The information in this article reflects the position at the time of writing. The latest position at 25 November 2020 is detailed here.
The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (the ‘Act’) received royal assent on 23rd January 2020, and the EU-UK withdrawal agreement was swiftly signed by the leaders of the European Commission and Council. The
The information in this article reflects the position at the time of writing. The latest position at 6 February 2020 is detailed here.
On 14th January 2019, the Government published guidance on public procurement procedures in the event of a “no deal” Brexit. This was most recently updated on 4th September 2019 suggesting that contracting authorities, including public authorities,
Sharpe Pritchard Partner, Justin Mendelle, has been featured in the Law Society Gazette discussing the outsourcing of in-house legal departments after he assisted BT in outsourcing its in-house claims and corporate property teams.
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Sharpe Pritchard, the London-based firm of public and commercial law specialists has acted for BT Plc in the outsourcing of its legal services for claims and real estate work. This was the largest legal outsourcing project in the UK market in 2019.[1]
The firm was instructed earlier this year to advise the telecommunications giant on a competitive tendering process
What are Living Wills?
In a speech to the Business Services Association at the end of 2018, Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington made a number of announcements regarding the outsourcing of government contracts. The most notable of these announcement related to the creation of ‘living wills’ by a selection of government outsourcing suppliers. Capita, Serco, Engie, Interserve and
With the recent press speculation about the collapse of Bitcoin – the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency – you’d be forgiven for thinking that the technology underpinning it, known as blockchain, is unlikely to have much use in the local government sector. However, in this article, Raj Shah, a solicitor in Sharpe Pritchard’s Projects department, explains how in fact blockchain
