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July 10, 2025
Buyer Contests Ruling On $1.85M Award In Botched Ship Sale
A shipping company told the Court of Appeal on Thursday that it should be entitled to a $1.85 million award arising from the botched purchase of a vessel, arguing it is owed damages for prospective losses.
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July 10, 2025
Ex-Union Official Argues Bias Risk Misjudged In Appeal
A former trade union official argued Thursday that a decision ruling his expulsion was fair incorrectly considered whether there was a risk that the chair of a disciplinary panel was biased against him, rather than whether there was a risk of "the possibility of bias."
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July 10, 2025
Rusal Can Serve Claim On Abramovich Via Oligarch's Lawyers
A London judge on Thursday approved Russian aluminum giant Rusal to serve a claim on Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich via his lawyers over alleged breaches of an agreement setting out the governance of a Russian mining company.
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July 10, 2025
Housing Co. Blames £29M Loss On Flawed Project Pricing
A housing association has alleged that a construction consultancy owes it £28.8 million ($39 million) after providing significantly underpriced estimates for the building costs of a London property development that shouldn't have gone ahead.
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July 10, 2025
Firm Denies Giving Ex-Pandora Chief Negligent Tax Advice
A law firm has denied giving former Pandora boss Peter Andersen negligent tax advice that saddled him and the jeweler with a £3.3 million ($4.5 million) tax bill because of Andersen's pension trust.
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July 10, 2025
BMW Unfairly Fired Worker Accused Of Faking Back Pain
BMW's decision to sack a factory worker accused of faking his back condition to claim sick pay was unfair and discriminatory, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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July 09, 2025
Human Rights Court Denounces Russia's Actions In Ukraine
The European Court of Human Rights unanimously held on Wednesday that Russia is accountable for "widespread and flagrant" abuses of human rights arising from the conflict in Ukraine since 2014, including the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that July.
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July 09, 2025
Toy Maker Fails To Revive Rubik's Cube TM At EU Court
A European Union court on Wednesday rejected a toy company's attempt to rekindle its 3D Rubik's Cube trademark on the grounds that its shape is entirely functional.
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July 09, 2025
Sony Can Alter Defense In Hendrix Band Copyright Case
The U.K. arm of Sony won permission to alter its defense against a claim brought by the estates of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates in a copyright feud over the group's back catalog, after a London judge dismissed the estates' objections on Wednesday.
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July 09, 2025
Recruiter To Pay £188K To Director Fired Over Brain Injury
An employment tribunal has ordered a recruitment company to pay £187,585 ($254,800) to a former staffer it fired because it found his health issues too difficult to manage, after he suffered a life-altering brain injury caused by a heart attack.
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July 09, 2025
Sweden Wins €60M Pension Fraud Case Against Financier
A London court has ruled that a financier defrauded the Swedish government by setting up an illegitimate investment fund that took €60.7 million ($71.1 million) from savers' pension accounts.
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July 09, 2025
Car Brake Maker Accuses Rival Of Copying Design
A manufacturer of suspension and brake systems for cars has sued a rival in a London court for patent infringement, saying its brake calipers were disassembled and re-engineered with new components.
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July 09, 2025
Insurers Argue $37M Liability Void Over Director's Charges
Six insurers told an appeals court Wednesday they should not have to pay $37 million to the owners of a cargo ship seized by the Indonesian navy because the policy was rendered void by the owner's failure to disclose that its director faced criminal charges.
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July 09, 2025
British Airways Pensions Biz Unfairly Sacked Investment Exec
An employment tribunal has ruled that British Airways' pensions unit botched an investigation into a senior investment specialist over a confidential email he sent to himself during a workplace restructuring dispute, even though the employee was partly responsible for his ultimate dismissal.
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July 09, 2025
Ship Buyers Fight $5M Deposit Debt Ruling At UK Top Court
Buyers in a collapsed tanker deal fought on Wednesday to escape an almost $5 million debt for failing to facilitate a deposit payment, telling Britain's top court that the correct remedy is damages, and they should pay nothing because there was no loss.
