High Street chain Next has given employers hope of defending unequal pay claims of warehouse workers and shop staff after it successfully justified its own pay gap on appeal, but experts say other employers will face no easy path in relying on the decision.
High Street chain Next has given employers hope of defending unequal pay claims of warehouse workers and shop staff after it successfully justified its own pay gap on appeal, but experts say other employers will face no easy path in relying on the decision.
EasyJet has been hit with a $72 million claim by the liquidators for the Irish arm of a Russian aircraft lessor, who allege that the airline "abandoned" six aircraft and stopped paying rent.
Roman Abramovich failed on Wednesday in his third attempt to lift European Union sanctions against him after a court ruled that the billionaire was designated over activities "providing substantial revenue" to Russia.
A group of 300 hotel companies has brought a competition claim against Mastercard, the latest in a series of swipe-fee dispute claims the payments giant has faced.
Insurers have denied owing a metal processing company £7 million ($9.5 million) for fire damage, arguing that the blaze was caused by unattended machinery.
An Irish aircraft leasing company has sued an Indonesian carrier for $16.6M, accusing the airline of not paying rent and cannibalizing one of its leased aircraft for parts before letting it fall into disrepair.
A luxury florist infringed a rival's "Flowerbx" trademark by trading as "Flowers Box," causing customers seeking out its competitor to mistakenly buy flowers from the wrong company, a London court has ruled.
An umbrella company that was shuttered for tax fraud, along with its liquidators, cannot claw back overpayments to two doctors resulting from the company not collecting payroll taxes, a London court found Wednesday.
Food service company Aramark is liable for a £6.8 million ($9.2 million) tax bill from Britain's tax authority over an offshore employment arrangement after a London tribunal ruled Wednesday that catering crews on North Sea rigs were effectively supplied to provide services in the U.K.
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired a team of six lawyers from DLA Piper in Paris to boost its services to clients in technology-linked transactions and disputes.
With the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce's recent legal statement on liability for harms confirming that contract clauses remain subject to established norms, AI-drafted limits on liability pose concern, as the wording chosen must account for human definition and interpretation, says solicitor Daniel Erskine.
