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Welcome to Sharpe Edge, Sharpe Pritchard’s local government legal hub on Local Government Lawyer.

Sharpe Edge features news, views and analysis from our team of specialist local government lawyers, working at the heart of the latest legal developments. Operating at the forefront of local

government law, our team is well-placed to cut through the complexities to equip you with the key points you need to know.

We trust you’ll find this an invaluable resource to aide your practice and interact with our team of experts.

If you have any questions or queries, or would like to instruct, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

                                                                                                            

About Sharpe Pritchard

We are a national firm of public law specialists, serving local authorities, other public sector organisations and registered social landlords, as well as commercial clients and the third sector.

Our team advises on a wide range of public law matters, spanning electoral law, procurement, construction, infrastructure, data protection and information law, planning and dispute resolution, to name a few key specialisms.

All public sector organisations have a route to instruct us through the various frameworks we are appointed to. To find out more about our services, please click here.

 

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Condition precedents in light of Lancashire Schools v Lendlease

Condition precedents are common in various commercial agreements. Ewan Anthony and David Owens discuss the court’s general approach to considering contractual condition precedents, and whether, particularly after the recent case of Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Limited v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited and Others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the court may be prepared to disregard them.
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Spotlight on Construction Law

It has been a busy year in the construction industry, write David Owens, Rachel Murray-Smith and Helen Arthur, with some standout legislative changes, including in relation to the Building Safety Act 2022, and the Government issuing a significant paper in respect of behaviours relating to PFI contracts.
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Planning & Infrastructure Authorisation – looking forward: policy highlights

It has been (another) year in which the Government has tried to carry out the tricky balancing act between getting more houses built and living up to its green credentials, write Alastair Lewis, Bernadette Hillman, Emily Knowles and James Goldthorpe.
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The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

Jo Pickering, Aidan Dickinson, James Mallery-Nelson, Victoria Okafor and Christopher Watkins explore some of the main legislative changes brought in by the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 which are set to impact the local government and property sector(s).
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Our ‘Green Steves’ series

As part of our commitment to helping local authorities innovate in the green space, our
infrastructure and energy partner, Steve Gummer has teamed up with Steve Cirell to
produce a series of thought pieces about what local authorities could be doing to
further the green agenda.

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Our Head of Local Government

Rob Hann Sharpe PritchardRob Hann is Head of the Local Government team at Sharpe Pritchard. He has over 30 years in local government, having worked for several local authorities and as the ex-head of legal at 4ps/Local Partnerships for many years.

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