This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes Government updates on preparations for Procurement Act 2023 go-live in February 2025 and the latest guidance documents for the Procurement Act 2023 published by the Cabinet Office. Case reports include the decisions in DF v Essex CC, challenging the refusal to provide a child accommodation; Simpson v NHS Mid & South Essex ICB, where the court dismissed a claim for judicial review against the NHS Integrated Care Board’s decision on continuing care; and Enfield LBC v Persons Unknown, where the court granted an interim injunction to prevent ‘car cruising’. This weekly highlights further includes updates on Healthcare, Social care, Social housing and Governance.

date [date] Parties 1 [name of Company] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at OR [address] (Company) 2 [name of Development Manager] of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at] [address] (Development Manager) 1 Definitions In this Agreement, the following definitions apply: Additional Development Fee • any additional fee payable by the Company to the Development Manager for an Additional Service; Additional Service • any additional service that the Company instructs the Development Manager to provide in accordance with clause 10; Anti-Bribery Laws • BA 2010 [and any other Legislation relating to the prevention of bribery or corruption] [(including any similar or equivalent legislation in any other relevant jurisdiction)]; Appointment • a deed to be entered into by the Company or the Building Contractor (if applicable) with each member of the Professional Team [ [substantially] in the form [of the respective drafts] attached to this Agreement at Appendix 7]; Approval • any approval, consent, permission and licence of any Competent Authority from time to time necessary so as lawfully to enable the Company to carry out the Works and complete the Development; Architect

This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [insert name of supplier company] a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered number] whose registered office is at [insert registered office] (Supplier); and 2 [insert name of customer company] a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered number] whose registered office is at [insert registered office] (Customer), each of the Supplier and Customer being a party and together the Supplier and Customer are the parties. BACKGROUND (A) The Supplier is a supplier of [IT products and services]. (B) The Customer has appointed the Supplier, subject to this Agreement, to supply Products and/or Services as set out in the Statements of Work. The parties agree: 1 Definitions and interpretation 1.1 In this Agreement: Acceptance • means the Solution passing the Acceptance Tests in all material respects under clause 8.3 or being deemed accepted under clauses 8.4, 8.5.2(a) or 8.7.2; Acceptance Criteria • means (if any) the acceptance criteria set out in the Statement of Work or as otherwise agreed in writing between the parties; Acceptance Failure • is as defined in clause 8.5; Acceptance Testing Period • means the period set out in the Statement

This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: consultations on the home buying and selling process and the RICS Home Survey Standard, the latest HM Land Registry updates and cases on proprietary estoppel, leasehold enfranchisement valuation principles, remediation orders. electricity wayleaves and stamp duty land tax.

FORTHCOMING CHANGES: In measures expected to come into force on 1 October 2026, time limits for making certain claims in employment tribunals in Great Britain (and, in certain cases, industrial tribunals in Northern Ireland) will be increased from three months to six months. The changes are set out in section 152 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) and ERA 2025, Schedule 12 (not yet in force), and in The Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (draft), The Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 (draft) and The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/473. This Practice Note will be updated as soon as the relevant statutory instruments are made. For more information, see Practice Note: Employment Rights Act 2025—tracker. STOP PRESS: Following the news that the Department for Business and Trade had ‘no plans’ to bring the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (WPTCA 2023) into force in Autumn 2024 as expected,

STOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which included the removal of the premium and standard listing segments and the creation of a single listing category for equity shares in commercial companies. The commercial companies category is heavily disclosure-based and sits alongside other listing categories such as the shell companies, secondary listing and closed ended investment fund categories. A new UK Listing Rules sourcebook came into force to implement the changes and the previous Listing Rules sourcebook was revoked. For further information see Practice Note: Reform of the UK listing regime—fundamentals. This Practice Note reflects the listing regime as it was prior to 29 July 2024. This Practice Note covers the issues relating to the allotment of shares or the grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares by a listed company. It also considers the process to be followed when the directors of such a company are seeking such an authority to allot or grant rights at its annual general

The Third Edition The third edition of the Standard Commercial Property Conditions was published on 27 April 2017. It was an update to Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Second Edition) (the Second Edition), which was published in June 2004. It was intended to reflect the changes in law and practice in commercial property transactions that occurred in the intervening period. In March 2018, a minor further revision, the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Third Edition—2018 Revision) (the Third Edition), was published. It made only one change, which was to amend the definition of ‘clearing bank’ in SCPC 1.1.1(c) following changes to the Clearing House Automated Payment System. Summary of the main differences between the Second Edition and the Third Edition Second Edition Third Edition Value Added Tax (VAT) Standard Commercial Property Conditions (SCPC) 1.4.1—seller warrants that the sale is not a supply for VAT purposes. Alternatives in SCPC A1 (sale is standard rated) and SCPC A2 (transfer of going concern). SCPC 2.1—seller warrants that the sale is standard rated.

There are many similarities between the employment laws in the Republic of Ireland, those in Great Britain and those in Northern Ireland. This is because all are common law jurisdictions and many of the more recent employment law statutes in all those jurisdictions have derived from European Directives. Notwithstanding this, there are divergences, and it is anticipated that there will be further divergence in the future. This Practice Note sets out a number of differences in employment law between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. However, care should be taken in dealing with matters in Northern Ireland, which operates increasingly divergent laws from Great Britain. For information on the differences between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see Practice Note: Northern Ireland employment law. See also, Overview: Employment Law in Ireland, Second Edition, which links out to the online version of textbook Employment law in Ireland, Second Edition (2022) by Neville Cox, Val Corbett and Mark Connaughton. Main areas of difference The main areas of divergence

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: This Practice Note reflects the current legislative position, however, note that certain elements may be impacted by the Digital Omnibus proposals published on 19 November 2025, pursuant to the EU Commission’s ‘simplification’ agenda. For more information, see Practice Note: EU Digital Omnibus—tracker. This Practice Note provides an introduction to both the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) and United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR). The UK data protection law collection and the EU data protection law collection collate further key guidance on those regimes and are recommended starting points for research. In brief Data protection law in both the EEA (the EU plus Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) and UK is intended to ensure information about living individuals (within the definition of ‘personal data’) is used fairly and responsibly. To help ensure that, both EEA and UK data protection laws impose a large number of obligations on those ‘processing’ personal data (and on controllers of such processing) and grant rights to

Contract entered into between the employer and a contractor engaged in a two stage tender prior to the building contract being finalised and executed pursuant to which the contractor will work with and advise the employer in relation to buildability, develop detailed designs, make preparations for the construction phase of the works and will finalise its price. The PCSA will cover the period from the submission of first stage tenders up to the submission of a second stage tender.

A payphone installed on a private or commercial site, but operated under a contract with a payphone communications provider who pays the landowner a fee and collects the revenues and carries out maintenance.

swap'>Credit default swap—a contract where the protection seller agrees to pay the protection buyer (often the debtor company) a settlement amount on the occurrence of a certain Event of default (eg insolvency) in return for a premium.