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The Procurement Bill—selection, exclusion, conflict of interests and debarment

The Procurement Bill—selection, exclusion, conflict of interests and debarment

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The Procurement Bill—selection, exclusion, conflict of interests and debarment

A new draft MCA Code of Practice—capacity

A new draft MCA Code of Practice—capacity

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on A new draft MCA Code of Practice—capacity

Local Government weekly highlights—30 June 2022

Local Government weekly highlights—30 June 2022

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Local Government weekly highlights—30 June 2022

Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill

Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill

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Obstruction of highways

Obstruction of highways

Obstruction of highwaysThe fundamental public right upon a highway is to pass and re-pass, and the obstruction of a highway is usually a criminal...

The standstill period

The standstill period

The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...

Teachers and staff in maintained schools

Teachers and staff in maintained schools

Teachers and staff in maintained schoolsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020...

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carer

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carer

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carerPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The...

Q&As

Is an offence contrary to section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984) a criminal offence or a civil enforcement offence (outside of London)? Can a Traffic Regulation Order under RTRA 1984 prohibit grass verge parking? If a Traffic Management Order restricts parking on pavements and verges, does that amount to a 'restriction on waiting' (paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Traffic Management Act 2004), therefore making it a civil offence?

Is an offence contrary to section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984) a criminal offence or a civil enforcement offence (outside of...
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16th Nov
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Can a local authority use section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to do works on land at any time in the future if it needs to?

Can a local authority use section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to do works on land at any time in the future if it...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Highways out of repair—the statutory remedy

Highways out of repair—the statutory remedyDuty of the highway authorityA highway is a way which any member of the public has the right to use at all...
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Produced in partnership with Michael Orlik of Lodders Solicitors 16th Nov
Practice notes

How to draft a local authority threshold document in care proceedings

How to draft a local authority threshold document in care proceedingsWhat is the function of a threshold statement in care proceedings?It is for the...
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Produced in partnership with Tim Earl, Solicitor to the Council and Head of Legal Services of Suffolk County Council 16th Nov
Practice notes

Land transfers for new academy schools

Land transfers for new academy schoolsFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 22 March 2021, the government published its response to the Law Commission’s report of 14...
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Produced in partnership with Christopher McFarland of Sinclairs Law and Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors 19th Apr
Practice notes

Intentional homelessness

Intentional homelessnessCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, in collaboration with Public Health England,...
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Produced in partnership with Elizabeth England 19th Apr
Practice notes

Ofsted's enforcement policy

Ofsted's enforcement policyCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Snape of Stephensons 19th Apr
Practice notes

Right to acquire

Right to acquireWhat is the Right to Acquire?The Right to Acquire (RTA) gives eligible housing association tenants a statutory right to buy the...
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Produced in partnership with Kevin Long of Hackney Community Law Centre 16th Nov
Practice notes

Care orders and supervision orders

Care orders and supervision ordersCare ordersWhat is a care order and what is its purpose?A care order is an order granted by the family court which...
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Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 16th Nov
Practice notes

Nuisance parking criminal offences

Nuisance parking criminal offencesNuisance parkingNuisance parking is criminalised by sections 3 and 4 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act...
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Produced in partnership with Jonathan Melnick of London Borough of Lambeth 16th Nov
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education trackerThis tracker is focused on education and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation,...
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16th Nov
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Practice notes

Council tax

Council taxWhat is Council tax and what is its purpose?The council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents...
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Produced in partnership with Alan Murdie of Council Tax Legal Services 19th Apr
Q&As

What is the statutory power that gives the government and local authorities the power to administer grant funding schemes such as the Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund schemes introduced in response to coronavirus (COVID-19)?

What is the statutory power that gives the government and local authorities the power to administer grant funding schemes such as the Small Business...
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16th Nov
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What powers of dispersal are available to the police and/or a local authority under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014? How are they imposed and what matters are taken into consideration?

What powers of dispersal are available to the police and/or a local authority under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014? How are...
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Produced in partnership with Philip Rule of No 5 Chambers 16th Nov
Practice notes

Introduction to Social housing regulation

Introduction to Social housing regulationThere are two separate regimes governing social housing in England and Wales. Each country had its own...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Post-19 education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities

Post-19 education for young people with special educational needs and disabilitiesCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on...
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Produced in partnership with Hannah Lynch of St Pauls Chambers and Laxmi Patel 19th Apr

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Rescission of a contract

Rescission of a contract

Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract, has been invalidated in some way:•the effect of rescinding a contract is to extinguish it and restore the parties to their pre-contractual

Sale of treasury shares

Sale of treasury shares

Sale of treasury sharesA limited company may hold, or deal with, shares in itself, if certain conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) are met. Those shares are held in treasury and referred to as the company's treasury shares.The treasury shares regime is set out in CA 2006, ss

Pre-action disclosure—the application

Pre-action disclosure—the application

Pre-action disclosure—the applicationThis Practice Note provides guidance on CPR 31.16 pre-action disclosure applications, where the applicant and respondent are likely to be parties to subsequent proceedings. It provides guidance on how to make such an application for disclosure before proceedings

Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)

Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)

Financial Conduct Authority—Principles for Businesses (PRIN)This Practice Note explains the Principles for Businesses (PRIN) set down by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Principles form part of the FCA’s High Level Standards set out in the FCA’s Handbook. The Principles are a general