The claimant, Ryhurst Ltd, was awarded a contract for a ten-year strategic estates partnership by the respondent, the Whittington Health NHS Trust, following a procurement exercise. Ryhurst was part of a group which included a company that had been responsible for the supply and installation of cladding at Grenfell Tower.
The Trust later abandoned the procurement, claiming it had an
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THE NIS DIRECTIVE
The Network and Information Security or the NIS Directive, also known as the Cybersecurity Directive, intends to establish a uniform level of cybersecurity for network and information systems that process ‘digital data’ for their operation, use,
‘Smash and grab’ adjudications, is the picture any clearer? – M Davenport Builders Limited v Greer and another [2019] EWHC 318 (TCC)
Background
The claimant, M Davenport Builders Limited, and the defendants Colin and Julia Greer had entered into a construction contract to which the Scheme for Construction Contracts applied, under the 1996 Construction Act, as amended (the “Amended Act”).
‘Smash and grab’ adjudications, is the picture any clearer? – M Davenport Builders Limited v Greer and another [2019] EWHC 318 (TCC)
Background
The claimant, M Davenport Builders Limited, and the defendants Colin and Julia Greer had entered into a construction contract to which the Scheme for Construction Contracts applied, under the 1996 Construction Act, as amended (the “Amended Act”).
AbbVie Ltd v NHS Commissioning Board [2019] EWHC 61 (TCC)
Background
A challenge was brought by the American pharmaceutical company Abbvie Limited (“Abbvie”) against the NHS Commissioning Board’s (“NHS England”) Hepatitis C (“HCV”) drug procurement. The procurement, launched in spring 2018, is the largest NHS drug procurement ever undertaken, letting contracts worth nearly £1 billion over five years. The procurement
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