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Private finance template

New standard legal documents have been published by the Treasury that set out how it wants private finance projects to operate, following a consultation exercise.

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Management time – easier to recover?

Guest editors Sean Brannigan QC and George Woods of 4 Pump Court argue that the courts will approve claims for recovering the cost of staff time lost in dealing with the consequences of a defendant’s breach. A review of relevant judgments though confirms that detailed evidence will have to be produced.

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Legal terms explained: Claims under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978

Construction projects will usually involve various parties and in some cases more than one party will be liable for a loss suffered.

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News in Brief: October 2013

Government has trialled a new planning guidance website that consolidates all of the relevant guidance on one site in a slimmed down form as part of the ‘war on red tape’.

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Guide to EU rules minefield

An innovative new guide to the legal maze of European procurement rules governing land and development deals has been produced by the British Property Federation, the Local Government Association and Local Partnerships.

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Schools funding uses PF2

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has invited tenders for an ‘aggregator’, or fund manager, which would leverage funding to attract investment to the schools building programme.

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New Planning Chamber proposed

Government hopes to end the risk of vital projects being indefinitely postponed by spurious planning appeals by creating a new court to hear judicial review applications.

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News in brief: August 2013

Fatal injuries in construction have fallen according to Health and Safety Executive figures that show 39 fatal injuries in the year to March 2013, compared to 48 the year before.

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Code to cut costs

Avoluntary code of conduct for public sector bodies and private sector partners in private finance schemes has been launched by the government, which is intended to bring down the cost of existing private finance deals on projects such as schools and hospitals.

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Efficiency drive pays off

Increased scrutiny of the performance of suppliers is promised by the Treasury and the results could be shared with other clients, according to the government’s second annual report on its three year Infrastructure Cost Review programme.

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