Wokingham Borough Council is looking to appoint a specialist compulsory purchase adviser, lawyer or firm to a £125,000 contract to advise on a key estate regeneration project.

Law firm Gowling WLG has been appointed as exclusive Official Legal Advisers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

A High Court judge has dismissed a property investment company’s bid for a declaration of ineffectiveness of a contract entered into by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for a major regeneration scheme.

One of three councils that signed gagging orders with Highways England over the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway project has said it will reconsider the issue, and two now oppose the project outright.

The creation of Local Enterprise Zones (LEZs) has failed to produce significant increases in employment in most areas where they have been set up, new research has found.

Oxford City Council has become the first local authority to sign up to the Councils for Fair Tax Declaration, which calls on the EU and UK governments to review procurement legislation and support greater powers for the exclusion of ‘tax dodgers’.

Birmingham City Council and Amey have reached a settlement agreement that will allow the contractor to exit from the £2.7bn Birmingham Highways PFI contract.

Campaigners against a proposed waste bulking facility in rural Wales have launched a crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge.

Sharpe Pritchard has acted for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in what is said to be the local authority’s most significant and largest ever regeneration project.

The City and County of Swansea has successfully defended a claim over its alleged failure to enforce its rights under the building contract for the Liberty Stadium.

The National Audit Office has published an updated framework for its reviews of major projects and programmes, giving new examples of good practice and lessons learnt from the 140 reports it has completed since 2010.

Law firm Bevan Brittan has advised North Norfolk District Council on a coastal management project said to be of national importance.

Tim Care and Melanie Pears look at recent government guidance on applying exclusions in public procurement, managing conflicts of interest and whistleblowing.

The fact that more than £50m of public funds was spent by the Garden Bridge Trust without producing demonstrable public benefit or impact represented “a failure for charity which risks undermining public trust”, the Charity Commission has said.

Lawyers acting for campaigners against a Gloucestershire incinerator have said they will press for an early trial of their claim that it was tendered in breach of regulations.

National Grid has paused work on a landscape enhancement project involving the removal of pylons in the New Forest National Park, saying its decision was “due to emerging complexities surrounding the European regulations designed to protect the natural habitats of protected species”.

Law firm Browne Jacobson has advised Newark and Sherwood District Council on its plans for a new 66-bedroomed Travelodge in Newark.

The Cabinet Office has launched a consultation on requiring central government departments carrying out procurements to take account of social impact as part of the award criteria, “where the social impact is linked to the subject-matter of the contract and proportionate to what is being procured”.

Isle of Anglesey County Council has awarded a £3m contract to law firm Burges Salmon to provide legal support and advice on major projects.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council faces a legal challenge over its choice of development partner for a major regeneration project.

The Government has launched an ‘outsourcing playbook’ intended to improve how Whitehall works with industry and deliver better public services.

A local campaign group has threatened to take the London Borough of Camden to judicial review over the construction plan it approved for the redevelopment of a key site.

Trowers & Hamlins has advised the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) on the 5G testbed roll-out which is expected to see the region become the first in the UK to trial the new advanced connectivity.

Copeland Borough Council is procure the provision of legal advice in relation to nuclear power, nuclear decommissioning, radioactive waste management and wider energy related issues.

Isle of Anglesey County Council is to procure a legal services framework worth an estimated £3m for the provision of support and advice on major projects.

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed a proposed settlement with the Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP) following the closure of 17 schools in 2016.

The Court of Appeal has handed down a key ruling on public procurement law and development agreements, also making the first declaration of ineffectiveness in England.

Tees Valley Combined Authority is to appoint a legal firm with strong experience of delivering district heating and/or energy schemes to advise in relation to the Middlesbrough District Energy Network ('MDEN') Project.

Camden Council is to end a private finance initiative deal and take legal action against contractors in a dispute over the recladding of tower blocks.

Coventry City Council has won a Court of Appeal case in the latest round of a four-year long litigation saga over the city’s sports stadium the Ricoh Arena.