A celebrity's failed attempt to block reporting of sexual misconduct allegations solely on grounds of suicide risk has narrowed a potentially significant new avenue for restricting press freedom, lawyers say.
A ruling by an English appeals court that sanctions do not wipe out the rights of creditors has drawn a boundary around the government's powers — though lawyers warn that the restrictions still leave those rights worth much less in practice.
Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders, say lawyers who warn it bodes ill for the Financial Conduct Authority's new crypto regime.
Growth in artificial intelligence combined with the easing of mortgage rules by the Financial Conduct Authority will accelerate fraud risks for lenders and put senior manager accountability to new tests, lawyers have warned.
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A celebrity's failed attempt to block reporting of sexual misconduct allegations solely on grounds of suicide risk has narrowed a potentially significant new avenue for restricting press freedom, lawyers say.
A ruling by an English appeals court that sanctions do not wipe out the rights of creditors has drawn a boundary around the government's powers — though lawyers warn that the restrictions still leave those rights worth much less in practice.
Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders, say lawyers who warn it bodes ill for the Financial Conduct Authority's new crypto regime.
Growth in artificial intelligence combined with the easing of mortgage rules by the Financial Conduct Authority will accelerate fraud risks for lenders and put senior manager accountability to new tests, lawyers have warned.
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November 06, 2026
A landfill operator has sued a waste management services supplier for £6.46 million ($9 million), accusing the supplier of "gaming" the system by falsely claiming that waste it delivered qualified for lower landfill tax rates.
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November 06, 2026
The past week in London has seen Samsung sue Petrofac and its administrators, building materials giant Kingspan hit with two financial list claims by dozens of institutional investors, and Boehringer Ingelheim file a patent claim against fellow pharmaceutical company Sandoz amid ongoing conflict surrounding its empagliflozin type 2 diabetes drug.
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November 06, 2026
Mex Group's former general counsel argued in court Friday that the restrictions preventing him from communicating with his ex-employer's litigation opponents did not prevent him from discussing information already in the public domain.
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November 06, 2026
U.S. prosecutors said Thursday they have charged three men, including one facing extradition from London, for allegedly defrauding companies of $129 million through a scheme that used AI to impersonate executives and U.K. lawyers.
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November 06, 2026
Governments, financial institutions and technology companies must cooperate more closely and accelerate information sharing to disrupt criminal networks behind "industrial-scale" online scam centers, a global standards setter has warned.
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November 05, 2026
Thirteen individuals were arrested in Germany and Austria over links to a cross-border value-added tax fraud scheme involving luxury vehicles that caused an estimated €100 million ($112 million) in tax losses, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
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November 05, 2026
Greater Manchester Police has arrested two people as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud worth more than £1 million ($1.3 million) at the University of Greater Manchester.
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November 05, 2026
Kuwait's pensions authority can recover almost $1 billion after its former director orchestrated an unlawful scheme of corrupt payments on a "breathtaking scale," a London court ruled Thursday.
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November 05, 2026
Mex Group told a court on Thursday that its former general counsel committed contempt of court by sharing legal submissions and discussing allegedly forged evidence with defendants in separate litigation brought by the investment company, in breach of promises he gave to the court.
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November 05, 2026
The U.K. will introduce mandatory human rights due diligence for companies with global turnover of at least £350 million ($471.7 million) to assess the risk of forced labor in their supply chains or face having their products removed from the market.
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November 05, 2026
Comedian and actor Russell Brand was found guilty on Thursday of one charge of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women.
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November 04, 2026
A German court sentenced a Hong Kong couple to seven years in prison following their conviction for a €10.3 million ($11.6 million) value-added tax evasion scheme, European Union authorities said Wednesday.
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November 04, 2026
A Singaporean oil company failed to impose a freezing order against its former chief executive and "de facto chief financial officer" after a London appellate court ruled that it had not demonstrated the men were trying to hide allegedly misappropriated funds.
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November 04, 2026
The $6.4 billion Binance hack has exposed how decentralized finance can help attackers move stolen assets beyond the reach of freezing powers, underscoring what's at stake in the U.K.'s review of financial crime risks linked to DeFi, lawyers say.
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November 04, 2026
Almost two-thirds of young people in the U.K. have encountered suspicious money-making offers online, with criminals increasingly using social media to recruit money mules, a trade body warned Wednesday.
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November 04, 2026
The BBC told a London trial on Wednesday that a prominent political donor and businessman had operated "in countries where corruption was rife" and had good reason to know about admitted bribery.
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November 03, 2026
A senior prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service has admitted to citing a made-up legal precedent during a High Court review over a child defendant, the agency's second slip-up this year over false submissions.
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November 03, 2026
MSC Cruises and its executive chair argued at the start of a London trial Tuesday that an American immersive entertainment company should be blocked from pursuing claims for misappropriation of confidential information in Florida federal court in Miami, saying the claims breach restrictions in two contracts.
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November 03, 2026
A former Nigerian governor convicted of money laundering failed in his bid to reduce his £101.5 million ($136.2 million) confiscation order, with the Court of Appeal holding Tuesday there is "nothing disproportionate" in accounting for inflation on money in frozen accounts.
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November 03, 2026
Two MI5 officers could face further investigation over false evidence provided to courts regarding the agency's handling of an informant, but a court declined Tuesday to bring contempt proceedings, saying police are better placed to investigate potential criminal offenses.
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November 03, 2026
A disciplinary tribunal has ordered a London-based sole practitioner to pay more than £57,000 ($76,000), finding that he had improperly transferred client money, acted without integrity and failed to maintain adequate anti-money-laundering controls.
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November 03, 2026
A former solicitor and adviser to Bernie Ecclestone, the ex-chief executive of Formula One, pleaded not guilty to tax fraud in London on Tuesday over allegations that he lied to HM Revenue and Customs about his ability to pay back taxes.
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November 02, 2026
A law firm has denied owing a property investment company £1.2 million ($1.6 million) after it acted for scammers who pretended to be the owners of a house during a fraudulent property sale.
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November 02, 2026
A prominent business executive and political donor denied Monday making a corrupt payment to a Kazakh woman connected to the country's ruling politicians in the early stages of the London trial of his libel claim against the BBC.
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November 02, 2026
A new duty on employers to take "all reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment of staff members can apply to contract workers, consultants and those working illegally, according to the watchdog charged with enforcing the change in the law.