Meta on Tuesday told the Court of Appeal that a tribunal wrongly allowed 46 million Facebook users to expand their collective action to seek payments for the use of their personal data because that type of award is unavailable in competition claims.
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Meta Tries To Trim Facebook Users' UK Class Action

By Joanne Faulkner

Meta on Tuesday told the Court of Appeal that a tribunal wrongly allowed 46 million Facebook users to expand their collective action to seek payments for the use of their personal data because that type of award is unavailable in competition claims.

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Prince Harry And Celebs Lose Daily Mail Privacy Case

By Ronan Barnard

Prince Harry and other celebrities lost their privacy claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail on Tuesday, as a London judge ruled that they had failed to prove their allegations that its journalists had used unlawfully gathered information to get stories.

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English Law Governs £5B Bitcoin Claims, Fraud Victims Say

By Sophia Dourou

Thousands of Chinese investors defrauded by a money launderer argued Tuesday that their claims seeking to recover their share of billions of pounds of seized cryptocurrency should be governed by English law.

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Ugandan Farmers Sue TotalEnergies Unit To Halt Oil Pipeline

By William Janes

A group of Ugandan farmers launched a bid on Tuesday to stop construction of an oil pipeline by a TotalEnergies subsidiary, saying that the infrastructure project violates their environmental rights.

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COMPETITION

Microsoft Can't Stop £140M Copyright Claim Over CAT Remit

By Ronan Barnard

Microsoft failed on Tuesday to block a reseller's £140 million ($188 million) claim over alleged anticompetitive restrictions in the secondary software market, as an appeals court ruled that an antitrust tribunal could decide the copyright issues underpinning the dispute.

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INSURANCE

Lloyd's, Berkshire Fight $3M Claim Over Ship Stuck In Ukraine

By Eddie Beaver

The owners of a ship stranded in a Ukrainian port told a London court Tuesday that their war-risk insurers, including Lloyd's and Berkshire Hathaway, are liable for approximately $3.4 million in maintenance and replacement insurance costs after Russia's invasion trapped the vessel in a war zone.

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Lloyd's Can't Overturn $3.7M Ruling Over Forged Ship Policy

By Joel Poultney

Lloyd's of London's Belgium-based subsidiary has lost a bid to overturn a decision ordering it to pay $3.7 million to a ship financier to cover losses after a cargo ship struck a mine in Ukrainian waters, with a London appeals court ruling that a forged insurance policy did not sink the lender's claim. 

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ARBITRATION

Analysis

Spain Cert Denial Clears A Path, But Creditors Face Hurdles

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week not to review a D.C. Circuit decision laying a path to enforce more than $400 million in arbitral awards against Spain has removed a jurisdictional hurdle for other similarly situated creditors, but other sticking points in the cases are likely to remain.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Korean Tent Designer Hits Back Over Ladder Safety Patent

By Max Austin

A South Korean outdoor gear brand has maintained that its patented ladder safety is unique and solves a number of problems in the market, pushing back against a British rival's claim that the design is not inventive.

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TAX

Dental Aligners Not VAT-Exempt, Upper Tribunal Says

By Kevin Pinner

Dental aligners are not exempt from value-added tax under a provision aimed at dental prostheses, the Upper Tribunal ruled Tuesday, reversing a decision by a lower tribunal.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Hotel Wins Redo Of Payout To Chef Harassed By Lewd Song

By Adele Redmond

A hotel and its manager won an appeal Tuesday to recalculate the compensation owed to a chef who was sexually harassed, with a judge ruling a tribunal should have considered any benefits the chef might have been eligible for.

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Brief

Ex-Digby Brown Adviser Can Sue For Final Paycheck

By Max Austin

A former Digby Brown legal claims adviser can continue pursuing a case over alleged cuts from his final paycheck, but a tribunal has thrown out his unfair dismissal claim, finding he filed it too late.

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Worker Fired For 3-Day Leave Allowance Complaint Wins £54K

By Adele Redmond

One of Scotland's biggest property managers must pay £54,500 ($73,000) to a lift attendant who was sacked because he complained he'd been told he was due just three days' holiday, despite working six days a week.

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Ex-Employee Of Defunct Law Firm Wins £30K For Harassment

By Ashish Sareen

A law firm shut down for dishonesty has been ordered to pay almost £30,000 ($40,000) to a former employee after a tribunal ruled that she had been discriminated against and harassed.

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