Negligent advice from Womble Bond Dickinson during a £126 million ($170 million) luxury London property redevelopment caused the deal to collapse, lawyers for two business people and a management company said on the first day of a High Court trial on Thursday.
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Womble Bond Clients Say Negligent Advice Sunk £126M Deal

By Sophia Dourou

Negligent advice from Womble Bond Dickinson during a £126 million ($170 million) luxury London property redevelopment caused the deal to collapse, lawyers for two business people and a management company said on the first day of a High Court trial on Thursday.

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Fridman Relies On Sanctions Travel Ban To Beat $11M Claim

By William Janes

Sanctioned Russian-Israeli banker Mikhail Fridman was not validly served at his London mansion with a claim in an $11 million battle over a loan notes investment because he was banned from the U.K., a London appeals court ruled Thursday. 

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Ex-Commerzbank Analyst Trims Prison Time For Fake Claims

By Adele Redmond

The Court of Appeal overturned on Thursday a 20-month prison sentence for a former Commerzbank AG analyst who lied about having been sexually harassed and assaulted by a colleague.

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Spread-Betting Biz Fights Order To Unwind Merger With Rival

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Sports betting company Spreadex urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Thursday to quash an order forcing it to sell a business it acquired in 2023, saying it was wrong to find that the merger would threaten competition.

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DATA PROTECTION

ICO Wins 'Personal Data' Appeal Over Currys Cyberattack

By William Janes

A London appeals court ruled Thursday that data stolen in a cyberattack on electronics retailer Currys was personal data because Currys could identify the data subjects even if the hackers could not.

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ARBITRATION

Burford Capital Targeted For Docs In German Funding Feud

By Caroline Simson

A German entity is accusing Burford Capital LLC of improperly trying to dodge information requests in a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation by citing an underlying arbitration clause, despite being a nonsignatory and the Third Circuit shutting down the arbitration bid last year.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Teva Argues Novartis SPC Invalid With Looming Drug Launch

By Hanna Vioque

Teva has denied that a generic drug it intends to launch in November would infringe on Novartis' intellectual property, asserting that the pharmaceutical giant will no longer be able to enjoy extended protections over its hypertension treatment from that point onward.

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LAW FIRMS

Ex-Mishcon Client Can't Pursue Meritless Contempt Claims

By Eddie Beaver

A court has denied a former client of Mishcon de Reya LLP permission to pursue "totally without merit" contempt claims against several of its former and current lawyers, and hit her with a three-year restriction on bringing more legal proceedings.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

BA Staffer's Firing Over Masturbation Allegation Ruled Unfair

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has held that British Airways unfairly sacked a crew member after a colleague accused him of masturbating in a shared sleeping facility, ruling that the airline botched its investigation into the incident.

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Payment Co. Founder Denied Relief In Whistleblower Case

By Eddie Beaver

A tribunal has refused interim relief to the former owner of a payment services company, finding that his claim he was dismissed for blowing the whistle on breaches of Financial Conduct Authority regulations is not likely to succeed at this stage of the litigation.

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