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July 14, 2026
An employment tribunal has ordered a moving and cleaning services company to pay £15,766 ($21,100) to a van driver after it deducted fuel costs from his pay, ruling that a shoddily written contract created uncertainty about the worker's entitlements.
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July 14, 2026
A consumer rights lawyer has been ordered to pay £1.5 million ($1.9 million) toward the legal costs of Fender, Yamaha and other musical instrument manufacturers after withdrawing proposed collective proceedings against them because she failed to secure litigation funding.
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July 14, 2026
HM Courts and Tribunals Service can enter into a new cybersecurity contract with Accenture after a London court lifted an automatic ban on signing the deal triggered by a losing bidder's legal challenge to the procurement process.
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July 14, 2026
Investors suing Boohoo Group PLC for more than £245 million ($328 million) argued Tuesday they should be able to use expert evidence during a preliminary trial of claims that the fast-fashion retailer made misleading statements about its use of sweatshops.
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July 14, 2026
A London appeals tribunal has ruled that an information technology company cannot force a graduate to repay more than £8,000 ($10,700) in training fees, finding that its terms placed unreasonable demands on young workers who want to pursue other opportunities.
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July 14, 2026
The BBC urged a London judge on Tuesday to order Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi to pay up to £1.58 million ($2.11 million) as security for legal costs as he pursues a libel claim over allegations made in an investigative TV program.
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July 14, 2026
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.
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July 14, 2026
A pipe fittings manufacturer has accused an Irish distributor of infringing its patent over a tool that joins pipework without welding, asking a London court to block its opponent from any further alleged transgressions.
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July 14, 2026
Seven insurers of almost 30,000 metric tonnes of palm oil have asked the High Court to rule that a shipowner cannot claim financial contributions for rescuing a vessel that broke down because the ship itself was allegedly unseaworthy.
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July 13, 2026
Portofino Technologies has accused Citadel Securities of using its decision to drop its trade secrets lawsuit against the Swiss cryptocurrency trading firm as an opportunity to drum up bad press about Portofino, and papering over the fact that an $8 million judgment it won in the dispute is a "pyrrhic victory."
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July 13, 2026
A Florida federal magistrate judge has recommended that a former employee of MSC Cruises SA arbitrate his personal injury claims in London, saying he has already initiated arbitration and can't escape a clause in his contract now.
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July 13, 2026
A Scottish tribunal has refused to trim a Peninsula employment law consultant's claim that she faced disability discrimination during a fire drill at the advisory firm's offices, declining to throw out her case against her former manager.
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July 13, 2026
A London judge ruled Monday that Kennedys Dubai can keep a £3 million ($4 million) liability cap in place in a construction company's multimillion-pound negligence claim, rejecting the company's bid to apply English law to the dispute.
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July 13, 2026
The Co-op must pay an apprentice driver £19,000 ($25,400) after the retailer sought to minimize her claims that a female colleague had been sexually harassing her and reinstated the woman without adequately protecting the apprentice, a tribunal ruled.
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July 13, 2026
The U.K.'s opt-out collective action regime and a third-party litigation funding market have driven a sharp rise in the country's litigation costs, a U.S. business trade group warned as the government continues to weigh reforms to the collective action regime.
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July 13, 2026
Jellycat has accused both toy shop Hamleys and retailer Next of selling copycats of its popular smiling plush toys in new claims in a London court.
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July 13, 2026
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.
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July 13, 2026
Power cable giant Nexans cannot challenge an order to pay the developers of the London Array wind farm £10.6 million ($14.2 million) over inflated high-voltage cable prices, as a London appeals court has ruled that Nexans' participation in a cartel had to be taken as a "hard fact."
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July 10, 2026
A London court ruled Friday that Mishcon de Reya LLP and its clients do not have to disclose communications concerning information obtained about their opponents through covert investigations in a $3 billion inheritance dispute, saying the iniquity exception to legal professional privilege does not apply.
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July 10, 2026
Luxury goods giant LVMH has been awarded £213,000 ($285,000) after a London judge ruled that an Essex-based retailer sold counterfeit goods that infringed the trademarks of four of its luxury fashion labels, including Fendi and Dior.
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July 10, 2026
German pharmaceutical company Stada on Friday was denied a quick trial of its bid to launch a generic version of a major Novartis heart failure treatment as a London judge found that it had been slow to file its claim.
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July 10, 2026
A University of Manchester employee who has dyspraxia has won £51,200 ($69,000) after a tribunal ruled that she faced a discriminatory probe into her misgendering of a trans colleague.
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July 10, 2026
Housebuilder Willmott Dixon has hit back at a housing association's attempt to pass on liability for a £113 million ($152 million) claim over allegedly uninhabitable housing, telling a London court that it is not responsible for the remediation bill.
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July 10, 2026
A tribunal has ruled that Lloyds Bank acted reasonably in dismissing a former assistant risk manager, finding that she failed to recognize shortcomings in her performance, despite months of coaching and support.
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July 10, 2026
Soft drinks giant Britvic has denied it infringed a couple's copyright by using a photo of their mushroom-shaped glamping cabin in a prize draw, arguing the pair have failed to establish ownership of the image or any resulting loss.