In PARKINGEYE LTD v VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST ( 2026 ) EWHC 1019 ( TCC ), concerned with applications by a contracting authority to lift an AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION, the Court rules that Section 102 of the PROCUREMENT ACT 2023 is “ substantively and not merely formally different, in both its method and its effect “ from the former test, in PCR 2015 Regulation 96(2). The public interest will “ generally” tend in favour of keeping the suspension in place.
In R ( University of Sussex ) v Office for Students (2026) EWHC 984 ( Admin ), the Dr Kathleen Scott case, Lieven J found that the OFS decision to sanction the University, for alleged breaches of its conditions of registration, was unlawful. This was on a number of judicial review grounds. They included apparent bias and/or predetermination. The broad conduct of the OFS demonstrated predetermination. There was compelling evidence that the OFS had approached its Investigation prompted by protests against Dr Stock with a CLOSED MIND. Senior Officials had set out to establish a breach. From the outset, the OFS adopted a strategy aimed at creatin a “ test case “ to send a strong single to the HE sector. This strategy depended on the University being found in breach, heavily fined, and publicly criticised.
Part 1 of the 172 Section CRIME & POLICING ACT 2026, with 18 Schedules, relates to ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, Part 4 to CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION and Part 9 to PUBLIC ORDER.
The Senedd’s Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation ( Wales) Bill has received Royal Assent. It (1) promotes the development of tourism, (2) regulates the provision of visitor accommodation , and (3) establishes a directory of visitor accommodation premises.
The Senedd’s Planning ( Wales) Bill has received Royal Assent. It CONSOLIDATES certain enactments relating to planning. See also the Planning ( Consequential Provisions ) ( Wales ) Bill.
The Building Safety ( Wales ) Bill has received Royal assent. It makes provision for the safety of people (1) in or about buildings containing 2 or more residential units and (2) in or about certain houses in multiple occupation.