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  Honesty Best Policy After Top UK Court's 'Good Faith' Ruling

  By Adele Redmond

  The ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court on the bounds of a director's duty to act in "good faith" makes it clear th...(read more)

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  UK Clears EBay's $1.2B Depop Buy After Merger Review

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Britain's competition watchdog said Wednesday that it has approved the planned $1.2 billion acquisition by eBay ...(read more)

• Sun Says Mel B Ex's Bad Reputation Undercuts Libel Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  The Sun newspaper has defended its reporting that Mel B's ex-husband Stephen Belafonte harassed the former Spice Girl, arguing that the allegations were substantially true and that any libel claim fails because of his "notorious bad reputation."

• TfL Hacker Tried To Breach Systems From Prison, Judge Told

  By Sophia Dourou

  One of the men behind the cyberattack that cost Transport for London £29 million ($39 million) continued to attempt to hack from a smuggled phone while in prison, a prosecutor told the sentencing hearing for the two men on Wednesday.

• HFW Revenue Rises To £276M But Profit Slips 6%

  By Ashish Sareen

  Holman Fenwick Willan reported on Wednesday that its revenue rose to a new high of £276 million ($370 million) while profits and partner profits fell by approximately 6% in what it described as "a more balanced year" following several years of growth.

• Pogust-Led Group Claim Over Bayer Essure Device Dropped

  By Robbie Kalus

  Pogust Goodhead said Tuesday that it has advised a group of around 200 women to abandon their group claim against Bayer over the safety of its Essure sterilization device, saying the case would likely fail at trial.

• KC's Landmark Review Calls For SFO To Pay Whistleblowers

  By Christopher Crosby

  A veteran barrister urged the government in a landmark review on Tuesday to give the Serious Fraud Office powers to pay whistleblowers to "take the fight to fraudsters" who are eroding trust in the justice system and the U.K. economy.

• UK Weighs Forcing Employers To Put Pay Ranges In Job Ads

  By Adele Redmond

  The government proposed on Tuesday requirements for employers to disclose a salary range to job applicants as part of a consultation on pay equality reforms that include a new watchdog and pay audits of employers that have committed pay discrimination.

• TLT Tops £200M Revenue With Sights Set On £300M By 2030

  By Ashish Sareen

  TLT said Tuesday that it has surpassed the £200 million ($268 million) revenue milestone, aiming to exceed £300 million by 2030 as it invests in new technology, lawyers and offices to drive more growth.

• Covert Director Breached Good Faith Duty, Top UK Court Says

  By Eddie Beaver

  A director who covertly sabotaged his board's strategy to sell a business breached his statutory duty to act in good faith, Britain's top court ruled Tuesday, holding that his belief that he was acting in the company's long-term interests did not excuse his conduct.

• Art Gallery Case Collapse Trips Russia Sanctions Enforcement

  By Christopher Crosby

  The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.

• 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.

• 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 ($1.1 billion) and that profit climbed 13% as it completed a decade of sustained growth in the first full year under chief executive Keith Froud.

• 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.