Barclays Can't Nix £38M Claim Over Ponzi Scheme Red Flags

By Robbie Kalus

Barclays failed Friday to strike out a £37.8 million ($51 million) claim by the liquidators of Denaro (UK) Ltd., which alleges that the bank failed to protect it from payments linked to a Ponzi scheme run by Denaro's directors.

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Farage Donor Sues Ex-Reform Deputy Over Election-Fix Claim

By Robbie Kalus

British-Thai billionaire Christopher Harborne has sued Ben Habib for libel, alleging that the former Reform UK deputy leader falsely accused him of paying Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson to influence the 2019 General Election.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen institutional investors file new claims against British American Tobacco and Entain, Jellycat sue multiple British retailers in the patent court, and Shoosmiths LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer.

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Media Biz Beats Early Bid For Emails In $20M Fraud Dispute

By Sophia Dourou

The founders of production company Pulse Films, now owned by Vice Media, have failed to force former Vice executives to disclose documents about the media giant's financial troubles ahead of a potential $20 million fraud claim.

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Security Guard Wins Pay After Russian Owner's Assets Frozen

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has awarded £27,100 ($36,700) to a security guard at a 16th-century manor in southern England who stopped receiving his wages when the U.K. government froze the assets of the property's Russian owner.

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Tribunal Backs Whistleblower Claims Fintech Misled HMRC

By Sophia Dourou

An employee at a global payments platform who claimed she was fired for blowing the whistle on improper practices, including misleading HM Revenue and Customs, had indeed made a number of protected disclosures, a tribunal ruled Friday.

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Russia Gold Miner Liquidation Rights Transfer Gets Court OK

By Ronan Barnard

A Dubai-based company has won proceeds from the $200 million liquidation of Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk PLC when a London judge ruled Friday this would not breach sanctions legislation.

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2 ECJ Rulings Give Guidance On Sport Agent Regs

The European Court of Justice recently settled two long-running disputes, Rogon and RRC Sports, by finding that the antitrust rules governing these leagues offer exceptions for regulating players' agents, and offering a path for sports associations to implement rules controlling services ancillary to their sport, say lawyers at Skadden.

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