PFI / Projects

Lion Apparel Systems Limited v Firebuy Limited 27/09/2007

An unsuccessful bidder in a procurement process applied for an interim order preventing the authority from entering into a contract with the successful bidder. The application was rejected as the claimant had only established a weak case regarding one of its claims and this was held to be insufficient to interrupt the procurement process in circumstances where it could cause the project to fail.

An Introduction to Procurement

General Principles of Public Procurement and PFI

The PFI Process

Landmark Waste Management Deal Struck

Leading South West solicitors Ashfords have helped establish an innovative Public Private Partnership (PPP) deal which is the first of its specific type in the UK waste industry.

CSA -v- SIC - the House of Lords Judgment

This note provides an update on the House of Lord's recent judgment in the case of The Common Services Agency against The Scottish Information Commissioner (CSA -v- SIC ). The case considered both the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) and their interaction.

Information Commissioner orders the release of the Cabinet minutes relating to the decision to take military action against Iraq

The Information Commissioner issued a Decision Notice in February in which he ordered the release of the controversial minutes in which the Cabinet Office considered and discussed the Attorney General's legal advice concerning military action against Iraq. The order was made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the "Act")