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July 09, 2025
Target Misses Bull's-Eye TM Bid At EU Court
U.S. retail giant Target lost a trademark over its red bull's-eye logo on Wednesday after a European Union court ruled that the mark was too banal to be protected as it displayed only simple geometric shapes.
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July 09, 2025
Taxi Drivers Win Challenge Over 'Oppressive' Data Request
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has sided with a group of more than 500 gig economy drivers and reduced the amount of data they must hand over in their pay dispute with taxi company Veezu.
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July 08, 2025
Ex-BofA Exec Sues For Bias Over Workplace Affair Fallout
A former Merrill Lynch director has failed to keep his name out of tribunal proceedings against the bank in his claim alleging he was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against following a workplace relationship that ended in acrimony.
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July 08, 2025
Appeal Win Gives Certainty To UK Class Action Funding
The Court of Appeal's decision to endorse the validity of litigation-financing agreements devised to sidestep a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that upended class action funding provides certainty over what is allowed, but lawyers remain wary that further legislative changes are likely.
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July 08, 2025
Oil Co. Says Nigeria Shouldn't Profit From £44M Legal Bill
An oil and gas company at the center of a fraud scandal arising from an $11 billion arbitration award issued against Nigeria urged the U.K.'s highest court Tuesday to change the currency for Nigeria's legal costs, arguing that the country would unjustly benefit from the depreciation of its own currency.
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July 08, 2025
Drugmaker Wants £46M For MSD's Use Of 'Merck' In UK
German drugmaker Merck KGaA asked a London court Tuesday to force U.S.-based Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC to pay £46 million ($62 million) for breaching an order by using the "Merck" name in the U.K.
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July 08, 2025
Wimbledon's £200M Expansion Plan Faces Legal Challenge
Campaigners challenging a £200 million ($271 million) plan to expand the Wimbledon tennis ground told a court Tuesday that the London local authority unlawfully approved the 38-court expansion project.
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July 08, 2025
Ryanair Loses Appeal Over Ex-Pilot's Agency Worker Status
A London appeals court rejected Ryanair's latest attempt on Tuesday to block a claim from a former contracted pilot for equal treatment with directly employed pilots, upholding a ruling that he held agency worker status at the airline.
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July 08, 2025
Ex-Axiom Chief Ordered To Pay £5M SRA Intervention Costs
A London court ordered the former chief of Axiom Ince Ltd. to pay the multimillion-pound cost of regulatory intervention into the firm on Tuesday after concluding that he was involved with its misuse of £65 million ($88 million) of its clients' cash.
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July 08, 2025
Tech Firm Says Ex-VP Was Not Employee In £2.5M Claim
A technology company has hit back at a £2.5 million ($3.4 million) claim brought by its former chief product officer, denying that it ever employed the executive and insisting she was never promised a stake in the business.
Expert Analysis
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Risks The Judiciary Needs To Be Aware Of When Using AI
Recently published judiciary service guidance aims to temper reliance on AI by court staff in their work, and with ever-increasing and evolving technology, such tools should be used for supplementary assistance rather than as a replacement for already existing judicial research tools, says Philip Sewell at Shepherd & Wedderburn.
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Post Office Scandal Stresses Key Directors Duties Lessons
The Post Office scandal, involving hundreds of wrongful convictions of subpostmasters based on an IT failure, offers lessons for company directors on the magnitude of the impact that a failure to fulfill their duties can have on employees and the company, says Simon Goldberg at Simons Muirhead.
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Employer Tips For Handling Data Subject Access Requests
As employers face numerous employee data-subject access requests — and the attendant risks of complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office — issues such as managing deadlines and sifting through data make compliance more difficult, highlighting the importance of efficient internal processes and clear communication when responding to a request, say Gwynneth Tan and Amy Leech at Shoosmiths.
