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  UK Judges Being Trained To Spot AI Threats In Courtrooms

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Judges in England and Wales are being trained to recognize the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, ...(read more)

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  Argentina Accused Of Misusing GDP Data In €1.5B Debt Row

  By Eddie Beaver

  Argentina is facing renewed legal action from hedge funds that accused it of using incorrect gross domestic prod...(read more)

• BoE To Toughen Bank Liquidity Rules After Credit Suisse

  By Alex Davidson

  The Bank of England's regulatory arm proposed tougher rules on Tuesday to help ensure that banks, building societies and larger investment companies can speedily cash out on liquid assets, as it learns from the events at Silicon Valley Bank UK and Credit Suisse.

• UK Joins Interpol To Launch New Global Fraud Enforcer

  By Christopher Crosby

  The U.K. and Interpol launched a new international law enforcement unit on Tuesday in what the government hailed as a first-of-its-kind effort to hunt down organized criminal groups running scam compounds that target consumers.

• Class Rep Hit With £15M Bill Over Failed Train Ticket Claim

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A consumer rights champion has been ordered to pay up to £15 million ($20 million) in legal costs over his failed class action accusing a group of train operators of abusing their dominant position and forcing some passengers to pay double the fare.

• AI Opens New Front In Litigation Battles Over Privilege

  By William Janes

  The use of artificial intelligence tools is expected to spark novel battles for disclosure during litigation, with opposing parties likely to clash over the confidentiality of AI systems and whether their use has undermined privilege.

• MoD Looks To Knock Out Whistleblower's Saudi Bribery Claim

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London court is due to weigh whether a whistleblower has the right to sue the government and a former Airbus subsidiary for damages starting Tuesday amid allegations that he was sacked and blacklisted for exposing corrupt payments to high-ranking Saudi officials.

• HMRC Speeds Up Investigations Into Large Businesses

  By Josh White

  The U.K.'s tax authority has reduced the length of its tax investigations into large businesses, according to data released Monday, though the backlog of open cases has continued to grow.

• Reinsurers Bid To Prune Chubb, Fidelis Russia Aircraft Claims

  By Ronan Barnard

  Reinsurers including AIG and AXA asked a London judge on Monday to trim Chubb and Fidelis' claims to cover their liability to aircraft lessors for planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, saying they should have brought their claims via subrogation.

• Chelsea Fined Record £10.75M For Abramovich-Era Payments

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Premier League fined Chelsea Football Club a record £10.75 million ($14 million) on Monday for breaching financial rules on payments to players and football agents during Roman Abramovich's tenure as owner of the team.

• Employment Tribunal Backlog Rises Again To 523,000

  By Adele Redmond

  The backlog of employment tribunal cases in Britain hit a new high of 523,000 at the end of 2025, as 11,000 more workers pursued litigation than in the previous quarter.

• FCA Proposes Major Overhaul Of Redress System

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service set out landmark reforms to the U.K. financial services redress system on Monday, in line with a government commitment to introduce new legislation.

• Insurers Beat AmTrust's £59M Claim Over Legal Funding Fail

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  AmTrust failed in its bid to hold an insurer of two defunct law firms liable for £59 million ($78 million) in defaulted loans after a court ruled Monday that the losses incurred in claimant cases were not covered by the firms' insurance policies.

• BHP Beats Criminal Contempt Claim In Brazilian Dam Case

  By William Janes

  BHP won a bid in a London appeals court on Monday to dodge criminal contempt proceedings over allegations it lodged a case in a Brazilian court to halt claims in England connected with the collapse of a dam.