The U.K. can levy £5.4 million ($7.4 million) in taxes on an Isle of Man developer's profits from selling land in Kent, the Upper Tribunal said Tuesday in a case that could allow HM Revenue & Customs to avoid issuing more than £1 billion in refunds.
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Tribunal Lets UK Tax Offshore Developer, Avoid £1B Refunds

By Kevin Pinner

The U.K. can levy £5.4 million ($7.4 million) in taxes on an Isle of Man developer's profits from selling land in Kent, the Upper Tribunal said Tuesday in a case that could allow HM Revenue & Customs to avoid issuing more than £1 billion in refunds.

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Samsung Unit Attacks Takeda's Entyvio IP To Clear Biosimilar

By Hanna Vioque

A Samsung unit has urged a London judge to nix a Takeda unit's patents protecting its Entyvio drug, arguing that the American rival's treatment for Crohn's disease was always invalid. 

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Ex-FCA Employee Seeks To Bring Surveillance Challenge

By Ronan Barnard

A former employee of the Financial Conduct Authority who was dismissed for gross misconduct urged a London court Tuesday to allow him to bring a challenge against a specialist tribunal's decision to deny him the chance to sue his former employer for surveilling him.

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PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION

Leaseholders Seek £10M After Holiday Flats Left 'Unlettable'

By Robbie Kalus

More than 60 leaseholders at an English holiday resort are chasing a development company and its owner for more than £10 million ($13.6 million), claiming that years of delays, missing utility connections and unsafe structures left their apartments uninhabitable and deprived them of millions of pounds in rental income.

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COMMERCIAL FRAUD

Director Behind £19M Fraud Hit With Forgery Contempt Claims

By Sophia Dourou

The liquidators of a payroll services business persuaded a court on Tuesday to allow them to bring fresh contempt allegations against the company's former director, who allegedly used a forged medical report in order to adjourn an earlier contempt hearing.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Sports Biz Says Gym King Abandoned 'Fight Division' TM

By Max Austin

A combat sports platform has denied it tried to capitalize on Gym King's reputation by using the "Fight Division" trademark, arguing that the athleisure brand had made only limited use of the name for several years.

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Photographer Denies Infringing Former Agency's Copyright

By Jamie Lennox

A photographer has denied infringing his former employer's copyright by allegedly marketing images that he took while still working at the company, telling a London court that the agency never owned the copyright in the first place.

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TRANSACTIONS

Haulage Boss Denies Hiding Financial Woes Prior To £7M Sale

By Ronan Barnard

The former owner of a now-defunct haulage and warehousing business has denied concealing the financial state of his companies before selling them for £7 million ($9.5 million), saying that he provided the buyer with correct financial information beforehand.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

EY Manager Wins Redo Of 'Novel' Carer Discrimination Case

By Adele Redmond

Ernst & Young must face a claim by a former senior manager that he was discriminated against because he had to care for his wife as an appellate tribunal ruled Tuesday that his case had been thrown out too soon.

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Software Developer Claiming Unfair Dismissal Wins Case

By Max Austin

A tribunal has ruled that a digital experience agency unfairly dismissed a software developer after singling him out in a predetermined redundancy process, despite evidence that he could have continued developing an artificial intelligence tool for the business.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Landmark UK Ruling Broadens Tipping Off Liability For Cos.

The recent Court of Appeal ruling in R v. Osmond, the first appellate decision on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 tipping off offense, confirms that even where a wider investigation is publicly known, disclosure of a nonpublic strand of the inquiry may engage the offense, say lawyers at Norton Rose.

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