Public Sector News
13 January 2012
Tim Heywood, Director (Public Sector & Procurement) at Burges Salmon, addresses some of the myths surrounding public sector procurement in his article ‘Myth Buster’ featured in Supply Management.
21 June 2011
The Bribery Act 2010 will come fully into force on 1 July 2011. Along with the Commencement Order, the Secretary of State has made the Bribery Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011.
31 March 2011
Following delays due to heavy criticism from British business, the Ministry of Justice has published Guidance on the "adequate procedures" that all commercial organisations will need to put in place in order to protect themselves against committing the controversial "corporate offence" under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010.
07 March 2011
The Government yesterday commenced a public consultation on the future of "Fair Deal".
01 February 2011
The government has announced that the controversial Bribery Act 2010 will not now be implemented in April, as originally planned. The government declined to provide a revised implementation date, simply saying that the Act will come into force three months after the Ministry of Justice's guidance on the "adequate procedures" defence has been published. While this guidance was due to be published early this year, it is now not clear when this will happen.
30 March 2010
Successful conclusion to the disposal of the nuclear fuel business at Springfields to Westinghouse Electric
10 September 2009
We have been appointed to the legal panel for Avon Fire Authority, our sixth client in the ‘blue light’ sector.
19 June 2009
We have been selected to work with the London Development Agency.
15 April 2009
We advised Costain on its £397 million contract with Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Ltd.