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August 13, 2025
HSF Kramer, CMS Guide £36M Pension Deal For German Bank
Pension Insurance Corp. has completed a £36 million ($49 million) buy-in transaction involving the pensions of 156 members of The Helaba Group in a deal guided by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP.
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August 13, 2025
Thousands Of Sainsbury's Female Staff Fight For Equal Pay
Thousands of female shop workers for retail giant Sainsbury's have claimed that their jobs are of equal value to those of better-paid male warehouse staff in their fight for equal pay.
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August 13, 2025
UK Employers Targeted By Foreign Worker Sponsorship Scam
U.K. organizations that sponsor overseas workers have been targeted by fraudsters posing as the Home Office and using a sophisticated phishing scam to steal sensitive data, according to cybersecurity company Mimecast.
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August 13, 2025
EAT Draws Hard Line On Bringing 2nd Claim During 1st
An appeals tribunal has upheld a decision to block a worker's second claim against a social housing provider, ruling that he should have tried to add the complaint to the first claim he had filed.
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August 13, 2025
Gov't Urged To Tackle UK Self-Employed Pensions 'Crisis'
The government should allow HM Revenue and Customs and financial advisers to provide personalized "nudges" to self-employed workers to encourage retirement saving amid mounting concern that they are not putting enough money aside, a cross-party think tank has said.
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August 13, 2025
Recruitment Co. Founder Wins £229K For Botched Dismissal
A recruitment agency must pay £229,118 ($310,000) to one of its co-founders after it unfairly dismissed him and failed to pay him his bonus, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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August 13, 2025
Squire Patton Steers £23M Pension Deal For UK Steelmaker
Reinforced-steel supplier Rom Ltd. has agreed a £23 million ($31 million) full pension scheme buy-in with Just Group, the financial services company said Wednesday.
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August 13, 2025
Machinery Biz FD Gets 11-Year Ban For £1.5M Undeclared Tax
A former financial director of a machinery business has been banned from the profession for 11 years for submitting false value-added tax returns over three years and leaving more than £1.5 million ($2 million) undeclared to HM Revenue and Customs.
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August 12, 2025
Calling A Woman's Attire 'Conservative' Could Be Harassment
A tribunal has ruled that a business consultant working at Shell may have harassed a female colleague by labeling her clothes "conservative," rejecting the consultant's own set of claims against his former employer.
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August 12, 2025
WME Denies Poaching Agent To Target Rival's Top Clients
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has denied poaching an agent from a rival U.K. talent agency, dismissing allegations that he used press coverage to lure clients including Queens of the Stone Age, Coldplay and boygenius.
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August 12, 2025
Financial Data Provider Sues Rival For Database Theft
A financial data provider has accused a former product director at one of its subsidiaries of copying a valuable database on infrastructure and energy deals in order to launch a rival platform.
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August 12, 2025
HMCTS Says 'No Evidence' IT Bug Affected Case Outcomes
The body that manages the court system in England and Wales insisted on Tuesday that a widely-reported technical problem did not affect cases, saying an internal investigation found "no evidence" of an impact on outcomes.
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August 12, 2025
Insurer Utmost Group's Assets Grow To £107B After Rival Buy
Utmost Group said Tuesday that its gross cash inflows increased to £5.3 billion ($7.1 billion) in the first half of 2025 after the British insurer completed the acquisition of rival Lombard International in December.
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August 12, 2025
Hospitality Swamped By Employment Claims As Reforms Near
British hospitality and leisure businesses are facing a disproportionate number of employment tribunal claims as the government pursues reforms to strengthen workers' rights to get redress, a report from law firm Birketts LLP showed Tuesday.
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August 12, 2025
Gov't Faces Litigation Over Shell, BAE Secondment Scheme
A human rights organization has warned the foreign secretary that a plan to invite staff from oil giant Shell and defense contractor BAE Systems to take on diplomatic roles might be unlawful.
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August 11, 2025
Business School Must Face Visa Sponsorship Bias Claim
A business school can't escape a former staffer's claims that it is racially discriminating against him for being Egyptian by failing to obtain a visa sponsorship after employees were transferred to another company, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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August 11, 2025
Synagogue Org To Ax Rabbi After Inquiry By Retired Judge
A U.K. Jewish charity and synagogue organization did not act unfairly by sacking a rabbi after a retired judge deemed him guilty of gross misconduct following allegations of sexual misconduct, a tribunal ruled in a decision released Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Heathrow Staffer Fired Over Allegedly Racist Video Wins £44K
Heathrow Airport must pay £43,999 ($59,000) to a security officer it unfairly fired for showing his colleague a video allegedly portraying India as dirty, but it does not have to give him back his job, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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August 11, 2025
Royal London Secures £1B In Pension Deals Since Launch
The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd. said it has secured at least £1 billion ($1.34 billion) in pension scheme liabilities since entering the de-risking market last year.
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August 11, 2025
7 Local Gov't Pension Funds To Join Border To Coast
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership said Monday that seven local government pension scheme funds that manage approximately £45 billion ($60.5 billion) plan to join the pool, as part of the wider plan to consolidate the U.K.'s retirement pot.
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August 11, 2025
Most Pension Savers Under 65 Tap Funds Early, Data Shows
Approximately 70% of the three million savers in Britain who withdrew money from their retirement pots after government reforms in 2015 did so before they reached state pension age, a retirement specialist said Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Addleshaw Helps PIC On £4.3B Rolls-Royce Pension Deal
Pension Insurance Corp. PLC said Monday that it has covered £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) of pension liabilities for British aerospace and defense giant Rolls-Royce PLC to help streamline its business operations.
