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  Eversheds International Posts Record Revenue Of £827M

  By Ashish Sareen

  Eversheds Sutherland International LLP said Monday that it has posted record revenue of more than £820 million (...(read more)

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  Robbins Sues For Review Of Firing Over Mandelson Scandal

  By Adele Redmond

  Former top civil servant Olly Robbins issued proceedings on Monday to request a judicial review of his firing fo...(read more)

• Ashurst Pro Accused Of False Stolen Bike Insurance Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  The solicitors' regulator accused an associate at Ashurst LLP of making dishonest statements in support of an insurance claim for a stolen bicycle at a London disciplinary tribunal Monday.

• MoJ Review Calls For Reset, Saying LSB Has 'Lost Its Way'

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Legal Services Board should undertake "a comprehensive reset" of the system for regulating lawyers until broader reform becomes politically feasible, an independent review commissioned by the Ministry of Justice concluded on Monday.

• AkzoNobel Rejects Nippon Paint's €7.5B Bid For Paint Unit

  By Dawood Fakhir

  AkzoNobel NV said Monday that Nippon Paint is still interested in acquiring its decorative paints business for €7.5 billion ($8.6 billion) after the owner of Dulux brand rejected an earlier joint takeover attempt from the Japanese rival and another company worth €12.5 billion.

• FCA's Motor Finance Retreat Ramps Up Enforcement Risks

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.

• University To Pay £51K For Bias In Trans Pronoun Dispute

  By Jamie Lennox

  A University of Manchester employee who has dyspraxia has won £51,200 ($69,000) after a tribunal ruled that she faced a discriminatory probe into her misgendering of a trans colleague.

• Dos Santos, Unitel Trial Set For 2028 Over Counsel Availability

  By Sophia Dourou

  Telecoms provider Unitel SA has failed to secure a 2027 trial date for its £327 million ($439 million) claim against the daughter of Angola's former president as a judge held on Friday that the availability of the sanctioned billionaire's preferred barrister justified the delay.

• Carmakers Defeat Most Dieselgate Claims In Blow For Drivers

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Several major carmakers largely defeated claims that they equipped diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software, as a London judge ruled Friday that most of the technologies being challenged were not prohibited "defeat devices."

• Laurence Fox Faked Upskirting Claims Could Defame TV Host

  By Eddie Beaver

  Social media posts by actor-turned-political activist Laurence Fox that accused TV personality Narinder Kaur of selling sexual images of herself while calling her "attention seeking" expressed an opinion capable of being defamatory, a London court ruled Friday.

• Nord Stream Ruling Shows Broad Reach Of War Exclusions

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The failed attempt by Nord Stream to recover €580 million ($662 million) for damage to gas pipelines underlines how far broadly worded war exclusions can reach and could influence insurance disputes that arise from geopolitical conflicts, lawyers say.

• UK Financial Watchdogs To Regulate Big Tech Providers

  By Tom Fish

  The government said Friday it will bring cloud computing giants under direct financial regulatory oversight as it seeks to strengthen the resilience of the country's financial system and reduce the risk that widespread service disruption could affect banks, insurers and consumers.

• Clifford Chance-Led EasyJet Agrees To £5.7B Bid From Apollo

  By Dawood Fakhir

  EasyJet PLC said Friday that it has agreed to support a takeover offer of approximately £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion) from asset management giant Apollo and no longer intends to recommend Castlelake's £5.2 billion bid announced on Monday.

• Solicitor Bids To Overturn 2019 Disciplinary Tribunal Ruling

  By Ronan Barnard

  A solicitor told a London court Thursday that it should overturn a disciplinary tribunal ruling from more than five years ago, arguing that the solicitors' regulator had no power to bring its case against him.