Regular opinion pieces on issues of interest to public sector lawyers from PLC Public Sector and leading commentators.

Archive for February, 2010

Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 17 February 2010

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.

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Collaborative procurement: drivers, aims and what it means for public sector lawyers

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Public sector organisations are under considerable pressure to collaborate with one another to drive efficiencies in the way services are delivered to improve the quality of services and to save money. Local authorities and the NHS have a lot of experience in collaborating to deliver more stream-lined services, notably in the area of health and social care services (see Practice note, Partnerships between local government and NHS bodies).

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 10 February 2010

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

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Lessons learnt: Cheltenham Borough Council v Laird

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

The failure of Mrs Laird’s appeal against the costs order made in her dispute with Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) provides a good opportunity to revisit the lessons learnt from the original action. (more…)

Public sector joint ventures

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:
 
With budgetary pressures increasing exponentially and private finance seemingly drying up, the public sector needs to find increasingly innovative ways of working with the private sector to deliver high quality services to the public, obtain value for money and, in an ideal world, create additional revenues for themselves. 

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 3 February 2010

Monday, February 8th, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

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Public procurement litigation in the new remedies era

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:

Last week saw the Procurement Lawyers’ Association’s second “annual event”. The event included sessions on the latest developments on Auroux, the most significant procurement ECJ decisions of 2009 and, most interestingly, a mock procurement dispute.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 27 January 2010

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

PLC Public Sector reports:


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