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Judicial review

08 November 2017
Issue: 7769 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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R (on the application of Hersi & Co Solicitors) v Lord Chancellor (as successor to the Legal Services Commission) [2017] EWHC 2667 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 34 (Nov

The claimant solicitors' firm's claim challenging the defendant's tendering process failed. The objections raised by the claimant, which revolved around its failure to answer certain questions on a tendering document, were dismissed by the Technology and Construction Court. The claimant's further claim, namely that the defendant had erred in how it had dealt with numerous applicants so as to have caused a wider breach of the equality principle, was held to be misconceived.

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