A legal challenge that had blocked South Lanarkshire Council from awarding a waste disposal contract has been lifted.

The Scottish local authority had been challenged by Patersons of Greenoakhill Ltd after they failed to win the bid for the two-year waste disposal and recycling contract, valued at £19 million.

Patersons of Greenoakhill launched action over acquisitions that the tender process did not comply with regulations and that the council had failed to evaluate and identify favourable bids.

The judge, Lord Tyre, cleared the way for the continuation of the tender process, saying that,“each of the grounds invoked by the pursuers is weak”.

Paul Manning, South Lanarkshire Council’s executive director of finance and corporate resources, said: “We welcome the decision which will let us continue with our plan to secure quality work at the right price for this tender.”

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