Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 43 (Aug)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 1087 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Judge Waksman QC sitting as a High Court judge

Representation Gerard Clarke (instructed by Harrow Solicitors and Advocates) for the claimant.
  Clive Rawlings (instructed by the Legal Services Commission) for the Legal Services Commission.
Judgment Dates: 28 April 2011

Catchwords

Community legal service funding - Legal Services Commission (LSC) inviting tenders in respect of publicly funded immigration work - Claimant solicitors submitting tender form - Claimant filling in form incorrectly - Claimant failing to meet relevant criteria as result of mistake - LSC refusing to award claimant contract - Whether LSC erring.

The Case

Community legal service funding Legal Services Commission (LSC) inviting tenders in respect of publicly funded immigration work. The Administrative Court held that, in the circumstances, the defendant Legal Services Commission had not erred in refusing to award the claimant solicitors a contract to undertake publicly-funded immigration work.

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