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Sharpe Pritchard Shortlisted for Legal Advisor of the Year at the Prestigious Partnership Awards 2024

Partners and associates at Sharpe Pritchard, a leader in public sector law, are celebrating its most recent shortlisting for Legal Advisor of the Year at the Partnership Awards 2024.

Recognised as the industry’s most significant celebration of excellence in the public-private partnership (PPP) space, the Partnership Awards spotlight those who leverage partnerships to achieve extraordinary success stories.

Having reviewed Sharpe

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COVID-19: Solving CIL Difficulties

New Community Infrastructure Levy Guidance and Section 106 Agreements

The Difficulties

The Community Infrastructure Levy (‘CIL’) is usually payable when development of a CIL-liable planning permission commences. The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (‘CIL Regs 2010’) require that standard payments are made within 60 days of the intended commencement date (regulation 70) and while the CIL Regs 2010 do allow

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Planning for the Future

Following the Budget 2020, Housing Secretary of State Robert Jenrick made a statement to the House of Commons on Planning for the Future, setting out the Government’s proposals for the future of the planning system.

His statement confirmed the Government’s intention to release the so-called ‘Accelerated Planning’ White Paper in Spring 2020, which is promised to “lay the foundations

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Sharpe Pritchard’s projects team continues expansion

The projects team at Sharpe Pritchard continues to grow following the addition of three new solicitors.

Steve Gummer, re-joins the firm from Allen and Overy as an associate in our infrastructure group. Steve trained at Sharpe Pritchard and specialises in complex infrastructure projects, including renewable energy and waste transactions, and he has a range of experience working for lenders,

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Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (2016) – Landmark Case Report

How (Not) To Evaluate Tenders in a Public Procurement: Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (2016) – Landmark Case Report

On 29 July 2016, the High Court handed down its judgment in one of the most high-profile and important public procurement cases in recent years, Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC. This case concerns various claims

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