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August 18, 2025
Opaque Bonus Policies Widen Gender Pay Gap In Law Firms
Opaque bonus processes and a tendency for women to specialize in lower-earning practices are hampering progress by law firms as they seek to close the more than 31% bonus pay-gap, experts say.
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August 18, 2025
Law360's 2025 UK Law Firm Gender Pay Gap Report
Law360 has collected and analyzed the gender pay-gap reports from more than 100 top law firms in the U.K. and compiled that data into a new tool, revealing that male employees typically earned 26% more than their female colleagues in 2024. Check out our analysis of the findings in the coverage below.
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August 18, 2025
Asda Loses Bid To Stall Unionizing At UK Depots
Asda Stores Ltd. lost its challenge on Monday to a bid by trade union GMB to form a collective bargaining unit at its depots, as an adjudicator ruled that the retail giant's concerns about manipulation of supporter numbers are immaterial.
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August 18, 2025
Diarra To Restart €65M Claim Against FIFA Transfer Rules
French former professional football player Lassana Diarra said Monday that he will relaunch his €65 million ($75.8 million) claim against the game's world governing body and the Belgian association over allegedly unlawful and restrictive no-poaching agreements.
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August 18, 2025
Aviva Launches Flexible Annuity To Boost Retirement Control
Aviva said Monday that it has launched a new retirement income program that pays a guaranteed amount over a fixed term to give clients more control over their pension savings.
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August 18, 2025
Companies Told To Prepare For New Fraud Prevention Law
Large organizations must gear up for the new "failure to prevent fraud" offense that will come into force in a fortnight or prepare for an investigation, the Serious Fraud Office warned Monday.
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August 18, 2025
JB Drax Sues Exec Over Resignation In £400K Loan Dispute
A derivatives broker has accused a sales executive of resigning in breach of a £400,000 ($542,000) loan agreement and exposing it to unfair competition because he had access to sensitive information.
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August 18, 2025
UK Launches State Pension Review Amid Aging Population
The government launched its third review into the state pension age on Monday to determine how lawmakers should go about setting the age at which Britons receive retirement payments in the future.
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August 18, 2025
FCA Warns Of Consumer Risk In Pension Transfer Incentives
The City watchdog is concerned about the use of financial incentives used to encourage Britons to transfer their pensions, as it published a sweeping review of the impact of anti-fraud rules on the retirement sector.
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August 18, 2025
Eversheds, Fieldfisher Guide Brother's £56M Pension Deal
The European arm of global electronics giant Brother Industries Ltd. has agreed to a £56 million ($76 million) full pension program buy-in with Just Group PLC, the financial services company said on Monday.
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August 17, 2025
Women At UK Law Firms Earn 26% Less Than Men
The U.K.'s highest-earning law firms are making fractional progress in closing the gender pay gap. In a new project, Law360 dives deep into what's behind the inequality at British firms — and what it will take to close the gap.
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August 17, 2025
Law360's 2025 Review Of Gender Pay Gaps At UK Law Firms
The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 26% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%. Law360 has collected and analyzed gender pay-gap reports from over 100 firms and compiled that data into a new tool.
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August 15, 2025
Medical Union Loses Bid To Block NHS Changes
A London judge denied a medical union's bid on Friday to stop the U.K.'s health department from implementing recommended changes to union members' jobs, ruling that the union had not met the test for relief before a full hearing.
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August 15, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Transport for London hit with a procurement claim by the operator of Oyster card, while Mastercard and Visa face claims from the Rocco Forte Hotel Group, and Liverpool Football Club lobbed a claim against a security company.
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August 15, 2025
Pro Rugby Exec Quits Alleging Misogyny From Owners
The chief operating officer of a professional rugby club has alleged its owners suggested she sleep with someone at the sport's governing body in an open letter on Thursday announcing her resignation.
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August 15, 2025
Engineer Fired After Raising Gas Safety Concerns Wins £66K
An employment tribunal has ordered an energy infrastructure company to pay a former chief engineer more than £66,000 ($89,500) for unfairly firing him after he raised concerns with a job to replace gas mains in London.
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August 15, 2025
Tech Co. Denies Liability For Founder's Legal Fees
An anti-piracy technology firm has rejected a founder's claim that it is obliged to pay for his £186,000 ($252,000) legal bill for litigation against the business, denying that it agreed to cover those legal fees.
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August 15, 2025
Asos Avoids Bias Case Over Worker With Anti-Uniform Beliefs
Fashion retailer Asos did not discriminate against the philosophical beliefs of an employee working for IT firm Ricoh UK by requiring him to wear uniforms that impeded his duties on-site, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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August 15, 2025
L&G Sees Near £1T Pension Deals Globally Over Next Decade
Legal & General has said global insurers could secure up to £1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) in pension liabilities over the next decade.
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August 14, 2025
Trustees Warned To Follow Rules Or Face Jail, Fines
The Pensions Regulator on Thursday warned pension scheme trustees that they face large fines or even jail if they flout investment rules designed to protect savers.
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August 14, 2025
UK Faces Pensions Crisis As Savings Fall Short, Says Official
A director at the pensions watchdog has said that ensuring workers in Britain have sufficient financial resources in later life is the "challenge of our time."
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August 14, 2025
Ex-CEO Denies Contract Breaches In £4.6M Dividend Spat
An education company's former chief executive has denied allegations in a £4.6 million ($6.2 million) claim that she had caused the business to violate the terms of its government contracts by paying herself profits as dividends rather than reinvesting them.
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August 14, 2025
WTW Trust Invests £450M In Schroders Renewables Fund
Insurance broker WTW said Thursday that its defined contribution master trust will invest $450 million in a fund of renewable energy-focused investment manager Schroders Greencoat LLP.
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August 14, 2025
Retail Assets Under Management Overtake Pension Assets
The Investment Association said that for the first time, pension assets fell below retail assets as a proportion of assets under management by investment managers, driven by the continued impact of the 2022 gilts sell-off and by direct benefit pension scheme wind-downs.
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August 14, 2025
Prison Officer Can Appeal Firing Over Clash With Colleague
A former prison officer on Thursday won a bid to revive his case that he was unfairly sacked for confronting a colleague after the pair had a heated exchange while he was subject to a final written warning.