Kate is a Senior Associate in the Regulatory Disputes team at Osborne Clarke, based in the Bristol office. She advises clients on all aspects of public and utilities procurement law. Kate has advised on a number of recent high profile public procurement challenges in the High Court.
Kate advises a wide range of the firm's clients, including major international clients and UK utilities. Kate has a particular specialism in the healthcare and telecoms sectors.
Kate joined Osborne Clarke in September 2016 as a newly-qualified solicitor having trained at Bevan Brittan LLP. Kate co-founded the Associates Group of the Procurement Lawyers Association in 2019.
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Regulatory Outlook
Current issues New national procurement policy statement The Cabinet Office has published Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 05/21 on the new...
20/07/2021
Transport and Automotive
With the upcoming launch of the Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) Transport, Technology and Associated Services Framework Agreement tender (TTAS) –...
20/04/2021
Regulatory Outlook
Current issues Planned reforms to post-Brexit procurement law The government’s long-awaited green paper on ‘Transforming Public Procurement’ was published on...
13/01/2021
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Regulatory and compliance
Immediate changes to public procurement regulations kick in from 1 January 2021 to reflect the end of the Transition Period...
16/12/2020
Dispute resolution
Picture this: your business has just found out that it has lost an important public sector contracting opportunity. You didn’t...
06/11/2020
Regulatory and compliance
The government's move to make social value have a more decisive influence in the award of public contracts is part...
04/11/2020
Regulatory and compliance
In response to the exceptional demands for urgent procurement by public authorities for vital supplies – and pressures on existing...
26/03/2020
Regulatory and compliance
In response to the exceptional demands for urgent procurement by public authorities for vital supplies – and pressures on existing...
26/03/2020
Regulatory Outlook
Current issues Applications to lift automatic suspension There have been two recent judgements in the High Court on applications to...
26/02/2020
Regulatory and compliance
The European Commission has published the updated thresholds that apply to new procurement procedures commencing on or after 1 January...
13/02/2020
Regulatory and compliance
On 13 December 2018, the Cabinet Office laid a draft Statutory Instrument (The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations...
04/02/2019
