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The Practical impact of the Procurement Act 2023
– the challenges, the benefits and the legal lacunas
In the second of three articles for Local Government Lawyer on the Procurement
Act 2023 one year after it went live, Katherine Calder and Victoria Fletcher from
DAC Beachcroft consider some of its practical impact and implications, including
how to choose the right regime, how authorities are tackling the notice requirements,
considerations when making modifications, and setting and monitoring KPIs.
The Practical impact of the Procurement
Act 2023 – the challenges, the benefits
and the legal lacunas
Katherine Calder and Victoria Fletcher from DAC Beachcroft
consider some of its practical impact and implications,
including how to choose the right regime, how authorities
are tackling the notice requirements, considerations when
making modifications, and setting and monitoring KPIs.


Weekly mandatory food
waste collections
What are the new rules on food waste collections and why are
councils set to miss the March deadline? Ashfords’ energy
and resource management team explain.
Weekly mandatory food
waste collections
What are the new rules on food waste collections and why are
councils set to miss the March deadline? Ashfords’ energy
and resource management team explain.


The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.
The Procurement Act 2023: One Year On -
How procurement processes are evolving
Katherine Calder and Sarah Foster of DAC Beachcroft focus on
changes to procurement design at selection and tender stage in
three key areas of change that the Act introduced.


Service charge recovery
and the Building Safety Act 2022
Zoe McGovern, Sian Gibbon and Caroline Frampton set out
what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
the Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.
Service charge recovery
and the Building Safety Act 2022
Zoe McGovern, Sian Gibbon and Caroline Frampton set out
what local authorities need to consider when it comes to
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Local Government Reorganisation 2026
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Injunctions to restrain breaches of planning control
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The Cardiff Airport subsidy control ruling
Greyhound racing and the separation of powers
Dispensing with notice to father
Court of Protection case update April 2026
The ERA – Benefits and Working Conditions
Asylum hotels, overcrowding and the HMO rules
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Self-grants of planning permission, functional separation and demolition avoidance
The lawfulness of emailing licensing decision notices
Intervention: the Monitoring Officer’s view
The role of the backbench councillor
FOI and information held on computer systems
Correcting mistakes in public decision making
The Supreme Court on termination of JCT contracts
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
Weekly mandatory food waste collections
The powers of exclusion panels
Removal from kinship care
When school discipline meets disability
Navigating the expansion of foster care
No "clinical decision" exemption from best interests
Local Government Reorganisation 2026
Adoption vs long-term fostering
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Claimant wins High Court battle over social and life skills activities and disability related expenditure
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Claimant wins High Court challenge to council over failure to secure suitable accommodation, conduct lawful assessment of children
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Claimant wins High Court dispute over whether council had discretion to backdate registration of housing allocation application
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Claimant wins housing case against council in part but judge rejects anonymity bid
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Claimant wins judicial review challenge over “unlawful” level of Care Act support
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Claimant wins legal challenge over refusal of application for Disabled Facilities Grant
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Claimant wins Upper Tribunal appeal over tenancy agreement and housing benefit
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Claimant with Down Syndrome secures permission for judicial review of charging policy of county council
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Claimants eye appeal after High Court rejects challenge over SEND cuts proposed by council
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Claimants eye legal action against developer and possibly council over former gasworks site
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Claimants fail in legal challenge over whether now-defunct council had lawful authority to issue enforcement notice
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Claimants fail in Planning Court challenge to application of sequential test in national policy on flood risk
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Claimants get green light for legal challenge to post-16 school transport policy of county council
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Claimants given permission to bring judicial review over Bristol SEND "safety valve" deal
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Claimants in European Court of Human Rights bid after Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in dispute over approach of regulator to landfill site
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Claimants lose challenge to reconfiguration of stroke services in Kent and closure of unit
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Claimants say Government sewage overflow plan contrary to ancient common law rights in pre-action letter
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Claimants secure key High Court ruling on timeframe for reviewing Education, Health and Care plans
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Claimants to urge High Court to reconsider refusal of permission for statutory review over coal mine planning decision
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Claimants vow to appeal after High Court dismisses challenge over “downgrading” during pandemic of rights of children with SEN
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