developed, off the shelf, cloud-based Legal Case Management System with Court Bundling System.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that a Covid contract given to a company whose founders were friends of former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings was unlawful.’
The Independent, 18th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s use of a “VIP lane” to award contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to two companies was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 12th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government is facing legal action over its decision to keep using a Malaysian company accused of using forced labour as a supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hot on the heels of Draeger Safety v London Fire Commissioner the High Court (Mr Justice Kerr) has again declined to lift the automatic suspension in a procurement dispute because an expedited trial was possible. As well as evidencing the court’s increased willingness to do so, the judgment in Vodafone Limited v (1) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; and (2) The British Council [2021] EWHC 2793 (TCC) contains some interesting observations on trials of preliminary issues in procurement disputes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A government health watchdog is considering legal action against a private health company whose laboratory gave at least 43,000 people potentially false negative Covid-19 test results.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Private outsourcing companies that win government contracts should be subject to freedom of information rules, according to the outgoing information commissioner, who warned the existing transparency law is no longer fit for the modern age.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s competition regulator is investigating Motorola over concerns that it has “cashed in” on its monopoly over mobile networks for the UK emergency services.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK government has been ordered to reveal which companies were given “VIP” access to multimillion-pound contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the early months of the Covid pandemic, in a ruling from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).’
The Guardian, 18th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Department of Health and Social Care has been publicly censured by the courts for repeatedly failing to comply with civil procedure rules on disclosure protocol in a case brought by a campaign group.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st October 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Lynsey Oakdene and Kathryn Vickers consider recent decisions on the role of expedited trials in maintaining automatic suspensions and the admissibility of expert evidence; other notable cases; and the government’s newest judicial review reform proposals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th September 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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