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So the lack of clarity which has existed since 2013 continues. Much is made of the firms who didn't get a contract. What about those that did? What about the investment that countless Firms (winners and losers) made by way of technology, recruitment, redundancy, in order to secure a Contract(s). My Company won the one we applied for. Does the Minister of Justice have any idea of the human, as well as financial cost, small Companies like mine have invested in over the last three years? I know not whether the LAA / MOJ lawyers have addressed their minds to the potential damages actions that could well follow in their hundreds if this descends into a farce that Brian Rix would have been proud of. A U-turn would be greeted by many as a welcome relief but as night follows day it wouldn't take long for some of the big providers who have made an expensive investment to say 'who is going to foot the bill'?
My instinct is that potential litigation may well change it's face a little like a Doctor Who metamorphis. The applicants for relief may grow substantially but the target culprits will remain the same.