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July 17, 2026
Two former directors of a telecom technology company have settled their £8 million ($10.8 million) claim against their successors over allegedly being tricked into selling their shares at a fraction of their true value.
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July 17, 2026
Unite the Union has failed to strike out its former legal chief's claim accusing the union of leaking details of his suspension to the press, after a London judge ruled that an earlier tribunal decision left too much uncertainty over who was responsible.
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July 17, 2026
Proposals to reform equal pay laws and processes in the U.K. fall short of radical new European rules on pay transparency and equality — but the government's more incremental approach is likely to be unpopular with employers concerned that it will increase wage costs and sow division among workers.
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July 17, 2026
The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of international human rights barristers and chambers sued, and oil business Equinor embroiled in a contract dispute with BP after recently acquiring full ownership in their offshore project. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 17, 2026
The government must revise its planned changes to pension transfer regulations, as proposals intended to strengthen protections against scams could instead create unnecessary barriers to legitimate transfers while doing little to deter fraud, an industry body has warned.
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July 17, 2026
A former employee of a sports data firm has denied misusing any confidential information in breach of his employment contract, telling a London court that he emailed himself documents only to preserve evidence during a "flawed" disciplinary process.
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July 16, 2026
A London appeals tribunal held Thursday that two rail operators breached collective bargaining rules by cutting negotiations short and taking a pay offer directly to union members, preserving a £4.9 million ($6.4 million) payout to 1,250 workers.
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July 16, 2026
Europe's top court ruled Thursday that the rules of the governing body of world football regarding players' agents breach the EU's ban on cartels, but said national courts must decide whether other rules also violate competition law.
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July 16, 2026
A human resources adviser has lost a bid to expand her disability discrimination appeal against the National Health Service, after an appellate tribunal found she waited too long to challenge an earlier decision that part of her claim was out of time.
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July 16, 2026
The U.K. government should develop a clearer national framework for measuring retirement adequacy to ensure the pension system is guaranteeing savers have enough money to live well in later life, an influential trade body has said.
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July 16, 2026
The Ministry of Defence has defeated a sex discrimination claim from a female member of the Royal Navy, convincing a tribunal that it was not unfair to restrict her participation in a fitness test required to become a higher-ranked officer because she had recently had a baby.
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July 16, 2026
Pension Insurance Corporation PLC has taken on full responsibility for all 36,000 members of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund, just nine months after signing a £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) deal with the British aerospace and defense giant.
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July 16, 2026
The number of U.K. pensioners paying income tax has risen by three million in the five years since earning thresholds were frozen, government figures have revealed.
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July 16, 2026
The government said Thursday that it has formally brought British Steel into public ownership to safeguard its industrial capacity, protect thousands of jobs and secure supplies for critical infrastructure.
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July 15, 2026
Britain's equality watchdog confirmed Wednesday that businesses risk discrimination claims if they allow transgender people to use toilets matching their chosen gender under the body's new code of practice, which comes into effect on Aug. 5.
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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 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
Britain's retirement savings watchdog has said its work over the next five years will be driven by raising governance standards and ensuring value for money, while it seeks to improve sustainable outcomes for people at retirement.
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July 15, 2026
The U.K. government should scrap the "unusually generous" triple-lock pension policy to reduce fiscal uncertainty in Britain, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said Wednesday.
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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 veteran barrister urged the government in a landmark review on Tuesday to give the Serious Fraud Office powers to pay whistleblowers to "take the fight to fraudsters" who are eroding trust in the justice system and the U.K. economy.
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July 14, 2026
The government proposed on Tuesday requirements for employers to disclose a salary range to job applicants as part of a consultation on pay equality reforms that include a new watchdog and pay audits of employers that have committed pay discrimination.
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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 government has said it wants to hike levies on pension funds to plug a £154 million ($206 million) shortfall in the cost of regulating the sector.
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July 14, 2026
The nation's largest pension schemes have £5.3 billion ($7 billion) invested in U.K. unlisted markets, according to data published by the sector's regulator, as the government pushes ahead with its megafund reforms.