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Top Court Hire Car Ruling Affects 3rd-Party Negligence Cases
The U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision in Armstead v. Royal & Sun Alliance, finding that an insurer was responsible for lost car rental income after an accident, has significant implications for arguing economic loss and determining burden of proof in third-party negligence cases that trigger contractual liabilities, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.
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Bribery Class Action Ruling May Revive Bifurcated Processes
The Court of Appeal's recent decision allowing the representative bribery action in Commission Recovery v. Marks & Clerk offers renewed hope for claimants to advance class claims using a bifurcated process amid its general absence as of late, say Jon Gale and Justin Browne at Ashurst.
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Ocado Appeal Outcome Will Gauge UPC Transparency
As the sole Unified Patent Court case concerning third-party requests for court records, the forthcoming appeal decision in Ocado v. Autostore will hopefully set out a clear and consistent way to handle reasoned requests, as access to nonconfidential documents will surely lead to more efficient conduct of proceedings, says Tom Brazier at EIP.
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The Good, The Bad And The New Of The UK Sanctions Regime
Almost six years after the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act was introduced, the U.K. government has published a strategy paper that outlines its focus points and unveils potential changes to the regime, such as a new humanitarian exception for financial sanctions, highlighting the rapid transformation of the U.K. sanctions landscape, says Josef Rybacki at WilmerHale.
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Unpacking The Building Safety Act's Industry Overhaul
Recent updates to the Building Safety Act introduce a new principal designer role and longer limitation periods for defects claims, ushering in new compliance challenges for construction industry stakeholders to navigate, as well as a need to affirm that their insurance arrangements provide adequate protection, say Zoe Eastell and Zack Gould-Wilson at RPC.
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Prompt Engineering Skills Are Changing The Legal Profession
With a focus on higher-value work as repetitive tasks are delegated to artificial intelligence, legal roles are set to become more inspiring, and lawyers need not fear the rising demand for prompt engineers that is altering the technology-enabled legal environment, say Eric Crawley, Shah Karim and Paul O’Hagan at Epiq Legal.
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Opinion
UK Whistleblowers Flock To The US For Good Reason
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office director recently brought renewed attention to the differences between the U.K. and U.S. whistleblower regimes — differences that may make reporting to U.S. agencies a better and safer option for U.K. whistleblowers, and show why U.K. whistleblower laws need to be improved, say Benjamin Calitri and Kate Reeves at Kohn Kohn.
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4 Legal Privilege Lessons From Dechert Disclosure Ruling
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Al Sadeq v. Dechert LLP, finding that evidence may have been incorrectly withheld, provides welcome clarification of the scope of legal professional privilege, including the application of the iniquity exception, says Tim Knight at Travers Smith.
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BT Case May Shape UK Class Action Landscape
The first opt-out collective action trial commenced in Le Patourel v. BT in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal last month, regarding BT's abuse of dominance by overcharging millions of customers, will likely provide clarification on damages and funder returns in collective actions, which could significantly affect the class action regime, say lawyers at RPC.
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Key Points From EC Economic Security Screening Initiatives
Lawyers at Herbert Smith analyze the European Commission's five recently announced initiatives aimed at de-risking the EU's trade and investment links with third countries, including the implementation of mandatory screening mechanisms and extending coverage to investments made by EU companies that are controlled subsidiaries of non-EU investors.
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Following The Road Map Toward Quantum Security
With the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent publication of a white paper on a quantum-secure financial sector, firms should begin to consider the quantum transition early — before the process is driven by regulatory obligations — with the goal of developing a cybersecurity architecture that is agile while also allowing for quantum security, say lawyers at Cleary.
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Why EU Ruling On Beneficial Ownership May Affect The UK
Following the EU judgment in Sovim v. Luxembourg that public access to beneficial ownership information conflicts with data protection rights, several British overseas territories and dependencies have recently reversed their commitment to introduce unrestricted access, and challenges to the U.K.’s liberal stance may be on the cards, says Rupert Cullen at Allectus Law.