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August 01, 2025
Spacey Claims No Memory Of Actor In Old Vic Assault Case
Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting British actor Ruari Cannon during a 2013 production at the Old Vic theater, telling a London court he has "no recollection of ever meeting" Cannon.
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August 01, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. announce megamerger plans, Palo Alto Networks acquires identity security company CyberArk, Brookfield buys British life insurer Just Group, and Duke Energy sells its Piedmont Natural Gas Tennessee local distribution business to Spire Inc.
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August 01, 2025
Barclays Adviser Wrongly Fired Over Sexual Remarks
A former Barclays employee was unfairly dismissed for making sexual comments to female colleagues, but he could have been fairly dismissed for the same conduct, according to a Glasgow tribunal ruling.
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August 01, 2025
Unvaxxed Care Workers Lose Bid To Sue Gov't Over Firings
More than a hundred unvaccinated care home workers fired during the COVID-19 pandemic have failed to convince an appellate tribunal that they should be able to sue the government for discrimination alongside their former employers.
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August 01, 2025
Pension Watchdog Warns Trustees On 'Systemic' Climate Risk
Britain's retirement saving's watchdog has urged pension scheme trustees to treat climate change as a core financial risk, as the regulator looks to set up an industry working group to work on a practical approach to environment-related matters.
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August 01, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other.
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August 01, 2025
Barrister Fails To Overturn Disbarment For Sexual Misconduct
A former barrister has lost his bid to challenge his disbarment for sexual misconduct, with a court ruling that a tribunal was entitled to find that a lighter sentence would be inappropriate given his repeated offenses and lack of insight.
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July 31, 2025
Equality Watchdog Gets New Chair Amid Trans Controversy
The government appointed a controversial new chair to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Thursday, despite accusations she had endorsed gender-critical views, as the commission fights a challenge to the legality of its guidance on toilet use for trans people.
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July 31, 2025
West Ham Star Cleared Of Spot-Fixing Matches
The Football Association said Thursday that an independent panel has cleared West Ham United player Lucas Paquetá of four spot-fixing charges linked to allegations that he had deliberately received yellow cards in four Premier League matches.
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July 31, 2025
Tesco Wins Partial Victory Over Tribunal Errors On Equal Pay
Tesco won part of its bid on Thursday to challenge a tribunal's findings about what constitutes equal work, as an appellate judge agreed that the panel had made mistakes in its comparison of female and male employees' roles.
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July 31, 2025
Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs
A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.
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July 31, 2025
Pensions Ombudsman Says Caseload Is Outpacing Funding
The Pensions Ombudsman said that its funding has failed to keep pace with the rising caseload of complaints, forcing it to look at artificial intelligence to help reduce waiting times.
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July 31, 2025
Tax Breaks On Pension Contributions Rise to £52.1B
The total cost of pensions tax breaks has risen by £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion), government figures revealed Thursday, amid speculation about a raid by HM Treasury in the next Budget.
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July 31, 2025
A&O Shearman Guides Brookfield On £2.4B Just Group Buy
Investment giant Brookfield said Thursday that it plans to buy Just Group, a British life insurer, for £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) in a deal steered by A&O Shearman and Slaughter and May.
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July 30, 2025
Ambulance Staff Fight For Stipend Cut Due To Pregnancy
Three paramedics are suing their employer for maternity discrimination over a ban on front-line work while pregnant that they say has trimmed their pay.
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July 30, 2025
Disputes Grow Amid Rising Recognition Of Mental Disabilities
Law firm Nockolds said Wednesday that more than one in six workplace disputes arise over claims of disability discrimination as conditions such as stress, depression and menopause are increasingly recognized as disabilities.
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July 30, 2025
Trans Individuals Challenge EHRC Workplace Toilet Rules
A group of transgender and intersex individuals told the High Court on Wednesday that guidance issued by the equalities watchdog following the U.K. Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman breaches their human rights.
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July 30, 2025
Sky Apologizes For Defaming Met Police Chief Superintendent
Sky Ltd. apologized on Wednesday for harming the reputation of a chief superintendent with the Metropolitan Police by publishing an article that falsely alleged that he had committed professional misconduct by using public money to facilitate sexual encounters with female colleagues.
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July 30, 2025
UK Gov't Forced To Repay £48.7M In Pension Overtaxation
The government has had to hand back £48.7 million ($64.7 million) in the past three months to Britons who paid too much tax when tapping into their pension savings, figures revealed Wednesday, as experts say a fix for the long-running tax provision so far has shown little effect.
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July 30, 2025
Govt's National Wealth Fund Ignored Worker's Pay Concerns
The U.K. government's National Wealth Fund subjected an employee to sexual discrimination after it failed to address his request for a pay review, an Employment Tribunal has ruled.
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July 30, 2025
Axed Charity Staffer Wins Early Battle In Whistleblowing Claim
A tribunal has ordered a London charity to reinstate a former member of staff or keep paying her after she showed there is a "pretty good chance" that her whistleblowing over an irregular payment led to her dismissal.
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July 30, 2025
Looser SMCR May Leave Banks More Open To Fraud Charges
The Financial Conduct Authority's proposed partial relaxation of the approval process under its senior managers regime as the U.K. pushes for deregulation could leave companies more exposed to fraud prosecution as the failure to prevent fraud offense goes live in September.
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July 29, 2025
Solicitor Denies Antisemitic Intent With Offensive Tweets
A solicitor told a disciplinary tribunal Tuesday that he did not intend any of his social media posts to be antisemitic, arguing that although his posts were admittedly "offensive" and "childish" he intended only to criticize the state of Israel.
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July 29, 2025
Ex-JPMorgan Trader Drops Bid For Remedy Over Unfair Firing
A former JPMorgan Chase metals trader has told an employment tribunal that he won't be pursuing his case for compensation any further despite winning his unfair dismissal claim against the bank over a faulty "spoofing" investigation.
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July 29, 2025
Tech Pro Says Alleged Software Copying Was 'Obvious' Joke
A payments company's former head of technology has denied copying the company's software to help build a rival platform, telling a London court that his ex-employer has taken a joke about pinching the code "out of context."