PLC Public Sector reports:

Do your procurement processes take adequate account of diversity issues? Are your housing officers placing too much reliance on specialist advice? Are your schools ensuring there is adequate playground supervision during break times? Are your internal disciplinary hearings staffed by people with adequate training?

Our recommended actions this week make sure that you will be able to provide the right answer to all of these questions and many more.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

It has been another busy week and this post features recommended actions for lawyers advising on areas such as school admissions, the planning process and data protection to name but a few.

Anyone wanting to make sure their “to do” list is not missing anything should read on.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

With court decisions on the application of the public procurement rules, compulsory purchase orders and assessing the age of asylum seekers the tip of the iceberg, lawyers advising on numerous areas of law will find our list of recommended actions arising from this week’s email particularly useful.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

This is the first post of a new feature on the PLC Public Sector opinion blog.  Each week, we will post our recommended actions based on the updates included in our previous week’s e-mail. 

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