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July 15, 2026
Liverpool's port operator defended its claim at the Upper Tribunal on Wednesday to tax allowances on more than £57 million ($76.3 million) in construction costs after Britain's tax authority argued that the project didn't qualify for the tax breaks.
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July 15, 2026
A European court on Wednesday rejected OpenAI's bid for another shot at registering its name as a trademark, finding the term focused too heavily on describing artificial intelligence and related tech that the company offers.
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July 15, 2026
The Sun newspaper has defended its reporting that Mel B's ex-husband Stephen Belafonte harassed the former Spice Girl, arguing that the allegations were substantially true and that any libel claim fails because of his "notorious bad reputation."
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July 15, 2026
A security firm has accused its U.K. distributor of copying its unregistered rights in two security towers used for autonomous 360-degree surveillance, after allegedly identifying products that looked similar to its own in a LinkedIn post.
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July 15, 2026
Denmark can set a 100% minimum ownership threshold for businesses wishing to form a VAT group only if national courts deem the requirement necessary and proportionate for combating tax abuse, a European Union court said Wednesday.
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July 15, 2026
Climate activist Dale Vince won a GDPR claim Wednesday against the publisher of the Daily Mail, as a London appeals court decided his data had been misused when the newspaper published his photograph alongside a separate article about a "sex pest donor."
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July 15, 2026
The ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court on the bounds of a director's duty to act in "good faith" makes it clear that honesty is the best policy, even if directors are at odds over what they think is best for their company, lawyers say.
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July 15, 2026
A photographer has sued Fairfax & Favor over allegations that the English luxury brand has continued using his copyrighted work beyond the terms of their initial licensing agreement and has profited from doing so without his consent.
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July 15, 2026
A London tribunal has ruled that a veteran property disputes lawyer cannot remain anonymous in a disability discrimination claim she has brought against her former law firm Brachers LLP and several of its partners.
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July 15, 2026
A Saudi investor urged an appeals court Wednesday to revive its $5 million claim over an unpaid loan agreement, arguing that a London judge wrongly held the case was time-barred by applying too strict a test for what constituted an acknowledgment of the claim.
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July 15, 2026
A U.S. company has defended its data processing patent amid an ongoing infringement claim against Google, urging a London court to dismiss the tech giant's argument that the patent contains nothing inventive.
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July 15, 2026
Britain's competition watchdog said Wednesday that it has approved the planned $1.2 billion acquisition by eBay of Depop, an online marketplace for used apparel, at the end of the first phase of an investigation it launched in June.
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July 14, 2026
A London tribunal was wrong to rule that Liverpool's port operator can claim tax allowances on £57.1 million ($76.4 million) spent constructing part of a deep-water container terminal, the U.K. tax authority argued Tuesday.
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July 14, 2026
An exhibition stand supplier has pushed back against claims that it infringed a rival's copyright by using copycat photographs to market products online, arguing that it used artificial intelligence tools to create ultimately distinct images.
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July 14, 2026
Pogust Goodhead said Tuesday that it has advised a group of around 200 women to abandon their group claim against Bayer over the safety of its Essure sterilization device, saying the case would likely fail at trial.
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July 14, 2026
Snapchat has brought an action against Dolby in a London court after the two companies recently clashed in the U.S. and Brazil over the audio technology giant's patented video compression technology.
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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.