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March 04, 2025
Creators Need New Forum To Shield IP In AI Era, Gov't Told
The government must set up a new forum to allow creators to enforce their intellectual property rights amid the rise of artificial intelligence, the Trades Union Congress has said.
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March 03, 2025
2 Temple Gardens Co-Head Didn't Mislead Court, Judge Finds
A High Court judge ruled in a hearing Monday that a co-head of 2 Temple Gardens and a solicitor did not mislead the court in a long-running dispute with a Black barrister who claimed he was expelled from the set because of his race.
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March 03, 2025
UK Pensions Watchdog Calls For Improved Scheme Data
The Pensions Regulator said Monday it has launched a strategy to help the retirement savings industry digitalize more data to help inform savers and product designers.
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March 03, 2025
Brookfield Launches In UK To Tap Pension Buyout Demand
North American investment giant Brookfield Corp. said Monday it is poised to enter the U.K. pension transfer market, amid an increasing number of retirement savings plans offloading their liabilities to insurers.
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March 03, 2025
Trans Chaplain Forced To Quit By Hospital's Media Blunder
An employment tribunal has ordered an NHS children's hospital to pay £18,000 ($22,801) to a transgender chaplain who was forced to resign after bosses mishandled a media inquiry accusing him of promoting a "contested agenda" during Pride month.
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March 03, 2025
Ex-Barclays Trader Loses Fight To Redo Sexism Payout Fight
A tribunal has tossed a bid by a former Barclays analyst for a review of her £50,000 ($63,500) payout for sex discrimination and a failure to accommodate her disabilities, ruling that it did not botch its original decision.
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March 03, 2025
Gov't Softens Hard Deadline For State Pension Top-Ups
The U.K. government has softened its deadline for Britons to plug holes in their state pension, amid a surge in last-minute inquiries.
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March 03, 2025
Pension Insurer Utmost Appoints Schroders For £400M Book
Utmost Life and Pensions has appointed Schroders to act as asset manager for its retirement portfolio, after the insurer entered the bulk purchase annuity market last year.
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March 03, 2025
Ex-Royal Mail Postie Wins £45K For Race Bias, Unfair Ousting
Royal Mail must pay a former postman £44,800 ($57,000) after it racially discriminated against him before forcing his resignation by halting his sick pay, a tribunal has ruled.
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March 03, 2025
CMS Guides £2.8M Pension Deal For UK Careers Charity
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre Pension Scheme said Monday that it has secured a £2.8 million ($3.6 million) full buy-in with retirement financial services specialist Just Group PLC.
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February 28, 2025
Employment Rights Bill Should Do More, MPs' Report Says
The Employment Rights Bill can go further to close loopholes that allow rogue employers to "exploit work insecurity" and undercut compliant businesses even as employers complain that the reforms are expensive and ill-conceived, MPs told the government in an official report on the bill published on Monday.
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February 28, 2025
Tribunal 'Impressed' After Lawyer Admits Touching Co-Worker
A tribunal on Friday said it was "impressed" with a barrister's efforts to make amends after he admitted to putting his hand up a co-worker's skirt, and handed the lawyer a significantly reduced suspension for the misconduct because of "compelling mitigation."
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February 28, 2025
Teacher Loses Challenge To Ban Over Student Relationship
A former physical education teacher lost his appeal on Friday against the Disclosure and Barring Service's decision to bar him over allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a pupil, before the teachers' regulator had come to its own conclusions.
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February 28, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the billionaire Zakay brothers, founders of Topland Group, become embroiled in a legal dispute with each other, Unilever sue three major perfume companies over alleged illegal price-fixing, and the publisher of Vogue magazine file an intellectual property suit against Cornucopia Events. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 28, 2025
Pension Credit Demand Soars After Cuts To Winter Fuel Aid
Some 300,000 U.K. retirees have applied for pension credit so far in the financial year ending March 31, showing a sharp spike from the previous year after the Labour government said it would cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.
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February 28, 2025
Gov't Urged To Overhaul Pension Transfer Rules
The U.K. government must urgently overhaul its traffic light system for pension transfers, a trade body said, warning that the rules as drafted are too vague and cause major delays.
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February 28, 2025
NHS Nurse Left Out Of Tea Round By Colleague Wins £41K
A diabetes specialist has won £41,000 ($51,700) from the NHS Trust where she worked after a tribunal ruled that the hospital had failed to appropriately address a serious breakdown in relationship between her and a colleague.
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February 27, 2025
Court Clerk Can Keep Most Of £226K Retirement Payout
A former court clerk has won the right to collect the majority of his £226,800 ($287,500) retirement payout, convincing a tribunal that the Ministry of Justice can only subtract £88,800 for a lump sum he has already picked up.
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February 27, 2025
Tesco Can Re-Do Arguments On Equal Pay Expert Evidence
Tesco on Thursday won a second shot at introducing expert economist evidence as part of its equal pay battle with mostly female shop workers who claim they were unfairly paid less than their predominantly male warehouse staff counterparts.
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February 27, 2025
Wildlife Channel Must Pay £95K To Fired Remote Worker
An employment tribunal has ordered a popular wildlife TV channel to pay a former employee £95,203 ($120,675) after it feigned concerns about the legality of his remote work in order to fire him.
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February 27, 2025
Gibson Dunn Atty Wins Exit From Amazon Worker Dispute
An employment tribunal has dismissed a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP lawyer from a former Amazon worker's unfair dismissal claim after ruling the Dallas-based associate had been dragged into the claim in a case of mistaken identity.
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February 27, 2025
Lib Dem Founder Loses Fight Against Expulsion From Party
A founder of the Liberal Democrats has lost her case that she was unfairly expelled from the party as a London court ruled on Thursday that an internal tribunal had not made errors that invalidated her expulsion over a bullying complaint.
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February 27, 2025
Menopause-Related Tribunal Claims Triple, Law Firm Says
Employment tribunal claims involving issues linked to the menopause have surged in number since 2022 as employers grapple with the widening definition of disability, according to research carried out by a law firm.
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February 26, 2025
Lawyer's Age Bias Win Is A Cue To Revisit Retirement Norms
A legal victory by a Walker Morris LLP partner over the firm's mandatory retirement policy is a "warning shot" to firms underscoring that they cannot rely on forced ousters to make room for younger talent to advance, lawyers say, as the once-declining practice regains popularity.
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February 26, 2025
Pension Watchdog Could Face Strain From Superfund Surge
The U.K.'s retirement savings watchdog should consider a fast-track route to approving superfund transactions, a consultancy said Wednesday, warning that "regulatory bandwidth" could prove a barrier to a growth in demand.