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The PFI Programme for Local Government: What can be done to aid transition?

Rob Hann, (Head of Local Government at Sharpe Pritchard) sets out his views as to what can yet be done to help local authorities as they seek to manage the transition from PFI to new contractual arrangements.

Rob has unique insight as to how the PFI investment programme for local government was successfully delivered from zero projects

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Managing New Enforcement Powers for Councils under the Traffic management Act 2004

Rob Hann the Head of our Local Government team, considers the recent legislative changes to traffic management in England, including the introduction of Clean Air Zones and widening local authorities enforcement powers for moving traffic offences.   

Clean Air Zones

As we emerge blinking into the daylight following the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns many of us will get back into

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NIS Regulations – One Year On

The NIS Regulations – One Year On

What is the relevance for the public sector and how can compliance be ensured?

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,

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NIS Regulations – One Year On

‘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”).

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How far does a PFI Road Maintenance Contract Travel?

On 22nd February 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v.  Birmingham City Council (BCC) [2018] EWCA Civ 264, reports Colin Ricciardiello.

Birmingham City Council (“BCC”) appealed against a High Court decision – [2016] EWHC 2191 – which granted relief in Amey’s favour when it found that an adjudicator’s decision (made in an

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Procurement Judgment Which Refuses to End the Contract Making Suspension

On 8th February 2018, Mr Justice Fraser handed down judgment in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (1) and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2) –v- Lancashire County Council [2018] EWHC 200 (TCC), reports Colin Ricciardiello.

The judgment adds to the body of domestic case law on applications to end the contract making suspension imposed by the Public Contracts

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