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  Whistleblower Plan Looms Over Search For Next SFO Chief

  By Christopher Crosby

  Plans to pay whistleblowers are likely to shape the government's search for the next director of the Serious Fra...(read more)

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  Jackdaw Gas Field Gets Greenlight After Emissions Challenge

  By William Janes

  The government gave the green light for drilling at a North Sea gas field on Wednesday after an earlier approval...(read more)

• Spanish Co. Eyes Buying National Express Owner For £282M

  By Irene Madongo

  Freshfields-led Mobico said Wednesday that Spanish public transport operator Autobuses de León SL has made a £282 million ($378 million) approach, in a proposed offer that the National Express owner said it may recommend to its shareholders.

• Shell Blames Nigerian Oil Spills On Criminal Theft Gangs

  By Sophia Dourou

  Shell has argued that Nigerian communities suing it for damages over oil spills cannot use alleged systemic failings by the oil giant to hold it liable for environmental destruction largely caused by "endemic oil theft" carried out by criminal gangs.

• Mozambique Can Pursue Safa Widow In 'Tuna Bonds' Case

  By Robbie Kalus

  The widow of shipbuilding tycoon Iskandar Safa lost her attempt on Wednesday to prevent Mozambique from pursuing her for her husband's alleged liabilities arising from a $1.9 billion damages award in the landmark "tuna bonds" corruption case.

• MoJ Reveals £49M London Tribunal Center Overspend

  By Adele Redmond

  London's new tribunal hearings center came in £49.3 million ($66 million) over budget, the Ministry of Justice has revealed after obscuring its overspend on the development.

• ScottishPower's £28M Redress Payments Are Not Deductible

  By Sophia Dourou

  ScottishPower must pay tax on £28 million ($37.5 million) in redress for regulatory failures after Britain's top court ruled on Wednesday that the compensation was similar to a penalty.

• Building Safety Bill Tightens Liability But Delays May Persist

  By William Janes

  The government's latest attempt to accelerate building safety repairs would put greater pressure on owners to fix unsafe buildings and make it easier to recover the costs from other parties, lawyers say, but some of the biggest practical causes of delay will remain.

• Gender-Critical Teacher Appeals Firing For Trans Pronoun Use

  By Adele Redmond

  A teacher fired for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred name and pronouns argued on appeal Tuesday that a judge "impermissibly narrowed" the teacher's claim that he was discriminated against for holding gender-critical beliefs.

• Google Cloud Outage Hits Banks, Halts Court Hearings

  By Isabel Jackson

  Trials and court hearings were disrupted Tuesday by a Google Cloud outage that hit the courts' video system, which is used for remote hearings.

• FCA Poised To Crack Down On Industry-Wide AI Failings

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority is poised to crack down in supervision and enforcement on industry-wide failings in the use of artificial intelligence of a type it has detected at more than 200 financial services companies, lawyers have warned.

• Huawei Loses 5G SEP Infringement Case At UPC

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Unified Patent Court on Tuesday dismissed Huawei's claim that a Nokia-linked phonemaker infringed its essential 5G patent in Europe, ruling instead that certain parts of the patent are invalid. 

• Gov't Says Bouygues Sued Too Late Over £18B School Deal

  By Eddie Beaver

  The government told a court Tuesday that a claim from Bouygues (UK) Ltd. alleging that the Department for Education unfairly evaluated its bid for a share of an estimated £18.5 billion ($24.6 billion) school construction program was brought two days too late.

• Virgin Media Owners Ask CMA To Revisit UK Fiber Biz Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The owners of Virgin Media O2 called on Britain's competition authority on Tuesday to reconsider its objection to their proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Substantial Group after the government handed a free pass to allow BT to rescue TalkTalk.