The Procurement Bill: progress through the House of Lords
Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the government has set out major reforms to the rules governing public sector buying in the new Procurement Bill
15 August 2022
Procurement clarification on material variation and internal public authority awards
In Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v Her Majesty's Treasury, HMRC and NSI The Court ruled in favour of HM Treasury and commented on the area of material variation and direct awards to public sector bodies.
23 January 2015
Procurement Expert View on Expedited Trials and Automatic Suspension following Camelot’s withdrawn appeal in the National Lottery litigation
We consider the recent range of outcomes in interlinked applications for expedited trials and to lift the automatic suspension
07 September 2022
Remedies under the Procurement Bill
Observations on the proposals in the Procurement Bill regarding remedies and enforcement
31 August 2022
Braceurself Part 2: Successful Claimant denied damages as breach was not “sufficiently serious”
Despite a bidder succeeding in its legal claim, establishing that the Contracting Authority breached procurement law and that it should have been awarded the contract, it has been left without any damages
20 September 2022
Reasons and Reasoning: What’s the right level of record keeping of evaluation decisions?
In this ‘Expert View’ article we look at key cases concerning record keeping of evaluation decisions, and what these decisions mean in practice
01 September 2022
Procurement Case Law Update: the automatic suspension, expedited trials and ‘protective’ proceedings
We consider recent procurement cases in relation to the automatic suspension, expedited trials and issuing claims mid process before a bidder knows if it has won or lost
12 October 2021
Maximum prescribed part increased from £600,000 to £800,000
On 6 April 2020, the Insolvency Act 1986 (Prescribed Part) (Amendment) Order 2020 came into force increasing the maximum amount of the prescribed part from £600,000 to £800,000
08 April 2020
Distressed M&A – Merger control issues and the failing firm defence
In the latest of a series of articles concerning distressed M&A we examine the key UK merger control considerations
11 September 2020
Listed companies: Navigating financial reporting in the current climate
With the wave of uncertainty caused by COVID-19 we take a look at recent changes to the financial reporting obligations of listed companies
08 June 2020
Return of the ‘Cash Box’ Placing - the COVID-19 fundraising solution?
As many quoted companies continue to suffer unprecedented cashflow issues, we consider the impact of the latest PEG investor guidance and the resurgence of the ‘cash box’ placing structure
01 June 2020
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill – reform of the UK insolvency regime
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, which introduces significant changes to the UK insolvency regime alongside various COVID-19 provisions, continues its progress through Parliament
08 June 2020