The credit crunch has affected all areas of life. It is now bringing about changes to the main guidance on UK private finance initiative (PFI) projects: the Standardisation of PFI Contracts (SoPC4). It has been clear in recent months that the ...

Updated 30/3/20 The Coronavirus Act 2020 was enacted on 26/3/20 and introduces a new statutory emergency volunteering leave, to support health and social care authorities. The Act’s provisions on volunteering leave are expected to be implement...

We are here for you Considering the development of the pandemic COVID-19, our highly experienced team of fee earners and counsels remains committed to providing continued services for our clients during this period. Therefore, the use of communicati...

Following the landmark Pinnock decision, the Supreme Court has now provided landlords with a set of guidelines which should help them to avoid falling foul of human rights issues in relation to recovery of possession. These appeals surround the emo...

You may recall the recent case of Golden Ocean Group Ltd v Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT Ltd [2011] EWHC 56 (Comm) in which it was argued that a valid guarantee had been given as a result of a chain of emails exchanged between two parties. At...

The introduction of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedules by many local authorities is now gathering pace, as is demonstrated by the Mayor of London’s CIL charging schedule which is likely to be approved by 1 April 2012. If th...

From 30 June 2015, Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Governing Bodies (“in-scope organisations”) will have to accept “unstructured” electronic invoices from their suppliers for invo...

In Woods Building Services v Milton Keynes Council [2015] EWHC 2011 (TCC), the High Court upheld a challenge by an unsuccessful bidder (“Woods”) of a tender process undertaken by Milton Keynes Council (the “Council”) on the g...

The European Commission has recently published its Public Procurement Guidance for Practitioners on the avoidance of the most common errors in projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds ("the Guide"). We have helped...

Public procurement is big business.  The estimated value of contracts advertised by Governments and other public bodies across the EU is said to be over 420 billion euro.  Most EU public contract awards are regulated under EU law.  Th...

In its Faraday decision the Court of Appeal has set aside a concluded land development agreement between a local authority and a developer for having been concluded in breach of procurement legislation. This is the first time that an English court h...

The new thresholds which come into effect on 1 January 2020 for the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, Concessions Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Defence and Security Public Procurement Regulations 2011 have...

This session will cover how legal privilege can be used to keep documents and communications confidential and how and when to use without prejudice. An essential guide to confidentiality and avoiding some of the pitfalls in real estate disputes. ...

Many senior managers lack experience of working with unions and employee representatives....

Statistics for 2009-10 released by the Tribunals Service this week reveal that claims to employment tribunals have dramatically increased this year. Despite an overall drop in 2008-9, when the number of claims was 151,028, claims have soared to 236,...

Comments made in Parliament yesterday by Theresa May, Minister for Women and Equalities, suggest that regulations introduced by the Labour government to extend paternity leave for fathers could be postponed and, ultimately, rewritten by the coalitio...

After more than 10 years of European legal protection for employees in the event of a relevant transfer, many aspects of the Transfer of Undertakings Directive 2001 (Council Directive 2001/23/EC) and its predecessor have by now been litigated over a...

The Court of Appeal has today cast doubt on existing domestic case-law on when the obligation to consult begins under section 188 TULRCA and the EU Collective Redundancies Directive. Having considered two opposing views as to when consultation begin...

The Government has today published a consultation on employment tribunal reform.  The consultation floats a wide-range of proposals, going well beyond the measures which were rumoured to be up for consideration. The consultation document inclu...

In the matter of an application by (1) Gary Owen (2) Heather Lynn Richards [2019] UKUT 171 (LC) A recent Upper Tribunal case highlights the importance of ensuring that applications to modify or discharge restrictive covenants are made on the correct...

Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1755 The Court of Appeal’s judgement is the latest decision concerning the Code and the first appeal heard concerning the Electr...

Chelsea Football Club –v- Hardiman [2019] 10 WLUK 100 Chelsea had taken action to prevent an alleged ticket tout from selling tickets to football matches at the Chelsea ground.  It applied to court to continue the injunction which it had ...

CUADRILLA BOWLAND LIMITED & ORS (Claimants/Respondents) v (1-3) PERSONS UNKNOWN (Defendants) & (1) KATRINA LAWRIE (2) LEE WALSH (3) CHRISTOPHER WILSON (Appellants/Respondents to Committal Applications) [2020] EWCA Civ 9. The Court of Appeal ...

SARS-CoV-2 ("Corona") The SARS-CoV-2 virus, also referred to as "Corona", has reached Germany with significant effects across all industries. This article aims at answering the specific issues which communities of condominium owners and administrato...

On 20 December 2019, the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (“MLR 2019”) were laid before Parliament.  The MLR 2019 gives effect to the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive[1]

In November 2019 the National Crime Agency (NCA) published its annual Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) Report for 2018/2019 (the Annual Report). The Annual Report focused on the continued year-on-year uplift in the overall number of SARs, and in pa...

Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 9 Background In Boyd v Ineos Upstream Ltd...

The Government issued a consultation paper last week exploring how to improve the annual statement that all occupational and personal pension schemes are required to provide to DC members in order to increase member engagement and understanding. The...

The Pensions Regulator has published the first of its long awaited consultations on a new DB Funding Code. This consultation covers the principles underpinning the Regulator’s approach. A second consultation will follow later in the ...

The Pensions Regulator has issued its 2020 annual funding statement which provides more guidance for plans going through a valuation process and new Full Article