Get key information and updates for all practitioners, supplemented with practice area specific Brexit content across the modules. We collate it in our Brexit toolkit and include our Brexit toolkit, tracker and alerts.
We outline the key principles and procedural requirements with a clear focus on the public sector/defendant perspective. The content focusses primarily on judicial review in the Administrative Court in England and Wales.
Failure to stick to procedures can have significant legal, financial and practical consequences for a contracting authority. We guide you through various processes, focussing on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
As a government lawyer your clients are experiencing various impacts on policy making from numerous and competing interests such as austerity, efficiency, collective/individual rights, European and devolved/delegated jurisdictions. Your job advising on legislation and risk of challenge through judicial review is increasingly time consuming and complex.
MLex: Sanctions enforcers, especially in the US, are issuing exemptions to the measures as quickly as they're announcing them against entities...
Public Law analysis: The Commons European Statutory Instruments Committee (ESIC) and the Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) are...
These Brexit highlights bring you a summary of the latest Brexit news and legislation updates from across a range of LexisNexis® practice areas....
This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes the latest updates on the conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions against the Russian state...
Public Law analysis: After a gestation period of 16 months, the Procurement Bill was announced in the Queen's Speech 2022 and has already received its...
False imprisonmentLiabilityFalse imprisonment consists of the complete deprivation of liberty without a lawful basis. Claims will in practice be made...
The Human Rights Act 1998 in practice—personal injury claims under Article 8 of the ECHRThere are a number of circumstances in which the common law...
Applying for planning permission—procedureContextPursuant to data-ln-csis="274768" data-ln-lnis="4ST8-6180-TWPY-Y084-00000-00">section 57 of the Town...
Differences between Environmental Information Regulations and Freedom of Information ActBrexit — CJEU case lawThis Practice Note contains references...
Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-business (B2B) contracts. It...
Deed of variationThis Deed is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert...
Novation agreement—long formThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under...
Interest on late payment clause1Interest on late paymentIf either party fails to make payment in accordance with this Agreement the other party shall...
Short form letter of assignment[On headed notepaper of the assignor]To: [Insert name and address of Assignee][Insert date]Dear [insert name of...
Variation agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...
Terrorism lawThe law relating to terrorism in the UK is spread across both common law and statute and includes both a wide range of criminal offences...
Indirect effect of EU lawWhat is indirect effect of EU law?The doctrine of indirect effect, or consistent interpretation, is a duty that national...
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this time (referred to in...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks domestic legislation introduced as part of the UK government’s response to the...
Comparing project management methodologies: PRINCE2®, PMBOK® and AgileProject managementVarious project management methodologies have been developed...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
The executive and the civil serviceWhat is a civil servant?A civil servant is any permanent, non-political employee of central government—servants of...
Infringement proceedings against EU Member StatesUnder Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), one of the European Commission’s core...
Introduction to concession contracts procurementBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...
Overview of the EU legal systemIntroduction to the EU legal systemThe EU legal system is sui generis—there is no other legal system it can be compared...
An introductory guide to damages in judicial reviewJudicial review is an equitable remedy. The court has discretion to make an award in successful...
Public authorities under the Human Rights Act 1998The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) requires public authorities not to act in ways which are...
Head of State and ParliamentIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this time (referred to in UK law as...
Status of Strasbourg case lawAny UK court or tribunal faced with an issue involving a Convention right is required to 'take into account' any judgment...
In the context of (re)insurance claims, whether individual losses fall to be treated as a multiple claims or a single claim, usually for the purposes of applying policy limits and deductibles. An aggregation clause stipulates the criteria as to whether or not such losses comprise a single loss or claim.
The lower tier in two-tier authorities, responsible for delivery of local services such as housing, planning and waste collection. They are established by the Local Government Act 1972 Sch 1, Pt I, Sch.3 and the English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039). 'District', without more, means, in relation to England, a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan district: Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972), s 270(1); 'non- metropolitan district' means any district other than a metropolitan district: LGA 1972, s 270(2).
Wholesale access to a SMP (significant market power) communications provider’s (transmission) medium without any active or electronic component (eg access to ducts, dark fibre or fibre local loop).