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May 19, 2025
Takeout Owner Gets Suspended Sentence For VAT Tax Dodge
The former owner of a Chinese takeout restaurant in the U.K. received a one-year prison sentence, which was suspended, for fraudulently disposing property after filing for bankruptcy instead of paying his bill of over £43,000 ($57,000) in value-added tax, the U.K.'s Insolvency Service announced Monday.
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May 19, 2025
Osborne Clarke Pro's Conduct Risked Public Trust, SDT Says
A disciplinary tribunal has ruled that an Osborne Clarke LLP partner committed the kind of misconduct that "would clearly undermine public trust" in lawyers by misusing legal language to try to shield an email sent on behalf of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi from being published, explaining its decision to fine the solicitor over the incident.
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May 19, 2025
UK-EU Pact Aims To Revive Youth Work Mobility After Brexit
An agreement Monday between the U.K. and the European Commission to work toward creating a "youth experience scheme" could help boost employment in sectors affected by work rights restrictions caused by Brexit.
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May 19, 2025
Construction Co. Owes £27K To Worker Dismissed In Transfer
An employment tribunal has ordered Altrad Babcock Ltd. to pay £27,446 ($36,772) to an employee over a botched redeployment effort following an instance of "potential sexual harassment."
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May 19, 2025
UK Aims To Recruit 1,000 Tribunal Judges, Panelists In 2025
The government is aiming to recruit 1,000 judges and panel members by the end of the year before a probable deluge of claims once the Employment Rights Bill comes into effect.
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May 19, 2025
Gov't Warned Over Mandating UK Pension Funds' Investment
The government must avoid introducing a legal requirement on U.K. pension plans to invest a proportion of their funds in domestic assets, a consultancy has warned.
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May 19, 2025
Locum GP Wins Bid To Pursue Wages Claim
A Scottish employment tribunal has given a locum general practitioner the green light to forge ahead with his pay dispute against a medical practice group, holding that he had worker's status during most of his time with the company.
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May 19, 2025
Firm And Consultant Fined £10K Over Accounts Rules Breach
An English law firm and a consultant were each hit with a £5,000 ($6,700) fine by a disciplinary tribunal on Monday after the solicitors' regulator alleged that they allowed the company's client account to be used as a banking facility.
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May 16, 2025
Work Agency Loses VAT Deregistration Appeal Over Tax Fraud
An agency worker supply company has lost its latest bid to challenge a decision by the U.K. tax authority to cancel its VAT registration over its alleged links to a tax fraud scheme, as a London appeals court refused its bid on Friday.
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May 16, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Linklaters and EY face negligence claims from a fintech investment firm, property developer Sir John Ritblat bring legal action against a Guernsey-registered company, and fresh equal pay litigation filed against Morrisons and Safeways. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 16, 2025
Ex-BGC Tax Adviser Jailed For Breaching Asset Freeze Order
A former BGC Partners employee was sentenced to 16 months committal in prison Friday for contempt by a London judge Monday after admitting he breached restrictions the court imposed after he committed a £23.5 million ($31.1 million) fraud against a subsidiary.
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May 16, 2025
Steel Biz Says Ex-Exec Must Repay £574K Of Bonus
A British steel supplier has sued its former managing director, alleging he wrongfully retained more than half a million pounds of a conditional bonus following his early departure from the company.
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May 16, 2025
Gov't, EHRC Face Legal Challenge Over Toilet Use Guidance
A group of transgender and intersex individuals launched a legal challenge against the equalities watchdog and a government minister on Friday, arguing that guidance issued following the U.K. Supreme Court's watershed ruling on the legal definition of a woman violates human rights law.
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May 16, 2025
School To Pay £370K Over Campaign To Blacklist Union Rep
A former teacher and union representative has won more than £370,000 ($491,400) after a tribunal found she had been targeted by a headteacher who deliberately gave her negative references that derailed her career in education.
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May 16, 2025
Only 4 Pension Groups Linked To Gov't 'Dashboards' So Far
Only four of the 20 pensions organizations voluntarily involved in linking to the government's long-awaited "dashboards" project have so far completed their connection, the organization behind the program has said.
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May 16, 2025
GMB Calls On Gov't To Block Thames Water Exec Bonuses
Workers' union GMB said Friday that a government intervention to block bonuses for Thames Water bosses would be "the right call" after the water company sought a £3 billion ($3.9 billion) rescue package if it is to avoid falling into special administration plans.
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May 16, 2025
UK Gov't Admits Jump In Errors Over State Pension Payouts
The government has admitted that its rising levels of errors have led to underpayment of state pensions, even though it has spent years and hundreds of millions of pounds trying to correct earlier mistakes.
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May 15, 2025
Gov't Urged To Overhaul Scam Rules Amid Pension Delays
The government must reform its scam protection regulations in the face of spiraling delays in transferring pension savings, a retirement savings provider warned Friday.
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May 15, 2025
Royal Mail Worker Wins Shower Intrusion Harassment Case
An employment tribunal has upheld a Royal Mail employee's claim for harassment after a manager intruded on her while she was showering at work, but tossed her remaining claims for alleged bullying and unpaid wages.
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May 15, 2025
UK Floats Local Gov't Pension Fixes To Tackle Discrimination
The U.K. government on Thursday proposed making all maternity, shared parental and adoption leave automatically pensionable for members in the Local Government Pension Scheme, among a raft of changes it said would boost benefits and end "years of discrimination."
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May 15, 2025
Amazon Whistleblower Fights To Revive Unfair Firing Claim
An Amazon whistleblower urged the Employment Tribunal on Thursday to revive his unfair dismissal claim against the tech giant, saying a lower tribunal's decision to strike out his claim was unfair in light of his neurological disability.
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May 22, 2025
Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
Freeths has hired James Dean, a pensions specialist from Simmons & Simmons LLP, to lead the growth and development of the firm's national pensions practice.
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May 15, 2025
Legal Costs Insurer On The Hook For £83K Payout To Ex-Exec
A legal expenses insurer could owe more than £80,000 ($106,000) to a former executive after a tribunal found that his insolvent employer's prolonged failure to pay wages and commission amounted to a fundamental breach of contract.
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May 15, 2025
BA Fined £3.2M For Ignoring Safety Risks At Heathrow
British Airways was fined £3.2 million ($4.25 million) on Thursday for breaching health and safety regulations after two workers fell off defective baggage equipment in separate "near-identical" incidents months apart.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-Managing Partner Fights To Redo Costs After Bias Case
The former managing partner of a law firm argued Thursday that a tribunal failed to consider his ability to pay up to £210,000 ($278,8300) after he tried to claim both income protection insurance and a share of its while off sick with cancer.