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February 16, 2026
A media lawyer who managed to overturn a conviction by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly trying to silence journalists has also won a costs order against the regulator, as the SRA was ordered to pay at least £400,000 ($545,000).
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February 16, 2026
An internet betting businessman told a court Monday that the ex-owner of a gambling business he bought orchestrated and concealed a scheme to defraud its auditors, leading to the company losing its license and wiping out his £50.7 million ($69 million) investment.
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February 16, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday it has fined Richard Howson, former group chief executive at Carillion PLC, £237,700 ($324,000) for his part in misleading statements issued by the international construction company, which is now in liquidation.
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February 16, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday that it is investigating missing client money at PM Law in the latest potential incident involving mishandling of clients' funds by a law firm.
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February 16, 2026
A solicitor who accused his former clients of breaching sanctions and trading with terrorists after a dispute over fees has been suspended for two years, a tribunal confirmed on Monday.
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February 13, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority might be forced to rethink how it justifies the size of its fines after being forced to cut penalties after referral to the Upper Tribunal, raising questions about its ability to make enforcement decisions stick, legal experts caution.
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February 13, 2026
The U.K.'s Labour government must phase out the windfall tax on the energy industry and lift the ban on new oil and gas drilling licenses in the North Sea to increase revenue long term, the Tony Blair Institute said Friday.
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February 13, 2026
Two fired executives of a regional newspaper publisher have denied they must repay the company more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) in compensation, claiming they were wrongly forced out of the company for blowing the whistle on the fraudulent overcharging of advertisers.
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February 13, 2026
The U.K.'s prosecution oversight body said Friday it would prioritize a planned review of the Serious Fraud Office after it dropped the prosecution of former mining executives in part due to disclosure failings.
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February 13, 2026
The next director of the Serious Fraud Office must tackle the systemic disclosure failings that haunt its cases or face recurring questions about the agency's credibility after the latest collapse of a prosecution over problems with its handling of evidence, lawyers say.
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February 13, 2026
This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 13, 2026
The U.K. competition watchdog has fined a car parking giant more than £473,000 ($645,000) for failing to comply with a request to hand over information, rejecting the company's excuse that it thought the request was a scam.
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February 12, 2026
Dutch prosecutors hit the Netherlands subsidiary of Louis Voutton with a €500,000 ($593,000) fine Thursday for anti-money laundering violations after it said the fashion house failed to vet customers who repeatedly made large cash purchases.
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February 12, 2026
The Labour government should not introduce what is known as a holiday tax on the hospitality industry, more than 200 hotel companies told the U.K.'s finance minister.
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February 12, 2026
A former legal secretary at Latham & Watkins LLP has been barred from working for another law firm after a criminal court convicted her of defrauding a partner at the firm of more than £50,000 ($68,105).
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February 12, 2026
The U.K. government published on Thursday its detailed proposed changes to the appointed representatives regime, which will give the Financial Conduct Authority new powers to crack down on misconduct.
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February 12, 2026
An English broker told Britain's top court on Thursday that Denmark's tax authority can't sue it for more than £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, because an earlier decision in related proceedings rendered the claim inadmissible.
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February 12, 2026
A former police officer has been convicted of 15 counts of fraud by abuse of position in which he dipped into about £13,500 ($18,500) in the petty cash of a staff association for police constables to fund his family holidays.
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February 12, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office said Thursday that it is reexamining the integrity of approximately 20 cases after it abandoned a decade-old bribery prosecution because of another failing in disclosure.
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February 11, 2026
The root cause of the collapse of criminal proceedings against two men accused of spying for China was outdated legislation, but the risk of future problems has not been entirely negated by a new national security law, a parliamentary committee warned Thursday.
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February 11, 2026
A veteran compliance expert has persuaded an employment tribunal that she was forced to quit working at a car dealership because bosses had unfairly passed her over for a promotion to a new head role and given the job to a man.
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February 11, 2026
Denmark told Britain's top court on Wednesday that it should be allowed to sue an English brokerage for £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, arguing that an earlier decision barring linked allegations was based on "fundamentally different" facts.
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February 11, 2026
The U.K. arm of Bank of Africa should not have been held liable for its chief executive's decision to fire a whistleblowing human resources executive, a London appeals tribunal ruled on Wednesday.
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February 11, 2026
A European Union court lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the daughter of the chief executive of a Russian state-controlled oil and gas company, finding that the bloc's council had failed to produce fresh evidence for reimposing the restrictions.
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February 11, 2026
PwC has paid £150,000 ($205,000) to settle an age and disability discrimination claim from a former employee of more than 40 years, the equality watchdog for Northern Ireland has revealed.