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March 04, 2026
A group of fish producers accused of artificially inflating salmon prices fought to block a £382 million ($510 million) class action on behalf of U.K. consumers on Wednesday, arguing that potential damages for each consumer would be too low to be worthwhile.
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March 04, 2026
Three serving and former senior members of the national body that represents police in England and Wales were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption over allegations of financial wrongdoing.
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March 04, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday that it would streamline the claims process and set a three-month period for businesses to get their systems ready to handle complaints and requests for compensation under its motor finance redress program.
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March 04, 2026
The Financial Watchdog Authority said Wednesday it has hit John Wood Group PLC with a fine of £12.99 million ($17.38 million) after finding that the engineering and consulting business published inaccurate information in its financial results.
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March 03, 2026
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said Tuesday that the U.K. government will keep its plans to meet its fiscal rules by increasing its tax take despite calls for tax cuts from businesses and concerns over financial stability.
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March 03, 2026
The U.K. government has revoked sanctions on a British national 10 months after it accused him of procuring vessels for Russia's shadow fleet, his solicitors said Tuesday.
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March 03, 2026
An energy data supplier owned by a consortium of British power companies and an energy startup have settled the dispute that erupted after the data supplier cut off the startup for allegedly passing on data to third parties.
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March 03, 2026
Lawyers for three men suing Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault urged a London court on Tuesday to allow the evidence of other witnesses who are giving accounts of similar behavior by the actor to be heard at trial.
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March 03, 2026
Legal and accountancy professional bodies are failing to adequately enforce anti-money laundering rules for their member firms, a unit within the Financial Conduct Authority warned Tuesday.
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March 03, 2026
Visa and Mastercard can exclude swaths of merchants from collective proceedings over the fees they charge, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has ruled, finding that several categories of claimants were too late to sign up to the class.
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March 02, 2026
HM Revenue & Customs collected almost £16 billion ($21.3 billion) in extra tax revenue from the biggest businesses in fiscal year 2024-25 after it took a stricter approach to compliance, the National Audit Office found.
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March 02, 2026
A group of workers suing Dyson over alleged forced labor when they made components at Malaysian factories have settled their claim against the electronics manufacturer, their lawyers said Monday.
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March 02, 2026
The government of Guernsey has floated a plan to open access to ownership data for companies and other legal entities registered on the island, in a bid to combat financial crime.
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March 02, 2026
The government said Monday it has appointed the head of a mining remediation body as chief executive of the Fair Work Agency, the country's new labor rights watchdog set to open in April.
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March 02, 2026
Carmakers in Britain have breached the law through the use of technology designed to cheat emissions tests similar to the one that sparked the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, lawyers for a group of motorists told the closing submissions of the trial Monday.
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March 02, 2026
Investors in Yukos Oil won their battle with the Russian government on Monday as the High Court ruled that the federation's attempts to quash a £66 billion ($88 billion) judgment in the investors' favor had already been tossed out by lower courts.
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March 02, 2026
Cross-border customs and value-added tax fraud are reshaping the criminal landscape in the European Union, with such schemes generating an estimated €45 billion ($52.7 billion) in damage, according to a report published Monday by an independent prosecuting body.
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March 02, 2026
Shein asked a London appeals court on Monday to give it a chance to overturn an order compelling it to hand over a list of its top suppliers to Temu in a battle over photo copyright and alleged anticompetitive conduct.
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March 02, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office cannot slash its potential payout to Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. by $128 million over its unsuccessful criminal investigation after Britain's highest court refused to weigh in on the case, the parties confirmed on Monday.
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March 02, 2026
The antitrust watchdog said Monday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether three major hotel groups and a data provider illegally shared commercial information that could weaken competition.
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February 27, 2026
The National Crime Agency revealed Friday that four people have been charged over their alleged role in the creation and sale of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination records during the pandemic.
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February 27, 2026
This past week in London has seen Linklaters sue a shipping company, high-street clothing giant Urban Outfitters hit with an intellectual property claim, Ithaca Energy sue rival Chrysaor, and cabaret club magnate Alex Proud face legal action with his nightclubs in financial turmoil.
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February 27, 2026
A group of airlines, including British Airways and Cathay Pacific, have largely lost their legal challenge to almost €520 million ($614 million) in fines over their long-running cartel to coordinate fuel and security surcharges on air cargo services.
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February 27, 2026
The government is reforming the Financial Ombudsman Service, which settles claims between consumers and regulated financial businesses. The reforms come after years of complaints that the ombudsman is not working efficiently, but the proposals have attracted wide criticism.
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February 27, 2026
The Bank of England said Friday that senior Barclays executive and former Treasury official Katharine Braddick has been appointed as the next head of the U.K.'s main banking watchdog.