Ireland on Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 establishing a framework of measures related to an internal market emergency and to resilience of the internal market comes into effect from 28 November 2024 and applies from 29 May 2026.

In the UK case of Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 962, a JCT contract clause gave the contractor an immediate right to terminate if the employer repeated a specified default.

The Government's Autumn 2024 Legislation Programme includes 29 bills for priority publication, focusing on employee protection during employer insolvencies, remediation of apartment defects, and energy performance in buildings, alongside 32 bills prioritized for drafting.