Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 12 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWHC 909 (TCC)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court
Judge:

Ramsey J
Representation Eric Owen (instructed by Cohen Cramer) for the first claimant.
  Sarah Hannaford QC (instructed by Brian Mackenow & Co) for the second claimant.
  Rhodri Williams (instructed by Evershed LLP) for the third claimant.
  Michael Bowsher QC and Ewan West (instructed by Colette Longbottom, Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Durham City Council) for the authority.
Judgment Dates: 27 April 2010

Catchwords

Disclosure and inspection of documents - Production of documents - Inspection - Objection to production for inspection - Claimants tendering offers for provision of domestic care services to local authority - Authority varying contracts - Claimants issuing proceedings against authority - Authority seeking to restrict disclosure of confidential documents - Documents including information on tender of offers to provide services - Whether documents should be disclosed - Public Contracts Regulations 2006, .

The Case

Disclosure and inspection of documents Production of documents. The Technology and Construction Court held that, in the circumstances, a defendant local authority was not entitled to restrict the disclosure of documents containing confidential information relating to the provision of care services, and that the disclosure of those documents would not prevent the authority from re-running the tendering process were they required so to do at the conclusion of the trial.

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