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  Police Officers Win Bid To Revive GDPR Breach Claims

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of police officers can revive their group action over their annual pension statements being posted to th...(read more)

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  Sky Loses Fight To Avoid Telling Customers Of Contracts' End

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London appeals court concluded on Friday that Sky UK Ltd. must tell customers when their minimum contract peri...(read more)

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• Insurers Face Rising Tide Of Claims From AI-Driven Fraud

  By Martin Croucher

  Insurers in Britain could be on the hook for far higher losses because of the rising use by criminals of artificial intelligence tools to invent or inflate claims, lawyers have warned.

• Guardian Beats Star's Libel Case Over 'Sexual Predator' Story

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The publisher of The Guardian newspaper defeated a libel claim brought by actor Noel Clarke as a London court found on Friday that there were strong grounds to believe that allegations in new articles featuring claims of sexual misconduct were substantially true. 

• Law Firms Underprepared For New Pay Gap Reporting Rules

  By Adele Redmond

  Law firms are ahead when it comes to reporting data on their ethnicity pay gaps — but they might not be prepared for new measures that the government is planning to introduce, experts warn.

• UK May Scale Back CPO Regime Amid Pressure From BigTech

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Britain's class action regime could be pared back as part of a government review amid pressure from BigTech companies facing multiple, costly claims and as economic growth slows, lawyers say.

• A&O Shearman's Revenue Hits £3B In 1st Year After Merger

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has reported almost £3 billion ($4 billion) in revenue in its first full financial year since being created in a merger, with average profit per equity partner reaching £2 million.

• Travers Smith's Turnover Dips To £210M After Record High

  By Ashish Sareen

  Travers Smith said Thursday that its provisional financial results show turnover has dipped slightly to £210 million ($282 million) and its profits have decreased, against a backdrop of "choppy" economic and market conditions.

• Appointed Reps Reform Gives FCA Bigger Enforcement Hook

  By Alex Davidson

  The U.K. government's plans to tighten the rules for appointed representatives will give the Financial Conduct Authority a far greater enforcement hook, making the regime costlier and harder to access by the companies it is designed to support, lawyers have warned.

• Female Leadership May Narrow Pay Gaps But Isn't A Cure-All

  By Adele Redmond

  Law firms led by women might be more likely to pursue initiatives that help to close the gender pay gap and encourage junior females to strive for partnership — but this is not a solution for pay inequality.

• Pogust Gives Gramercy Claim To Assets On $617M Funding

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Pogust Goodhead has signed a security agreement that gives U.S. hedge fund Gramercy the right to sell the firm's assets if it defaults, following a fresh injection of capital from the American company.

• Prosecutors Want £10.5M From Lawyer In Castle Fraud Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  A lawyer imprisoned for more than a decade for misappropriating money sent by an American property developer to buy a castle in Scotland owes his victims £10.5 million ($14 million), prosecutors told a London judge on Wednesday.

• Law Firms Silent As They Struggle To Close Partner Pay Gap

  By Adele Redmond

  Half of the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms don't report on gender pay gaps among their partners, despite calls for them to do so since the regime was established eight years ago.

• Pogust Goodhead Secures New Funds Amid CEO Shift

  By Ashish Sareen

  Pogust Goodhead has secured additional money from Gramercy Funds Management LLC as its co-founder and chief executive has taken a leave of absence amid a fierce battle with BHP Group over a sprawling environmental class action.