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August 08, 2025
Solicitor Found To Be Incompetent In Property Deal Oversight
A disciplinary tribunal ruled on Friday that a solicitor displayed "manifest incompetence" when he failed to spot red flags in several potentially fraudulent property transactions — but also found that his conduct had not lacked integrity.
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August 08, 2025
Bar Council Calls For 'Urgent' Probe Into HMCTS IT Bugs
The Bar Council called on Friday for an investigation into reports that IT bugs in case management software caused information and evidence used in court cases to be hidden, overwritten or disappear, potentially affecting the outcome of litigation.
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August 08, 2025
Private Sector Pension Savings Hit Record £25.5B In 2024
Private sector employees in the U.K. contributed a record £25.5 billion ($34.3 billion) to their pension pots in 2024, a consultancy said on Friday.
Expert Analysis
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Migration Data Could Mean Big 2024 Changes For Employers
In light of the Office for National Statistics' recent revised net migration figures, the government has taken a tough stance on reducing migration, announcing numerous upcoming immigration rules changes that employers need to be aware of, including work sponsorship, say Caroline Bagley, Emma Morgan and Adil Qadus at Shoosmiths.
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The Top 7 Global ESG Litigation Trends In 2023
To date, ESG litigation across the world can largely be divided into seven forms, but these patterns will continue developing, including a rise in cases against private and state actors, a more complex regulatory environment affecting multinational companies, and an increase in nongovernmental organization activity, say Sophie Lamb and Aleksandra Dulska at Latham.
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Employment Law Changes May Increase Litigation In 2024
As we enter 2024, significant employment law updates include changes to holiday pay, gender equality and flexible working, but the sector must deal with the unintended consequences of some of these changes, likely leading to increased litigation in the coming year, says Louise Taft at Jurit.
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How European Authorities Are Foiling Anti-Competitive Hiring
Lawyers at Squire Patton discuss key labor practice antitrust concerns and notable regulation trends in several European countries following recent enforcement actions brought by the European Commission and U.K. Competition and Markets Authority.
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When Can Bonuses Be Clawed Back?
The High Court's recent decision in Steel v. Spencer should remind employees that the contractual conditions surrounding bonuses and the timing of any resignation must be carefully considered, as in certain circumstances, bonuses can and are being successfully clawed back by employers, say Merrill April and Rachael Parker at CM Murray.
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Trial By AI Could Be Closer Than You Think
In a known first for the U.K., a Court of Appeal justice recently admitted to using ChatGPT to write part of a judgment, highlighting how AI could make the legal system more efficient and enable the judicial process to record more accurate and fair decisions, say Charles Kuhn and Neide Lemos at Clyde & Co.
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Employer Considerations After Visa And Application Fee Hikes
The U.K.'s recent visa and application fee increases are having a significant financial impact on businesses, and may heighten the risk of hiring discrimination, so companies should carefully reconsider their budgets accordingly, says Adam Sinfield at Osborne Clarke.
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Collapse-Risk Buildings Present Liability Challenges
Recently, buildings, such as Harrow Crown Court, have been closed due to risk of collapse from use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in their construction, but identifying who will pay for the associated damages may be challenging due to expired limitation periods, say Theresa Mohammed, Jonathan Clarke and Villem Diederichs at Watson Farley.
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Age Bias Cases Illustrate Key Employer Issues On Retirement
Recent Employment Tribunal cases demonstrate that age discrimination claims are increasingly on employees' radars, particularly regarding retirement, so employers should be proactive and review their current practices for managing older employees, say Jane Mann and Lucy Sellen at Fox Williams.
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What The Auto-Enrollment Law Means For UK Workforce
In a welcome step to enhance retirement savings, the U.K. government is set to extend the automatic enrollment regime by lowering the eligibility age and reducing the lower qualifying earnings limit, but addressing workers' immediate financial needs remains a challenge, says Beth Brown at Arc Pensions.
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RSA Insurance Ruling Clarifies Definition Of 'Insured Loss'
A London appeals court's recent ruling in Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance v. Tughans, that the insurer must provide coverage for a liability that included the law firm's fees, shows that a claim for the recovery of fees paid to a firm can constitute an insured loss, say James Roberts and Sophia Hanif at Clyde & Co.
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Key Takeaways From ICO Report On Workforce Monitoring
The Information Commissioner's Office recently published guidance on workplace monitoring, highlighting that employers must strike a balance between their business needs and workers' privacy rights to avoid falling afoul of U.K. data protection law requirements, say lawyers at MoFo.
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Creating A Safe Workplace Goes Beyond DEI Compliance
The Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority recently proposed a new diversity and inclusion regulatory framework to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, and companies should take this opportunity to holistically transform their culture to ensure zero tolerance for misconduct, says Vivek Dodd at Skillcast.
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Bias Claim Highlights Need For Menopause Support Policies
The recent U.K. Employment Tribunal case Rooney v. Leicester City Council, concerning a menopause discrimination claim, illustrates the importance of support policies that should feed into an organization's wider diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies, say Ellie Gelder, Kelly Thomson and Victoria Othen at RPC.
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UK Case Offers Lessons On Hiring Accommodations
The U.K. Employment Appeal Tribunal recently ruled in Aecom v. Mallon that an employer had failed to make reasonable adjustments to an online application for an applicant with a disability, highlighting that this obligation starts from the earliest point of the recruitment process, say Nishma Chudasama and Emily Morrison at SA Law.