This week the government published its Heat and Buildings Strategy (Strategy). This contained vital innovations and essential step changes in terms of how heating is provided.
The scale of the challenge in terms of heating is considerable. According to the Heat and Buildings Strategy:
This is a brief summary of guidance issued in February 2021 by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), the government’s centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects concerning the discontinuation of LIBOR. The guidance is available here and is relevant to authorities who have operational, project-financed
Engie v MW High Tech Projects[1] is the latest in a long line of cases arising from the construction and/or operation of Energy from Waste (EfW) plants. In this case, O’Farrell J has ruled that adjudicators’ awards cannot be enforced due to an exclusion in the Construction Act in respect of power generation activities.
The adjudication regime
The effect
The fifth PPN of 2020 draws attention to the recent publication of the Cabinet Office’s Outsourcing Playbook v2.0. The original iteration of the Playbook was designed to help central government departments make better decisions in relation to outsourcing by codifying best practice from across government. The updated version builds on the original version by providing updated
2018 marked the formal abolition of PFI and the coming decade will see a majority of the existing contracts expire. But PFI’s forthcoming extinction has not made the scheme any less controversial or the success of individual projects any less important to authorities.
We consider some topical themes including the continuing ubiquity of contractual ambiguity, the impending expiry of several
On 17 June 2020, the High Court handed down its judgment in a case with important implications for the contracting authorities undertaking procurement exercises, Stagecoach East Midlands Trains Ltd & Ors v The Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWHC 1568 (TCC). The case concerns claims brought
