On 4 Mar 2004, at 11:09, Dennis Wright wrote:
> Ref 1 Service Level Agreements
> 27. There must be two parties to form a contract. One application of
> this rule is that, because public sector organisations are often
> officially part of the single legal entity called the "Crown", they
> cannot form "contracts" with each other. Agreements between public
> sector organisations are usually called Service Level Agreements, to
> distinguish them from legally enforceable documents. However, whatever
> these documents are called, they cannot be enforced in a court of law
> because the Crown cannot sue itself.
BUT we will soon have Foundation Trusts, and discussions with my
finance manager indicate that contracts and SLAs with other NHS
organisations will be legally enforceable because FTs are separate
legal entities . . .
Best wishes
David
Dr David Bullock
Director, Wolfson EQA Laboratory
P O Box 3909, Birmingham B15 2UE, U K
FAX: 0121 414 1179 [+44 121 414 1179]
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