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  Winston Taylor Double Downs On High-Value Hubs In Europe

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Newly created Winston Taylor is re‑drawing the map of its European operations around a handful of high‑value hub...(read more)

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  Winston Taylor Goes Live As New Transatlantic Giant

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Winston Taylor officially launched on Monday, bringing together Winston & Strawn LLP and the U.K. arm of Taylor ...(read more)

• SRA Appeals Solicitor's Suspended Ban For Bullying Staff

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday that it has appealed a decision by a tribunal to allow an owner of a law firm to continue to practice, despite findings that he bullied and harassed five young female employees.

• EasyJet Deems £3B Castlelake Bid 'Highly Opportunistic'

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Budget airline EasyJet said Monday that a proposed £3.06 billion ($4.11 billion) bid from Castlelake LP, an alternative investment firm, is "highly opportunistic" because its share price has been depressed since the conflict in the Middle East started.

• Pinsent's AI Slip-Up Prompts Warnings On Lawyer Oversight

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A recent High Court ruling that exposed how lawyers had relied on fake artificial intelligence-generated legal authorities during insolvency proceedings has punctured an "arrogance" within the profession that AI hallucinations were a problem confined to smaller firms and inexperienced practitioners.

• Tribunal Woes Spark Wider Rethink Of Workplace Disputes

  By Adele Redmond

  Calls to reform the U.K.'s embattled employment tribunals are growing, but practitioners say the real key is improving the likelihood of resolving workplace disputes before workers' claims get to court.

• JCT Contract Didn't Extinguish Builder's Earlier Liabilities

  By William Janes

  A court has ruled that the signing of a widely used construction industry standard contract did not overwrite a building company's liabilities under an earlier agreement, as it concluded that the business could not escape consequences for allegedly breaching its obligations.

• Addleshaw Goddard Steers £220M Church Pension Deal

  By Tom Fish

  ​The Church of Scotland has completed a £220 million ($296 million) pension buy-in transaction with Just Group PLC, securing the retirement benefits of around 3,500 members, the financial services company said Friday.

• Ex-Tesco CFO Says He Never Questioned Workers' Pay Gap

  By Sophia Dourou

  Tesco's former chief financial officer said he had never questioned the widening gap between what workers in supermarkets and warehouses were paid as he gave evidence Thursday at a tribunal considering equal pay claims brought by thousands of mainly female shop workers.

• MFS Boss Can Sell £1.6M Cars Amid £1.3B Fraud Case

  By William Janes

  The owner of a now-collapsed mortgage lender accused of systematically plundering £1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) has been granted permission to sell cars including a Ferrari and several Rolls-Royces, according to a court order.

• KC Accused Of Dodging £2M Tax Bill Believed Plan Was Legal

  By Ronan Barnard

  A senior tax barrister accused of cheating HM Revenue and Customs out of nearly £2 million ($2.7 million) genuinely believed he was using a legal tax strategy, his defense counsel told jurors at his criminal trial in London on Thursday. 

• BDO Fined £1.3M Over 'Significant' Breaches In NMCN Audit

  By Alex Davidson

  The audit watchdog said Thursday that it has fined BDO LLP £1.33 million ($1.78 million) and an audit partner almost £50,000 for serious breaches of rules in their audit of the 2019 annual financial statements of construction group NMCN.

• Ousted BP Chair Pushes Back On Alleged Misconduct 'Lies'

  By Adele Redmond

  Ousted BP chair Albert Manifold hit out on Thursday at alleged lies about his conduct, hiring lawyers as he said no one ever raised issues about his behavior during his eight-month tenure at the oil giant.

• CMA Clears $3.4B Kimberly-Clark, Suzano Joint Venture

  By Tom Fish

  Britain's competition regulator said in a statement Thursday it has cleared a proposed $3.4 billion joint venture between Brazilian pulp producer Suzano and U.S. consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark.