Gatehouse Chambers

This Practice Note discusses the powers to control behaviour that have been reformed under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014), focussing on remedies to tackle behaviour which previously would have fallen under the anti-social behaviour order (ASBO)/anti-social behaviour injunction (ASBI) regime namely civil injunctions under Pt 1 of the ABCPA 2014.

This Practice Note examines the concept of 'Best Value' in public procurement and the associated duties imposed on public bodies by Part I of the Local Government Act 1999 and the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.

This Practice Note looks the procedure for bringing a challenge for breach of public procurement law. In particular, it considers the requirements for the provision of standstill letters to unsuccessful bidders, time limits for bringing a procurement claim against the contracting authority and remedies available to an aggrieved bidder where a public procurement process has breached the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This Practice Note examines the thresholds set out in the EU Procurement Directives which apply to public sector contracts. It considers how the thresholds are set, what the current thresholds are, how a contract value is determined and the position relating to contracts whose value is below the relevant threshold.

This Practice Note examines the situations when the EU procurement regulations are applicable—focusing on the Public Contracts Directive and the Public Contracts Regulations.

This Practice Note describes the available procurement procedures under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102 (PCR 2015), which public authorities must follow when procuring public contracts by tender: open procedure, restricted procedure, competitive procedure with negotiation, competitive dialogue, and innovation partnership. The Practice Note also describes the four stages which are common to all procurement procedures (specification, selection, evaluation/award and notification).

This Practice Note describes the basic principles of EU procurement law. The note describes which are the relevant Articles from the Treaty of Rome and how the procurement laws established by the European Union find their way into UK law by way of regulations, in particular the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102.

This Practice Note considers when changes to a public contract will amount to a ‘new’ contract being formed requiring a new competitive tendering process to be undertaken. It considers permitted variations to public contracts and what will constitute a substantial modification under regulation 72 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, including relevant case law.