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March 31, 2025
Lloyds Bank Covers £5.1B Pension Liabilities With Rothesay
The trustee of two Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes said Monday it has penned two insurance policies totaling £5.1 billion ($6.6 billion) with Rothesay Life PLC to cover the cost of unexpected increases in the life expectancy of their members.
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March 31, 2025
Al-Fayed Estate To Face Legal Claims Over Sexual Abuse
Five alleged victims of abuse by Mohamed al-Fayed are planning to launch personal injury claims against the estate of the billionaire, who died in 2023, solicitors acting for the group said Monday.
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March 28, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 28, 2025
£4M Pay Collusion Fine Is A Warning To Train Recruiters
A £4 million ($5.2 million) fine against major sports broadcasters for colluding to fix freelancers' pay is a warning to employers to ensure their recruiters understand how to comply with competition law as enforcement grows.
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March 28, 2025
CCTV Operator Loses Bias Claim Against London Council
A CCTV operator has failed to convince an employment tribunal that a London borough council discriminated against her because of her Christian beliefs, with the tribunal finding she wasn't the only one who had to undergo equality training.
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March 28, 2025
Ex-BMW Staffer Can Revive Union Case After Legal Shift
An appeals court ruled Friday that a former BMW staffer could revive claims that bosses punished and fired her over trade union activities, ruling that a new precedent now permitted late submissions of documents in an appeal request.
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March 28, 2025
Santander Whistleblower Cannot Add FCA Info To Claim
An employment tribunal has rejected a former financial crime policy manager's bid to widen her second whistleblowing claim against Santander to include correspondence with the financial watchdog, ruling that the changes were too fundamental to the basis of her claim.
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March 28, 2025
Engineering Firm Beats Staffer's Long COVID Bias Claim
Engineering giant Amey did not discriminate against a bid writer who had long COVID-19 by offering him a lower pay rise than most of his colleagues, a tribunal held in a decision published Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Pharma Co. Sues Ex-VP For Trade Theft To Benefit Rival
A pharma company has sued its former senior vice president, accusing him of secretly downloading confidential information in order to share it with a rival weeks before he resigned.
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March 28, 2025
Tesco Can't Add New Alleged 'Errors' To Equal Pay Appeal
An attempt by retail giant Tesco to add a broad challenge to alleged factual errors in a claim for equal pay brought by more than 50,000 female shop floor workers was tossed by an appeals tribunal on Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Pension Partners Guides £2M Benefits Deal For Housing Co.
A U.K. housing scheme operator's pension plan has agreed to a £2 million ($2.6 million) full scheme buy-in with financial services group Just, securing the benefits of 15 retirees and eight deferred members, consultant K3 said Friday.
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March 27, 2025
Citibank Settles Ex-Exec's Maternity Discrimination Claims
Citibank has agreed to pay £215,000 ($278,000) to a former assistant vice president to settle her claims that the bank discriminated against her when she was passed up for promotion on her return from maternity leave.
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March 27, 2025
U Of Sussex Fined £585K For Trans Policy's 'Chilling Effect'
A regulator has fined the University of Sussex a record £585,000 ($758,000) because its transgender equality statement had a "chilling effect" on free speech, causing staff to censor themselves.
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March 27, 2025
Huawei Defeats Widow's Delayed Claim Over Unpaid OT
A former Huawei employee's widow can't pursue the company for allegedly discriminating against her husband because she waited too long to launch her case, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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March 27, 2025
6 Insurers Penned £5B-Plus In Pension Deals In 'Record' 2024
Six insurers wrote over £5 billion ($6.5 billion) each in pension deals for the first time in 2024, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP said Thursday, highlighting a risk transfer market "firing on all cylinders" with new entrants increasing competition.
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March 27, 2025
Former Barclays Exec Fights For £3.5M Deferred Bonus
A former head of credit trading at Barclays has argued that he is owed a £3.5 million ($4.5 million) bonus package after he left the bank and joined a hedge fund following his son's diagnosis with a rare disease.
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March 27, 2025
Gov't Urged To Review State Pension Ahead Of Tax 'Cliff Edge'
The U.K. government must reform the state pension or face a "bizarre tax cliff edge" where benefits exceed personal allowance thresholds, experts warned.
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March 27, 2025
Pension Watchdog Vows To Improve Internal Pay Gaps
White, heterosexual men continue to earn more money on average than their colleagues at The Pensions Regulator, data published by the retirement watchdog shows.
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March 26, 2025
Girls' School Beats Christian Influencer's Bias Firing Claim
An employment tribunal has ruled that a Catholic girls' school in north London justifiably sacked its pastoral manager over a post on her popular Christian Instagram pages promoting submissiveness in women towards their husbands, finding that its message could harm vulnerable students.
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March 26, 2025
Claims Firm Beats Whistleblower's Fraud Case
A claims manager didn't blow the whistle on forged signatures at an insurance claims handler because he had waited until his resignation day to alert senior management, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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March 26, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Boss Denies Conspiring To Steal Probate Clients
The former boss of a law firm has denied conspiring to steal clients and business from a probate firm to advance her own interests, telling a London court that there is no evidence of such a plot.
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March 26, 2025
Paralegal To Pay £20K Over 'Hopeless' Dismissal Claim
A paralegal must pay approximately £20,000 ($25,800) in costs after she brought a "hopeless" wrongful dismissal claim against her law firm and "behaved unreasonably" in turning down a settlement offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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March 26, 2025
Reeves Faces Budget Backlash Over Disability Benefit Cuts
Plans by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to boost employment by cutting disability benefits and trigger economic growth through higher costs for employers attracted criticism from all quarters as she delivered her Spring Statement on Wednesday.
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March 26, 2025
Most DC Savers In Plans With 'Productive Asset' Investment
Almost nine in 10 defined contribution pension savers are in schemes that invest in at least one "productive asset" class, such as infrastructure, Britain's retirement watchdog has said.
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March 26, 2025
Police Can't Dodge Claims From Duo Axed After Vetting Loss
A London tribunal has rebuffed a police force's attempt to throw out unfair dismissal claims brought by two former employees, ruling that it is not a foregone conclusion that they lost their jobs on national security grounds.