The professional body for solicitors told an appeals court on Wednesday that the law governing lawyers' practices would be "circumvented" if it overturns a ruling that legal executives, trainees and paralegals cannot conduct litigation, even when being supervised.
The professional body for solicitors told an appeals court on Wednesday that the law governing lawyers' practices would be "circumvented" if it overturns a ruling that legal executives, trainees and paralegals cannot conduct litigation, even when being supervised.
Google won a second shot on Wednesday at trimming a £13.6 billion ($18.4 billion) U.K. class action on behalf of website and application publishers who alleged that the U.S. tech giant abused its dominance in the advertising market.
A shareholder in the Hut Group won its bid to revive its litigation against the major British online retailer over an allotment of bonus shares on Wednesday as the U.K. Supreme Court rejected its arguments that the claim is time-barred.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal granted Bolt permission to challenge its drivers' worker status on Wednesday, allowing the ride-hailing company to argue that a lower tribunal made legal errors when it assessed their degree of independence.
Two British e-commerce companies have sued a Malta-based crypto-payments provider at the High Court in London, alleging it unlawfully withheld €2.18 million ($3 million) in customers' money.
A former consultant has settled her £1.4 million ($1.9 million) claim against a financial consultancy after she sued it for allegedly failing to arrange adequate insurance cover, which she claims left her short of money during serious illness and surgery.
A Lebanese fund said in filings Wednesday in a London court that its founder unilaterally sold $29 million of its investment portfolio behind the backs of shareholders, handing the assets to a Kuwaiti business group — his "true" employer.
An interior design company has accused one of the British royal family's fabric and wallpaper suppliers of infringing its copyright in a "scrolling fern" design by reproducing the patterns of green botanical waves on rival products.
Staff at Harrods began their battle on Wednesday for a £1-per-person levy that the department store charges diners in its restaurant to be paid to them as tips, in what their union claims is the first legal challenge under a law passed in 2023.
Two Indian brothers have convinced an employment tribunal that they faced discrimination from their boss when he manipulated the blind trust instilled in them by their shared Hindu background to cut their wages.
Seladore Legal has tapped a lawyer from Milbank LLP with expertise in energy and infrastructure matters to join the partnership at the London-headquartered firm that focuses on complex disputes, saying the new partner will strengthen its international arbitration practice.
