Jenny Beresford-Jones examines changes to the Public Contracts Regulations to reflect the UK's membership of the Agreement on Government Procurement in its own right, and amendments relating to international trade agreements.

Alex Kynoch and Angelica Hymers look at recent developments in relation to subsidy control after Brexit and set out the issues that the Government's Subsidy Control Bill needs to address.

Dr Paul Hughes and Anna Sidebottom look at the effect of Prater v Sisk [2021] on the ability of an Adjudicator to rely on previous 'out of jurisdiction' decisions between the same parties

Matthew Mo and Kyle Duggan look at the implications of a recent European Court procurement ruling on development agreements entered into by public bodies.

The Fire Safety Act received Royal Assent on 29 April 2021 and will shortly be on the statute books. Mark London and Michael Wharfe look at what is in store.

V. Charles Ward addresses prospective tax liabilities in relation to a local authority development or investment purchase and how transactions can be structured in ways which minimises those liabilities.

A report from the National Audit Office (NAO), “Managing PFI assets and services as contracts end”, recommended that preparations for the handover of expiring private finance initiative (PFI) contracts should start seven years in advance of contract expiry. Martin Cannon considers key actions for public authorities in managing the PFI handover process.

The recent case of Mott MacDonald Limited v Trant Engineering Limited serves as a timely reminder that exclusion clauses in construction contracts can and do work and will be enforced by the courts to prevent what may otherwise be valid claims write Clare Mendelle and James Goldthorpe.

In a case which leaves practical difficulties, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that employees’ contracts can be split between multiple transferees on a service provision change, write Zoë Wigan, Hilary Larter and Ceri Fuller.

The European Commission has adopted new Regional Aid Guidelines providing preferential EU State aid law cover for awards of public funding that incentivise investment into economically underperforming areas. The new guidelines extend and update the Assisted Areas map and allow increased levels of intervention, write Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose.

A recent Technology and Construction Court ruling relating to HS2 procurement addressed a wide range of important issues, write Emily Heard and Victoria Croshaw.

Dr Paul Feild looks at some of the lessons to be learned - including in relation to the legal team - from the best value report into at Liverpool City Council.

Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose set out how the United Kingdom can create a better Subsidy Control system.

The flow of appeals against surcharges and deemed commencement dates under regulations 117 and 118 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 to the Planning Inspectorate continues unabated. Christopher Cant looks at what can be learned.

Andrew Millross examines the proposals in relation to the selection (prequalification) of tenderers contained in the Green Paper: Transforming Public Procurement.

In a second briefing on the Government's Green Paper, Andrew Millross looks at the proposal for a new "body" to oversee procurement practice by all contracting authorities and the issues it raises for those bodies outside central government.

When it comes to development contracts and disputes, what are the issues? Claire Acklam explains.

The Cabinet Office has published its first Procurement Policy Note (PPN) of 2021 – PPN 01/21: Procurement in an Emergency. Fran Mussellwhite analyses what it says.

John Pugh-Smith and Daniel Kozelko look at the pitfalls of not undertaking equalities impact assessments conscientiously in the planning context.

Andrew Millross looks at the proposal in the Government's Green Paper: Transforming public procurement to set out 'public procurement principles' in the proposed legislation.