After the Product Security Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 received royal assent on 6 December 2022, only a limited number of provisions were bought into force. Almost a year on, the remainder of the act has been incrementally coming into force with additional regulations being passed, including most recently provisions on...

Government delays mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain to January 2024 and publishes first statutory instruments The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced that the government is delaying the implementation of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements. BNG was due to come into force in November 2023 but has been...

General election announced for 4 July 2024 The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the next general election will take place on 4 July 2024. The news of the early election was warmly received by the construction industry in the hopes that it would minimise the damaging impact of...

The 2016 edition of the Eurostat Manual on Government Deficit and Debt includes a new chapter on Public-Private Partnership contracts (PPP), which analyses in detail the regulation contained in the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010) and establishes the criteria in order for the PPP to be...

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Acorn consortium, which comprises Sacyr Infrastructure UK Ltd, Abrdn and Kajima Partnerships Ltd, on its successful bid to design, build, finance and maintain the new Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff. Following a nine month competitive procurement process, Velindre University NHS Trust announced the...

An important new judgment has been handed down by the High Court in relation to the question of whether a breach of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 is "sufficiently serious" to warrant an award of damages. In Braceurself Limited v NHS England [2022] , the claimant was successful in arguing...

New guidance for developers on what can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has, on 2 May, issued new guidance for developers outlining what can count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG). The new guidance highlights that if developers are...

Who should be liable for the costs of remediating or implementing building safety measures in residential buildings has been the focus of increased media and government attention over recent years. With the introduction of the Building Safety Bill into Parliament, developers, building owners and occupiers of higher-risk buildings need to...