Popstar Ellie Goulding has sued her former managers for allegedly breaching their duties to her by not disclosing financial links to Live Nation while it was conducting business with the company on her behalf.
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Ellie Goulding Says Ex-Managers Concealed Live Nation Ties

By Ronan Barnard

Popstar Ellie Goulding has sued her former managers for allegedly breaching their duties to her by not disclosing financial links to Live Nation while it was conducting business with the company on her behalf.

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Unregulated Finance Firm Faces £55M Fraud Claim

By Robbie Kalus

Two investment firm partners are being sued by a client who claims they ran a £55 million ($75 million) fraud at their new business, more than a decade after they were banned from working for regulated financial services companies.

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FCA Flags Mini-Bond, Loan Note Risk After Woodville Crash

By Sophia Dourou

The Financial Conduct Authority warned Thursday about the dangers of investing in high-risk loan notes and mini-bonds following the collapse of litigation funder Woodville Consultants Ltd.

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DATA PROTECTION

MoD Loses Battle To Keep Army Truck Repair Book Secret

By Robbie Kalus

The Ministry of Defence has lost a legal battle to keep secret a series of historical military vehicle maintenance manuals, after a tribunal ruled that officials failed to prove that publication would harm commercial interests and confidential relationships.

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CONTRACTS

PPE Middleman Denies Liability In £90M COVID Gown Dispute

By Ronan Barnard

A Welsh electronics manufacturer has denied that it shares liability with an Essex-based logistics company for allegedly defective COVID-19 medical gowns that are part of a £90 million ($123 million) dispute.

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Communications Biz Loses Challenge To DWP Procurement

By Sophia Dourou

A communications provider lost its challenge on Thursday to a Department for Work and Pensions videoconferencing contract, as a court upheld the exclusion of the company's bid over its answer to a technical question.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Advanz Looks To Nix Regeneron, Bayer Eye Med Patents

By Max Austin

Pharmaceutical company Advanz has asked a London court to revoke a number of U.K. eye medicine patents belonging to Regeneron and Bayer, arguing that the treatments are not inventive enough.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Employment Law Expert Too Late To Sue For Maternity Bias

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has dismissed an employment lawyer's maternity discrimination claim after she missed a strict three-month deadline to present her case.

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LIBEL & DEFAMATION

Meta Asked To ID Admins Accused Of Anti-Solar Panel Posts

By Eddie Beaver

A renewable energy company told a London court Thursday that Meta must identify people behind two Facebook groups containing allegedly defamatory comments and posts encouraging landlords to breach their leases by switching off or removing solar panels.

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Andrew & Williams

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Blackstone Chambers

DLA Piper

Essex Court Chambers

Holman Fenwick

Kings Chambers

Latham & Watkins

Monckton Chambers

Radcliffe Chambers

Simmons & Simmons

Trowers & Hamlins

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accenture PLC

Bayer AG

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Rainy City Investments Ltd.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Department for Work & Pensions

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

Information Commissioner's Office

National Health Service

Secretary of State for Health and Others

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court