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Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

Lloyd’s Europe’s operations highlight challenges for UK insurers

Lloyd’s Europe’s operations highlight challenges for UK insurers

The following EU Law news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Lloyd’s Europe’s operations highlight challenges for UK insurers

Brexit highlights—30 July 2021

Brexit highlights—30 July 2021

The following Public Law news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Brexit highlights—30 July 2021

Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Disclosure in coronavirus (COVID-19) procurement challenges (Good Law Project Ltd and Everydoctor Ltd v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)

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Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciary

Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciary

Separation of powers—legislative, executive and judiciaryIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit...

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislation

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislation

Methods of statutory interpretation used to resolve ambiguities in legislationIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the...

Public inquiry procedure

Public inquiry procedure

Public inquiry procedureThe procedure by which a public inquiry is conducted will vary significantly from one inquiry to the next. Even for inquiries...

What is a public authority?

What is a public authority?

What is a public authority?There is no single, universal answer to the question whether a particular organisation is treated, in law, as a public...

Practice notes

The supremacy of EU law

The supremacy of EU lawIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
Practice notes

Indirect effect of EU law

Indirect effect of EU lawWhat is indirect effect of EU law?The doctrine of indirect effect, or consistent interpretation, is a duty that national...
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Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado of Andes Legal Consulting Ltd 19th May
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Parliamentary committees

Parliamentary committeesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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19th May
Practice notes

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
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Judicial review time limits—extensions and urgent cases

Judicial review time limits—extensions and urgent casesIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Costs for judicial review—general principles

Costs for judicial review—general principlesGeneral rule on costs in judicial reviewThe general rule in relation to costs in judicial review, as in...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May
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Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodies

Structure and functions of EU institutions and bodiesThe EU’s unique institutional frameworkThe European Union is a supranational polity, and is...
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19th May
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Introduction to concession contracts procurement

Introduction to concession contracts procurementBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Calder of DAC Beachcroft 19th May
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Judicial review—what it is and when it can be used

Judicial review—what it is and when it can be usedWhat is judicial review?Judicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory...
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Produced in partnership with Mathew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Brexit legislation tracker

Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
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19th May
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Parliamentary supremacy—implied repeal

Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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Produced in partnership with Carl Gardner 19th May
Practice notes

Secondary or delegated legislation

Secondary or delegated legislationLegislationThe English legal system is based upon two primary sources of law:•legislation, and•case law, or common...
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19th May
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Parliamentary supremacy the enrolled bill rule

Parliamentary supremacy the enrolled bill ruleIt is not possible to successfully argue that an Act of Parliament is invalid because of flaws, or even...
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Produced in partnership with Carl Gardner 19th May
Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...
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Produced in partnership with Dr. Kieran Laird of Gowling WLG 19th May
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Parliamentary privilege and the Bill of Rights 1688

Parliamentary privilege and the Bill of Rights 1688Arguably the most significant of these ‘statutory’ aspects of parliamentary privilege is freedom of...
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Produced in partnership with Carl Gardner 19th May

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US government surveillance in the context of EU data protection law

US government surveillance in the context of EU data protection lawIn Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems, Case...
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1st Aug
Precedents

Confidentiality and official secrets—training materials

Confidentiality and official secrets—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Does the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 apply to civil and family law proceedings and to what extent can a local authority use surveillance for the purposes of civil or family law proceedings?

Does the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 apply to civil and family law proceedings and to what extent can a local authority use...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Can mobile phone recordings constitute admissible evidence in legal proceedings and what issues should be considered?

Can mobile phone recordings constitute admissible evidence in legal proceedings and what issues should be considered?For the purposes of this Q&A we...
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1st Aug
Practice notes

Official secrets—levels of secrecy

Official secrets—levels of secrecyIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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1st Aug
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Official secrets—protected disclosures

Official secrets—protected disclosuresThe Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA 1998) protects workers who make protected disclosures and allows...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Security clearance of staff

Security clearance of staffIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential information

Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential informationThis Practice Note supplements Practice Note: Trade secrets and confidential...
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31st Jul
Q&As

How do I protect confidential information in the workplace?

How do I protect confidential information in the workplace?What counts as confidential information? The legal definition of confidential information...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Scrutiny of intelligence gathering and the role of commissioners under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Scrutiny of intelligence gathering and the role of commissioners under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016)...
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Produced in partnership with Richard Hanstock of Cornerstone Barristers 30th Jul
Practice notes

Acquisition and disclosure of communications data under RIPA 2000 [Archived]

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30th Jul
Precedents

Confidentiality agreement—mutual

Confidentiality agreement—mutualThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of [insert details ] OR a company incorporated in...
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30th Jul
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Practice notes

Scrutiny of interception under RIPA 2000 [Archived]

Scrutiny of interception under RIPA 2000 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not being maintained. For information on the scrutiny of...
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30th Jul
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Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Investigatory Powers TribunalFor information on the overarching regime for scrunity of the use of powers under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Interception of communications under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Interception of communications under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) provides the legal framework...
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Produced in partnership with Carolina Bracken of 5 Paper Buildings 30th Jul
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Surveillance powers of local councils

Surveillance powers of local councilsThe Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) overhauled the legal framework governing the use of covert...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Communications data retention

Communications data retentionThe Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) provides the existing legal framework governing the use of covert...
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Produced in partnership with Carolina Bracken of 5 Paper Buildings 30th Jul
Practice notes

Interception of communications under RIPA 2000—phone tapping and other criminal offences [Archived]

Interception of communications under RIPA 2000—phone tapping and other criminal offences [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and...
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30th Jul
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Regulation of investigatory powers under RIPA 2000

Regulation of investigatory powers under RIPA 2000 The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) provides the main legal framework governing the use of...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Acquisition and disclosure of communications data under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Acquisition and disclosure of communications data under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the...
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Produced in partnership with Carolina Bracken of 5 Paper Buildings 30th Jul

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Contract variation

Contract variation

Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a contract or deed can be varied in writing, orally or by conduct, and also considers unilateral variation, waiver and sustained minor breach. It sets out

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Commercial Property Standard EnquiriesThe Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE) have become the industry standard pre-contract enquiries for commercial property transactions:•CPSE.1 (version 3.8) General pre-contract enquiries for all commercial property transactions•CPSE.2 (version 3.4)

Perverting the course of justice

Perverting the course of justice

Perverting the course of justiceElements of the offence of perverting the course of justicePerverting the course of justice is a common law offence which can only be tried on indictment in the Crown Court. The elements of the offence are:•a person acts or embarks on a course of conduct•which has a

Section 26 notice—Tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under LTA 1954

Section 26 notice—Tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under LTA 1954

Tenant's request for a new business tenancyThese drafting notes are for use when completing a tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. They are intended to be used when completing the prescribed form under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2 (Notices)