National Highways has refused to comply with the ICO’s Decision Notice and is withholding Third-Party charging information they were directed to disclose, appealing the ICO’s decision such that, in the…

18/08/2021 – Kier motorway workers based in Basingstoke to protest over the denial of sick pay (Unite) Kier highways crew in dispute over sick pay discrepancies (The Construction Index). It…

In some road maintenance/repair agreements between contractors and Authorities (Councils or Highways England), a kind of ‘excess’ situation exists, there are two regimes in operation to recover monies from those…

16/06/2021 FoIA release.  Highways England’s email to their contractor, Kier Highways Ltd.: Possibly the time to seek explanations from the contractor was BEFORE paying the £66,000+ bill from the public…

Since 2012, Highways England’s contractors have, to an extent, been operating below the radar; retaining ‘small claims’ recoveries, the sub-£10,000 costs for attendance and restoration following collisions, spills and fires…

A ‘pain/gain share’ contract involves a risk and reward compensation regime; the parties (Highways England and their contractor) share in the financial “gain” of a project’s success or the financial…

Following an incident causing Damage to Crown property (DCP), Kier Highways Ltd. reported to Highways England that they recovered from the Third Party (driver, fleet, haulier or their insurer) less…

Following the recent dismissal of an application made by the ICO to strike out an application to appeal, upon the basis that my approach was vexatious, I was moved to…

ASC Rates determine whether a claim is above or below the threshold; yes & no! ‘In Asset Support Contract (ASC) the tendered contract rates are contained in the Pricing Schedule…

The cat is out of the bag – contrary to Highways England’s previous statements, ASC (pre-planned) rates and DCP (damage to Crown property) rates are the same. Following a collision,…