”The UK will hold a referendum on its EU membership in 2017. In-house counsel need to plan now for both outcomes as a matter of urgent risk management, argues Lucy Trevelyan.”
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”The UK will hold a referendum on its EU membership in 2017. In-house counsel need to plan now for both outcomes as a matter of urgent risk management, argues Lucy Trevelyan.”
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In the first suspension application to be heard by the High Court under regulation 96(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the court refused an application to lift an automatic suspension on a local authority. Counted4 challenge Sunderland City Council’s award of a contract for the provision of substance misuse treatment and harm reduction services to another tenderer.
Fiona Banks successfully represented Counted4 in resisting the application to lift the suspension.
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Public Law analysis: Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, which President Hollande described as ‘an act of war’, the President invoked Article 42(7) of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU)–dubbed the EU’s ‘mutual defence clause’–to request bilateral aid and assistance from other EU Member States. At a European Council meeting on 16 and 17 November 2015, European ministers expressed their unanimous and full support to France. Dr Theodore Konstadinides, senior lecturer in law at the University of Surrey and a legal expert in EU Law, and Philip Moser QC of Monckton Chambers, explain the implications of the invocation of Art 42(7) TEU.
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This article was first published on Lexis®PSL on 24 November 2015
This article in our Viewpoint series considers the recent decision of the CJEU in Mapfre which indicates that the Court is continuing to adopt a wide interpretation of VAT exemptions for insurance and financial services.
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Human Rights analysis: Discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling on the suspension of benefits for a severely disabled child in hospital, Steve Broach, a barrister at Monckton Chambers, points out that Mathieson is the latest in a line of recent Supreme Court judgments where international human rights conventions have played a significant role.
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This article was first published on Lexis®PSL on 20 July 2015. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL.
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The Appellant was represented by Ian Wise QC and Stephen Broach, instructed by Mitchell Woolf of Scott-Moncrieff and Associates.
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The Appellant was represented by Ian Wise QC and Stephen Broach, instructed by Mitchell Woolf of Scott-Moncrieff and Associates.
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Public Law analysis: What impact will the ruling by the Supreme Court on Edenred v HM Treasury have on public outsourcing contracts? Philip Moser QC, a barrister at Monckton Chambers, advises this will now be the leading judgment on material variation in public procurement and will no doubt inform challenges on contract review clauses.
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This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Public Law analysis on 9 July 2015. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL.
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