An approaching deadline for new claims for COVID-19 business interruption has prompted a series of last-minute court filings, but lawyers say that any fresh disputes will be narrow and likely to focus on complex questions not resolved by earlier test cases.
An approaching deadline for new claims for COVID-19 business interruption has prompted a series of last-minute court filings, but lawyers say that any fresh disputes will be narrow and likely to focus on complex questions not resolved by earlier test cases.
The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.
A disciplinary tribunal has upheld a fine of £68,000 ($91,400) for anti-money laundering failures against a law firm that used its client bank account to move $23 million for a Russian customer, concluding that the penalty fell within the range of possible sanctions.
A London law firm that improperly retained a client's funds has been slapped with a bill of £35,000 (£47,000) for the Solicitor Regulation Authority's costs after a tribunal fined it just £2,500.
An air conditioning engineer has won his unfair dismissal case, with a tribunal concluding that his boss suddenly sacked him on the spot after learning that he had set up his own company.
A helicopter pilot has convinced a tribunal that the company forced him to quit after it demoted him over a video he filmed during a flight, relegating him from captain to co-pilot without any guarantee that he would get his job back.
