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Crown Commercial Service appoints Womble Bond Dickinson to Public Sector Legal Services Framework
04 Oct 2022
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is proud to have been appointed to the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) new Public Sector Legal Services framework.
Heads up: the PFI boomerang is returning
09 Aug 2021
The first waves of PFI contracts are now coming to the end of their lifespan and there is question over whether authorities are ready to deal with the responsibility for these projects as they hurtle back in the public sector's direction. Without proper planning, authorities may find that they are in for a nasty surprise.
Cabinet Office sharpens resolution on new procurement horizon
07 Jul 2021
The Cabinet Office has published three notes in quick succession which aim to add detail to the aspirational mission statement that it set out in the 2020 Public Procurement Green Paper
Transforming Public Procurement – WBD's response to the Green Paper. Blue sky thinking or a brewing storm?
25 Mar 2021
In anticipation of the UK's exit from the European Union, the Cabinet Office published its Public Procurement Green Paper on 15 December 2020. It serves as an aspirational mission statement for the future of public procurement post-Brexit. The document reflects the overarching political climate in which it was composed, with the ministerial foreword taking aim at the EU's "outdated public procurement regime". The new proposals align themselves with the international Agreement on Government Procurement, and seem to deliberately steer away from the previous regime as a point of principle, towards one that "better meets the UK's needs".
WBD strengthens public sector practice with new partner hire in Newcastle
10 Nov 2020
WBD has strengthened its Projects and Procurement team, which advises a broad range of UK local and central government authorities, with the appointment of Deborah Ramshaw who joins as a partner in the firm's Newcastle office.
Crown Commercial Service appoints WBD to key legal panel
19 Nov 2018
WBD has been appointed to the Crown Commercial Service new £320m wider public sector legal services panel. WBD has been appointed for two of the five lots under this framework which includes the full-service panel for England and Wales and the transport (rail) UK wide panel.
WBD provides heat networks guidance for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
13 Aug 2018
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has drafted a report for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), providing guidance for local authorities and other public bodies on developing heat network projects in collaboration with non-public investors in the UK.
Womble Bond Dickinson joins The Whitehall & Industry Group
06 Jul 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has become a member of The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG), an independent charity that brings business, government and the not-for-profit sector closer together, to learn from each other and co-create solutions.
South London Legal Partnership appoints Womble Bond Dickinson
17 May 2018
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has been appointed to the legal panel for the South London Legal Partnership (SLLP).
Unfair Contract Terms Act in the Court of Appeal
19 Jul 2017
The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) prohibits unfair exclusion clauses in contracts. In particular, section 3 of UCTA prohibits such clauses where one party deals as a consumer or enters into a contract on the other party's "written standard terms of business."
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