Analysis

Pinsent's AI Slip-Up Prompts Warnings On Lawyer Oversight

By Joanne Faulkner

A recent High Court ruling that exposed how lawyers had relied on fake artificial intelligence-generated legal authorities during insolvency proceedings has punctured an "arrogance" within the profession that AI hallucinations were a problem confined to smaller firms and inexperienced practitioners.

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Richard Desmond Cos. Owe Indemnity Costs In Lottery Loss

By Eddie Beaver

Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell and its lottery bidding vehicle have been ordered to pay the Gambling Commission's legal costs on the indemnity basis after losing their £1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) claim that the regulator unlawfully awarded the prestigious National Lottery license.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the billionaire who donated £5 million ($6.7 million) to Nigel Farage sue Ben Habib, the leader of far-right party Advance UK, for defamation; Mashreqbank bring claims against three subsidiaries of dissolved private equity giant Abraaj Group for commercial fraud; and the property and investment vehicle of the State of Kuwait be targeted by four real estate figures who filed a miscellaneous claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Energy Biz Can't Block South Sudan Oil Sales In £142M Battle

By William Janes

An energy company has failed to block South Sudan from selling £142 million ($191 million) worth of crude it said it was promised after a court ruled on Friday that it wasn't sure specified shipments contained oil to which the company was entitled.

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JCT Contract Didn't Extinguish Builder's Earlier Liabilities

By William Janes

A court has ruled that the signing of a widely used construction industry standard contract did not overwrite a building company's liabilities under an earlier agreement, as it concluded that the business could not escape consequences for allegedly breaching its obligations.

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Traffic Co. Buyer Says Seller Hid Looming Client Loss

By Eddie Beaver

A traffic management company has stood firm on its £6.2 million ($8.3 million) claim for breach of warranty against the former owner of a business it acquired, arguing that he failed to disclose a decline in work from his company's largest customer.

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Insurer Denies Car Crash Caused Trader To Lose Profits

By Sophia Dourou

A driver and her insurer have hit back against a £493,000 ($661,000) claim brought by a machinery business, disputing that the company suffered a loss of profits when the driver crashed her car onto its premises.

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Ambulance Driver Wins £34K Over Racial Profiling Incident

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has ordered a healthcare transport service to pay a driver £34,380 ($46,000) for racially discriminating against him and making stereotypical assumptions that he threatened to shoot a woman without properly investigating the claims. 

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UK To Offer Guidance On Unfair Dismissal Changes

By Max Austin

The government has said it will issue guidance on planned changes to unfair dismissal rules and launch a new taskforce to examine reforms to the dispute resolution system before the measures take effect in 2027.

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Reform Donor Harborne Sues Advance UK Leader For Libel

By Ronan Barnard

British-Thai billionaire Christopher Harborne has sued the leader of the right-wing Advance UK party for defamation, according to court records.

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