I would agree that there should be limits on claims
Thank you.
Damages from individuals are de facto limited by their assets and from company owners also by limited liability.
Organisations that benefit from such arrangements shouldnot be able to sue governments without limit.
But it should be more than irrecoverable bid costs. What about the damage caused by loss of market share?
More generally by definition new entrants do not have market share to lose,
so any entitlement to loss of market share inherently favours incumbents.
Regarding the standby ferry contracts, I understand they were for contingency, i.e. in case the existing
UK-EU freight operators could not deliver because of disruption; so any loss of market share would
arise from their failure to deliver, for which UK government compensation is hardly relevant.
Why should the Government get to decide which EU (or UK company after Brexit) gets to
bid for a contract. If a company can demonstrate pre-tender compliance why shouldn't it bid.
In this case Eurotunnel is an existing freight business which could have been expanded,
part of the conditions of the settlement is that such an expansion of capacity does take place.
Not sure what you mean; they can hardly build a second tunnel or (Boris) bridge in 3 months.
It would have been a good idea for the UK to expand the capacity of UK ports other
than Dover but there is no reason why that could not have been done openly.
Problem is that many UK ports are privately owned. And if the law is such that any public investment
decision concerning them can be challenged and any challenger rewarded with damages at large,
it becomes practically impossible for the government to make any investment and paralysis sets in.
The back rooms of clubs taking back control is not what we want.
EU rules don't always prevent government favouratism, it merely complicates it and means that government
choice is done in a more obscure way (PFI) that provides far less transparency and more opportunities for
stiffing the government which of course means the tax payer which of course means you and me.
Afterall what do you really think is going on while we are in the EU with HS2, and chinese nuclear in UK?
Well, of course you do. What's your excuse for the lack of trade deals under Liam Fox, the transport shambles under Chris Grayling and the total lack of parliamentary authority under Andrea Leadsom?
Why should I provide excuses for them? . The conservative party is not paying me to post here.
What chance we get another extension if nothing has changed in October?
Greater than 50%