Visa and Mastercard are facing class actions potentially worth billions of pounds for allegedly charging unlawful transaction fees, the law firms bringing the claims said Monday.
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Visa, Mastercard Face Class Actions Over Swipe Fees

By Isabel Jackson

Visa and Mastercard are facing class actions potentially worth billions of pounds for allegedly charging unlawful transaction fees, the law firms bringing the claims said Monday.

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Mercuria Says Baltic Kept Flawed Rate Amid Hormuz Crisis

By Joanne Faulkner

Energy trader Mercuria accused the Baltic Exchange on Monday of keeping an unreliable benchmark running to avoid losing business to a rival, despite internal warnings that disruption in the Strait of Hormuz had made its assessments meaningless.

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Caterpillar Attacks 'Frankenstein' Price Behind Import Duty

By Eddie Beaver

Caterpillar told a tribunal on Monday that the U.K. trade authority created a "Frankenstein price" to wrongly justify a steep import duty on the construction equipment giant's Chinese-made excavators following an anti-dumping investigation.

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Investor Says Judge Used Wrong Test In JV Property Row

By Ronan Barnard

A property investor urged London's Court of Appeal on Monday to overturn findings that he misrepresented costs in a London real estate joint venture, arguing that the trial judge applied the wrong legal test when deciding he owed fiduciary duties.

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COMPETITION

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Govia Wins £7.6M Costs Deal After Rail Class Action Fails

By Joanne Faulkner

The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved a £7.6 million ($10.2 million) costs settlement in favor of Govia Thameslink Railway and its parent companies on Monday following the collapse of a £400 million collective action brought by the late David Boyle.

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CONTRACTS

EasyJet Won't Pay $72M For Jets Abandoned Over Sanctions

By Robbie Kalus

EasyJet has denied that it owes the Irish arm of a Russian aircraft lessor $72 million, telling a London court that it had to abandon six aircraft in light of U.K. and European Union sanctions.

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INSURANCE

QBE Beats Roofing Co.'s Indemnity Claim After School Fire

By Laura Stewart Liberty

Insurer QBE has beaten a roofing contractor's claim that it must indemnify the company against potential liability for damage caused by a fire at a prep school, where the building's owners are threatening to sue.

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MS Amlin Denies $2.6M Liability In Grounded Ship Row

By Joel Poultney

MS Amlin has denied that it owes $2.6 million to the owner of a vessel that ran aground in the Solomon Islands, saying it's not liable for legal costs linked to a $47 million arbitration award that a now-insolvent business it insured didn't pay.

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COMMERCIAL FRAUD

Forged Deed Fueled $15M Court Judgment, Developer Says

By Eddie Beaver

A property developer is seeking to overturn a judgment against him of almost $15 million, alleging that his former business partner's company used a fraudulent agreement bearing a signature in his name to persuade a court that he owed millions under a financing deal.

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Care Home Director Accused Of Diverting £1.3M From Firm

By Jamie Lennox

A collapsed care home operator has sued its former director in a London court, accusing her of siphoning more than £1.3 million ($1.7 million) from the company to pay for a range of "improper" expenses.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Ex-Convatec Worker Can Combine Patents In £366M Claim

By Sophia Dourou

A former Convatec employee can combine the benefit of his inventions at the medical products company when seeking a share of the profits worth up to £366 million (£489 million), as an appeals court Monday criticized patent legislation as "not fit for purpose."

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PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION

WSP Says Blames Aecom For $17M Google Data Center Claim

By Sophia Dourou

An engineering consultancy has defended its $17 million claim against Aecom over delays in building a data center in Frankfurt for Google, telling the High Court that its $15 million settlement with the facility's operator was reasonable.

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Property Biz Blames Ex-Developer For Unfinished Resort

By Robbie Kalus

A property company has denied that it is liable for £10 million ($13.4 million) worth of defects and subsequent costs at an English holiday park, arguing in a London court that it never assumed the original developer's obligation to complete the development.

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Practice Leader Insights From Stewarts' Lucy Ward

Lucy Ward, Stewarts' co-head of commercial litigation, discusses the challenges of representing controversial clients, the promise she sees in artificial intelligence and why legal practice will remain a people's game.

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