Articles

The CIC Consultants’ Contract

New contract form and issues for clients

Fire safety – the new landscape

Fire certification replaced by new risk assessment regime

Procurement and competition: news updates

Breaking news in procurement and state aid law

Contracting authorities: the right to be wrong

Two recent High Court cases make it clear that judicial review will rarely offer disappointed suppliers a remedy in procurement cases – and Unison challenges the NHS Logistics award.

In good company

The Companies Bill is the most far-reaching reform of company law since the 1985 Act.  We offer a snapshot of the Bill and alert readers to three headline elements.

Employment update

New UK cases on disability and reasonable adjustments, TUPE, and workplace harassment – and the European Court finds that the Working Time Regulations are not fit for purpose.

Where did it all go right?

The National Asylum Support Service shows how to let contracts effectively

Handle with care

OGC’s model contracts fill a long-felt need for guidance on medium-value, medium risk contracts, but they will still need to be adapted for each deal.  Click here to read about the main points.

Keeping it real

The European Commission has published guidance on the public procurement rules which introduces a welcome (and rare) note of commercial realism.  Click here for a brief explanation and link to the guidance.

If it is fixed, don’t break it….

From 10 July, many employees on fixed term contracts with four or more years continuous service will become permanent, unless employers can show objective justification for keeping them on temporary contracts.  Click here for our Q&A guide to the new rules.