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Victoria Hutton outlines changes to the statutory challenge of planning decisions and orders ‘The most significant amendment brought into force… will be the inclusion of a permission stage in [certain] types of statutory challenge.’Those involved in procurement for development projects would be wise to take heed of certain legislative amendments to statutory challenges of planning …
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David Sawtell considers some key points of contract interpretation ‘Much of the difference between the decisions in Rainy Sky and Arnold is explained by the ambiguity of the disputed term in the former decision and the clarity of the clause under review in the latter.’ It is trite to state that the purpose of contractual …
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James Parker reviews the second UK ‘business and commercial’ DCO project ‘The government consulted on extending the regime to allow for business and commercial (B&C) schemes to be consented by development consent order (DCO). Following that consultation, the regime was extended to allow such schemes to be consented by DCO.’How the UK plans and delivers …
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Simon Lewis examines the duty of good faith in commercial contracts ‘The implication of a general duty of good faith is unlikely to arise where the contract under consideration is detailed, leaving relatively little scope or need for the implication of terms not already covered by existing contractual obligations.’English contract law does not like the …
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Louise Mansfield reports on convicted suppliers ‘self-cleaning’ previous bad behaviour ‘Suppliers previously excluded from public procurement for bad practice (including but not limited to corruption) will be able to “self-clean” – ie their exclusion will be brought to an end, if they can prove they have sufficiently remediated.’The Public Contracts Directive 2014/24/EC (the 2014 Directive), …
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Stephen Wisking, Kim Dietzel and Molly Herron provide an overview of the new UK competition litigation regime ‘The UK has become firmly established as one of the most active jurisdictions in Europe for the private enforcement of competition law, and is regarded as a key venue of choice for “follow-on” damages claims based on EU …
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Jenny Beresford-Jones and Sarah Hodgson consider the new rules relating to publication of procurement documents ‘The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) guidance is helpful to contracting authorities and reflects what a number of commentators in the field have been suggesting on this point.’One of the most common questions asked since the publication of the Public Contracts …
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Graeme Young looks at the recent consultation on the remedies regime ‘The Commission’s annual implementation review for 2013 reported that since 1 January 2010 the UK was the third-most investigated member state, with four infringement cases having reached at least the stage of sending a letter of formal notice.’The European Commission recently concluded a public …
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James Parker evaluates the government’s recent report on productivity ‘The importance of skills in infrastructure delivery has really come to the fore and it is good to see that the scope of the NIP (national infrastructure plan) is to expand on this front.’How the UK plans and delivers its infrastructure development is crucial to making …
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Dr Sam De Silva considers the reasons for renegotiating outsourcing contracts ‘One key difference between modern outsourcing contracts and legacy outsourcing contracts are the tools used to manage and respond to change while maintaining alignment between the parties.’There are many reasons why a customer may seek to renegotiate an outsourcing contract, such as: the business …
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