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  Class Rep Seeks To Pull Fender CPO Over Funding Shortfall

  By Eddie Beaver

  A consumer rights lawyer sought on Wednesday to withdraw a proposed class action against Fender, Yamaha and othe...(read more)

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  Innsworth Loses Bid To Up Slice Of £200M Mastercard Deal

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A London court rejected Innsworth's bid on Wednesday to challenge the distribution of a £200 million ($268 milli...(read more)

• Everton Must Pay Burnley £35M For Violating League Rules

  By Jamie Lennox

  Everton must pay Burnley £35 million ($47 million) in compensation for violating the Premier League's financial regulations several seasons ago, an independent commission ruled in a decision released Wednesday.

• Failure To Reform Funding Rules May Cost UK Courts

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The government's continued failure to adopt recommendations to reform the litigation funding market is driving potential claimants away from the U.K. and pushing investment toward rival jurisdictions, lawyers and funders have warned.

• J&J Talc Claimants Win OK For UK Group Asbestos Suit

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Thousands of women were granted permission on Wednesday to join together in litigation accusing Johnson & Johnson of knowingly selling baby powder in the U.K. that was contaminated with asbestos.

• MPs Want Appeals Route For Judge-Only Complex Cases

  By Christopher Crosby

  Defendants charged with economic crimes who are facing trial by a sole judge should be allowed to appeal for their case to be heard by a jury, British lawmakers said Wednesday in a pushback against the government's landmark criminal justice reforms.

• Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

• MPs Push EHRC To Explain How Single-Sex Code Will Work

  By Adele Redmond

  Senior figures at the U.K.'s equality watchdog struggled to explain how its new code of practice on providing single-sex services can be practically implemented, telling a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that organizations should take a "common sense" approach to avoid litigation.

• Uber Demands Funder's Docs From Mishcon In £340M Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  Uber urged a London court Tuesday to order Mishcon de Reya to surrender communications with a former litigation funder, arguing that the documents are not privileged and could prove claims worth £340 million ($455 million) have been brought out of time.

• Diarra Settles €65M Claim Over FIFA Transfer Rules

  By Jamie Lennox

  Former professional footballer Lassana Diarra has settled his €65 million ($75 million) claim against FIFA over the governing body's allegedly unlawful and restrictive transfer rules, his lawyers confirmed Tuesday.

• Booking.com Faces £2B Collective Claim Over Inflated Prices

  By Eddie Beaver

  A former legal director at the Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that he plans to bring a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) opt-out collective action against Booking.com on behalf of millions of U.K. consumers, alleging they paid inflated prices for travel accommodation.

• Paramount's $110B Deal For Warner Bros. Faces UK Probe

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Britain's competition watchdog said Tuesday that it has launched a formal probe into Paramount Skydance's $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. after it sought initial views on the acquisition in April.

• Developer Seeks To Revive Fight Over £140M Council Loans

  By William Janes

  A property developer fought on Tuesday to revive his case that an English council unlawfully subsidized a rival by approving £140 million ($187.6 million) in loans for the construction of two tower blocks without doing due diligence.

• PwC Probed By Accounting Watchdog Over WH Smith Audit

  By Christopher Crosby

  The U.K.'s accounting watchdog opened a probe into PricewaterhouseCoopers on Tuesday over its audit of WH Smith, amid growing pressure on the travel retailer for overstating its profits.