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We look at the top ten procurement cases of 2011:
"The days of the UK seeing one or two public procurement cases a year make it to court are [sadly/happily*] long gone, and we have already seen 2012’s first significant public procurement cases.
[*delete according to whether you are a public authority or a lawyer advising unsuccessful tenderers]."
We detail our recommended actions based on last week's e-mail:
"Information lawyers should note that in Keiller v Information Commissioner, the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has found that a copy of an e-mail held on a back-up server was "held" for the purposes of regulation 12(4)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations (SI 2004/3391)."
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The public procurement case tracker provides information on and links to all legal updates published by PLC on public procurement decisions by UK Courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union or the European Ombudsman.
The legal updates are organised in tables according to the aspect of public procurement law they relate to, such as procedural issues, evaluation and transposition. Read more