Private equity firm Freshstream "saved up" misconduct allegations against Big Motoring World founder Peter Waddell as part of a "pre-conceived and orchestrated plan" to remove him and take control of his multimillion-pound business, a London court ruled Friday.
Private equity firm Freshstream "saved up" misconduct allegations against Big Motoring World founder Peter Waddell as part of a "pre-conceived and orchestrated plan" to remove him and take control of his multimillion-pound business, a London court ruled Friday.
BlackBerry Ltd. can pursue its $6 million claim against a telecoms company over allegedly unpaid licensing fees after an appeals court ruled Friday that the case should not be struck out, despite the software company leaving it dormant for almost four years.
A U.K. commodities trader kept its nearly $7 million fraud claim against Indian metals tycoon Prateek Gupta in English courts Friday, after a London appellate court dismissed his arguments the dispute should take place in another jurisdiction.
The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
A gold trading app won permission Friday to seek damages from its former administrators at trial, as a London appeals court said it was arguable the administrators were appointed as part of an alleged hostile takeover disguised as debt enforcement.
A ticketing provider is pursuing a 50 Cent tour promoter for £1.2 million ($1.6 million) in minimum sales fees, telling a court that the rapper could not attract punters because he was a "legacy artist" who hadn't released a major studio album in 10 years.
Two former insurance bosses who misappropriated client funds in the run-up to a company sale saw the fraud damages awarded against them reduced by the Court of Appeal on Friday.
A London judge restricted the activities of two in-house lawyers at Takeda on Friday to ensure they don't use Advanz's confidential information for purposes that fall outside their ongoing bowel disease drug patent clash.
The owner of organic perfume brand Ffern has denied stealing the design for its biodegradable fragrance trays from a fungi-based packaging company, arguing that the design rights were invalid to begin with.
A company can be held liable by the U.K. tax authority for inheritance tax on assets held in an offshore trust, a London tribunal ruled Friday, saying a secondary liability rule applies to businesses, not just individuals.
The executors of a deceased man's estate are not eligible for a 100% inheritance tax break on his London-based serviced offices because they were an investment rather than a trade, the Upper Tribunal said in a judgment.
The U.K.'s inheritance tax can apply to a corporate settlor of a trust when the trustees aren't domestic residents, the Upper Tribunal said Friday in a decision involving a company challenging its liability for the tax in relation to a Jersey trust.
A London appeals tribunal has refused to rekindle a Jaguar Land Rover employee's claim that the carmaker discriminated against him by refusing to provide counseling sessions.
An appellate judge in London has refused to revive a worker's claim that a colleague sexually harassed her following a company Christmas party, upholding an earlier tribunal's finding she had consented to the encounter despite being drunk.
The U.K. Supreme Court’s recent judgment in HMRC v. BlueCrest Capital Management clarifies the tax framework for assessing whether limited liability partnership members are genuinely operating as partners or should be treated as employees, which is likely to be significant far beyond the hedge fund sector, say lawyers at Stewarts Law.
