Public Law weekly highlights—3 July 2025
This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes: the new consultation on further public procurement reforms building on the Procurement Act 2023, alongside an article from the Crown Commercial Service on consortium bidding, publication of the government’s National Security Strategy 2025, plus Home Office guidance on the newly-launched Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. Also in this edition, a joint statement from HM Treasury and the European Commission on the financial settlement obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement, an updated response from Defra on the Arbitration Tribunal’s final ruling in the UK-Sandeel case, plus updates on the UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago and Diego Garcia. Case updates this week include the High Court’s ruling ordering a further investigation into the provision of false evidence by MI5, plus a number of judicial review and freedom of information cases. This edition features further updates on Brexit highlights, Brexit SIs, Post-Brexit guidance, constitutional and administrative law, public procurement, judicial review, information law, State security and intelligence, State accountability and liability, subsidy control and State aid.