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Suppliers will have single point of contact across all of Government, says auditor
Major suppliers to the Government will in future deal with a single civil servant in relation to contracts across all Government departments, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.
17/02/2011
New pan-EU patent plan will be adopted by 25 of EU's 27 countries, says Commission
All but two EU countries will participate in a scaled-down European patent plan, the European Commission has said. The stalled process will be adopted by every EU country except Italy and Spain, a spokeswoman told OUT-LAW.COM.
16/02/2011
EU consults on class action-style suits
Class action-style law suits could become a feature of European law in more areas than just competition and consumer protection law, according to European Commission plans.
16/02/2011
Government gives more time for consultation on public contracts
SNIPPET: The Government has extended the deadline for companies to express their views on EU reform of public procurement rules. Companies now have until 25 February to contribute to the debate.
17/02/2011
Tax tribunal rules in favour of contractor in IR35 case
Whether or not a worker is an employee of a company or not can only be decided by looking at a wide range of facts related to their working life, the Tax Tribunal has said. It said a designer in the aircraft industry was not an Airbus employee.
14/02/2011
UK opposes plans for '28th regime' for contract law
There is no need to reform European consumer contract law and no evidence to suggest that the European Commission's preferred solution would work, the UK Government has said.
14/02/2011
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