Forsters' Email Service Nullifies Multimillion-Pound Claim

By Ronan Barnard

A London judge threw out on Tuesday a property company's case worth tens of millions of pounds, concluding that the claimants' lawyers at Forsters LLP had failed to properly serve the claim over email to the solicitors of a construction group.

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Lessor Sues For $28M Jet After Betting Probe Delays Payment

By Eddie Beaver

A Turkish aircraft lessor has sued a property finance company after it allegedly refused to hand over a $27.7 million private jet, this after the arrest of the lessor's former chairman over a football gambling probe delayed payment for the plane.

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HSBC Can't Dodge Ex-Employee's Claim Over WFH Penalty

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that HSBC must face a claim that it discriminated against a former employee during her menopause by disciplining her for working from home when she was experiencing migraines.

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Castle Trust Hits Surveyor With £10M Negligence Case

By William Janes

A trust that looks after two historic castles in the U.K. has accused a quantity surveyor of costing it more than £10 million ($13.5 million) by bungling the process for paying a contractor hired to build an art gallery.

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Gov't Sued Over £1B Office Supplies Buying Plan

By Sophia Dourou

An office supplies provider has sued the U.K. government over a tender for a £1 billion ($1.35 billion) contract for a digital marketplace platform, alleging it ceased to participate in the procurement process because of breaches of the law and competition rules.

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Revolut Hits Back At Marketer's Fraud Payments Claim

By Ronan Barnard

Revolut has hit back at a tech marketing company's claim against it over transactions made by someone impersonating the online finance company's fraud team, saying that the company had negligently failed to keep its account secure.

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Google Defeats Film Distributor's 'Shorts' TM On Appeal

By William Janes

A distributor of short films lost its appeal Tuesday seeking to force Google to drop its YouTube "Shorts" brand, as a London appeals court upheld a ruling that "shorts" had a broad and descriptive meaning that undermined the distinctiveness of the distributor's trademark.

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Trade Union OK To Refuse Legal Help To Employment Solicitor

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that Unite the Union did not unfairly penalize an employment solicitor who was a member of the union by refusing to fund legal action against his former employer after he terminated a retainer with his initial advisers.

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Part-Time Bus Driver Can Sue For Full-Time Drivers' Pay

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has ruled that a part-time school bus driver can pursue a claim for higher pay after showing that a full-time colleague operating a stage carriage was earning more while essentially doing the same work.

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Trump Wants Magistrate Judge Off $10B Defamation Suit

By Carolina Bolado

President Donald Trump wants a Florida federal magistrate judge to recuse herself from overseeing discovery in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC because she previously represented a U.K.-based company Trump sued over the dissemination of the Steele dossier, a controversial intelligence document claiming Trump had ties to Russia.

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FRC Finalizes Virgin Media Ruling Pensions Guidance

By Joel Poultney

Britain's accounting watchdog has published finalized guidance for how pension plans should comply with the findings of a landmark court judgment.

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