ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained. STOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) are in force. Procurements begun on or after this date must be carried out under PA 2023, whereas those begun under the previous legislation (the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Regulations 2016, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) must continue to be procured and managed under that legislation. See Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. [Insert name of successful tenderer] [Insert address of successful tenderer] By email: [Insert email address of successful tenderer] [Date] Our ref: [Insert contracting authority’s reference] Your ref: [Insert successful tenderer’s reference] Dear [insert representative name] [Contract

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained. STOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) are in force. Procurements begun on or after this date must be carried out under PA 2023, whereas those begun under the previous legislation (the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Regulations 2016, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011) must continue to be procured and managed under that legislation. See Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. [Insert name of unsuccessful tenderer] [Insert address of unsuccessful tenderer] By email: [Insert email address of unsuccessful tenderer] [Date] Our ref: [Insert contracting authority's reference] Your ref: [Insert unsuccessful tenderer’s reference] Dear [insert organisation or representative name] [Contract OR Framework] for [insert details] (‘the [Contract OR Framework]’) Contract

Stapled finance refers to a process commonly followed in auction sales whereby the seller instructs one or more financial institutions to come up with a finance package and the resulting term sheet is then attached to the information memorandum that is to be sent to potential bidders.

CASE HUB ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 10 February 2016; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and commentary. Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the acquisition by Staples of Office Depot (Case M.7555). The transaction involves a horizontal overlap in markets for office supplies distribution. Latest developments The Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments on 10 February 2016. Under the commitments, Staples will divest: • the whole of Office Depot's contract distribution business in the EEA and Switzerland to address both the competition concerns in international contract sales, as well as in national contract sales in Sweden and the Netherlands, and• Office Depot's entire business operations in Sweden to also address the competition concerns in the Swedish wholesale market for the supply of office products. Staples will only be permitted to close the transaction once the Commission has assessed and approved the divestiture to a suitable purchaser. The Commission has concluded that these commitments remove the entire overlap between the merging parties in all areas where concerns

Law360, London: Pakistan's state electricity purchaser told the UK Supreme Court on 15 June 2026 that English courts may only restrain foreign proceedings involving a London arbitration award when those proceedings seek to set aside the award or otherwise affect its validity worldwide.

Law360, London: The owners of 21 hotels across England have agreed to settle their attempt to claw back £21m from Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE to cover losses they allegedly suffered during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

'stare decisis et non quieta movere', 'to stand by things decided and not disturb settled points'.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Starling Bank breached Part 3 of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017 by failing to provide the correct customer satisfaction information. Starling Bank has agreed to take action to prevent a recurrence.

Law360: Keir Starmer's lead in the polls as the general election in July 2024 approaches has sparked hopes among criminal justice advocates that the Labour leader—a former top prosecutor, will implement reforms as prime minister.

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information only. Starter homes policy 2014 starter homes consultation In December 2014 the government first announced its intention to launch a new starter homes scheme, opening a consultation on planning reforms to support the development of 100,000 new low-cost homes for young first time buyers. The consultation identified that house price increases meant that ‘too many hardworking people in their twenties and thirties’ were struggling to gain a foot on the property ladder, and proposed to: • introduce a new national starter homes exceptions sites planning policy to enable starter homes to be built on under-used or unviable brownfield sites not currently identified for housing on public and private land • ensure through either planning obligations or conditions that newly built starter homes were only available to buy or occupy for young first time buyers and are sold at a minimum 20% discount below open market value • remove the obligations on developers to fund section 106 affordable housing

A starter tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy granted by a registered provider of social housing (RP) and is similar to a local authority introductory tenancy (see: Tenancies that are not secure — Introductory tenancies). Starter tenancies were introduced to enable early intervention to protect communities from anti-social behaviour and link into the government’s Respect Standard for Housing Management. Once a RP has opted to operate a starter tenancy scheme, all new tenants or tenants in a designated area will be given starter tenancies. Rights under a starter tenancy A starter tenancy lasts 12 months and, provided no action for possession is taken during this time, the tenancy becomes assured at the end of the trial period. For joint tenants the trial period ends as soon as one of the joint tenants has completed the trial period. During the 12-month period the tenant has fewer rights and can be evicted

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. A starter tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy granted by a registered provider of social housing (RP) and is similar to a local authority introductory tenancy (see: Tenancies that are not secure — Introductory tenancies). Starter tenancies were introduced to enable early intervention to protect communities from anti-social behaviour and link into the government’s Respect Standard for Housing Management. Once a RP has opted to operate a starter tenancy scheme, all new tenants or tenants in a designated area will be given starter tenancies. As of 1 December 2022, tenancies and licences of dwellings in Wales are governed by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (RH(W)A 2016) (subject to certain exceptions). Assured shorthold tenancies may no longer be created and existing assured shortholds will convert automatically into occupation contracts. The terms of existing and new tenancies must be considered in the context of RH(W)A 2016 in order to establish whether or not they are occupation contracts for the purposes of RH(W)A 2016 and, if so, what