An environmental consultant sought on Wednesday to revive an £800 million ($1.1 billion) collective action against water utility companies for allegedly underreported sewage discharge, arguing at the Court of Appeal that legislation regulating the industry should not block the claim.
An environmental consultant sought on Wednesday to revive an £800 million ($1.1 billion) collective action against water utility companies for allegedly underreported sewage discharge, arguing at the Court of Appeal that legislation regulating the industry should not block the claim.
Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that Emotional Perception's artificial neural network does not fall under typical laws that prevent computer programs from winning patent protection, a landmark ruling that opens the door for artificial intelligence patents in the U.K.
Insurers are wrong to have deducted an estimated £1 billion ($1.4 billion) of taxpayer-funded furlough grants issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives for policyholders argued before the U.K.'s top court on Wednesday in a landmark case for business interruption claims.
Britain's highest court has called time on Oatly's "post milk generation" trademark, ruling on Wednesday that the mark breaches European Union laws that prevent the term "milk" from appearing on non-dairy products.
Denmark told Britain's top court on Wednesday that it should be allowed to sue an English brokerage for £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, arguing that an earlier decision barring linked allegations was based on "fundamentally different" facts.
VTB Bank asked a London appeals court on Wednesday to lift an injunction that blocks it from bringing a $156 million case in Russia over frozen funds, arguing a judge wrongly concluded that its claim was "vexatious and oppressive."
An estate agent owned by BNP Paribas has hit back at allegations that it caused the owners of farm land to sell at an £8 million ($11 million) undervalue, telling a court the owners knew the property was going to be resold for a profit.
Redrow Homes Ltd. has settled its £11 million ($15 million) claim against construction company Kier over fire safety issues that were discovered following investigations carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster and left a housing development unfit to live in.
A European Union court lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the daughter of the chief executive of a Russian state-controlled oil and gas company, finding that the bloc's council had failed to produce fresh evidence for reimposing the restrictions.
A law firm has accused a Scottish legal technology company of infringing its trademark over "Wordsmith," telling a London judge that the startup's use of an identical name to market artificial intelligence tools would "swamp" its own brand.
The U.K. arm of Bank of Africa should not have been held liable for its chief executive's decision to fire a whistleblowing human resources executive, a London appeals tribunal ruled on Wednesday.
A veteran compliance expert has persuaded an employment tribunal that she was forced to quit working at a car dealership because bosses had unfairly passed her over for a promotion to a new head role and given the job to a man.
PwC has paid £150,000 ($205,000) to settle an age and disability discrimination claim from a former employee of more than 40 years, the equality watchdog for Northern Ireland has revealed.
A Scottish tribunal has ordered a sole practitioner solicitor to pay his former secretary £21,500 ($29,000), ruling that he unfairly fired her before coughing up any redundancy pay.
