Analysis

'Forever Chemicals' Pollution Claims Seeping Into UK Courts

By Joanne Faulkner

Litigation over widely used "forever chemicals" that has led to big payouts in the U.S. could become a source of significant exposure for insurers and their policyholders in the U.K. following a recent settlement.

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Richard Desmond Wants £1.3B Over National Lottery Award

By Ronan Barnard

A group owned by former publishing magnate Richard Desmond alleged Thursday at the trial over its £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) claim that the U.K. gambling regulator had made "manifest errors" in the process of awarding the National Lottery license.

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Ex-KWM London Chief Cleared Over Kiss With Junior Staffer

By William Janes

The former managing partner of the London arm of King & Wood Mallesons was cleared of misconduct charges on Thursday as a tribunal said it could not conclude that he kissed a junior female colleague without her consent on a drunken night out.

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Hargreaves Defends Keeping Woodford Fund On Wealth List

By Eddie Beaver

Hargreaves Lansdown has denied thousands of investors' claims that it failed to warn them of the poor performance of Neil Woodford's fund in the years running up to its collapse, saying its clients are responsible for making their own investment decisions.

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BAE Suppliers Deny Selling Faulty Parts In £11.5M M&A Row

By William Janes

The former owners of an aerospace component maker that supplied BAE Systems has denied knowingly selling faulty parts as it fights the new owner's claim for an £11.5 million ($15.3 million) refund after an acquisition.

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Clearview AI's £7.5M GDPR Fine Faces Renewed Scrutiny

By Eddie Beaver

A London tribunal has decided that a lower court was wrong to find that the U.K.'s data protection regulator lacked the power to fine Clearview AI Inc. £7.5 million ($10 million) over its collection of images of U.K. citizens from social media without their knowledge.

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Sun Pharma Attacks Incyte Patents In Alopecia Drug Battle

By Hanna Vioque

An Indian generic-drug maker has asked a London court to nix Incyte's patents for a blockbuster drug treating autoimmune conditions, as the rival plans to launch a hair loss treatment that would compete with its own alopecia treatments.  

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EasyGroup Says Van Hire Biz's Use Of 'Easi' Breached Its TM

By Sophia Dourou

EasyGroup argued that a car and van rental firm's trading under the "Easihire" name might lead consumers to confuse it with the low-cost giant's easyHire brand, on the first day of a trademark infringement trial on Thursday.

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Analysis

Nixing Of UK Tribunal Fees Proposal Leaves System At Risk

By Adele Redmond

The government confirmed Thursday that it will not reintroduce fees for employees to lodge a tribunal claim just a week after a proposal to do so was leaked, but the lack of a viable alternative to support the beleaguered system puts the enforcement of upcoming workers rights reforms at risk.

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Staffer Unfairly Sacked For 'Top Of The Morning' Irish Remark

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

An ex-employee of a British ready-meal company has won £16,000 ($21,300) in compensation for his unfair dismissal, with an Employment Tribunal ruling that although the former employee's imitation of an Irish accent was "reprehensible," his firing was unfair because it did not involve a proper investigation.

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Union Officer Keeps Suspension Complaint Alive On Appeal

By Jamie Lennox

A London appeals tribunal has handed a trade union officer a lifeline in his quest to bring a second complaint over his suspension in 2021, giving him three weeks to prove that his follow-up grievance isn't frivolous.

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Developer Sues Paris Smith For £1.5M Over Land Deal Delays

By Ashish Sareen

A property developer has sued Paris Smith LLP for approximately £1.5 million ($2 million), alleging that the law firm's negligence caused significant delays in acquiring land to build houses in southern England.

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What Key EU Data Ruling Means For Cross-Border Transfers

The European Union Court of Justice’s recent judgment in European Data Protection Supervisor v. Single Resolution Board takes a recipient-specific approach concerning pseudonymized information, but financial services firms making international transfers should follow the draft EU Data Protection Board guidelines’ current stricter approach, says Nathalie Moreno at Kennedys Law.

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