A veteran King's Counsel has sued a former football agent and client in a London court, accusing him of failing to pay £281,400 ($373,000) in legal fees before raising a "litany of complaints" about the legal services he received.
A veteran King's Counsel has sued a former football agent and client in a London court, accusing him of failing to pay £281,400 ($373,000) in legal fees before raising a "litany of complaints" about the legal services he received.
Apple and Amazon must face a trimmed-down class action after the Competition Appeal Tribunal partially certified a resurrected claim on Monday alleging that the companies colluded to exclude resellers of Apple products from Amazon's U.K. marketplace.
A group of cryptocurrency exchanges urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday to toss out a class action by crypto traders, arguing that the greatly reduced value of the once £10 billion ($13.3 billion) claim means that litigation costs outweigh benefits to the class.
Mears Group has sued a group of landlords for £4 million ($5.3 million) over an alleged error across 94 leases that it claims has triggered "irrational" compounding rent increases.
Bunge's U.K. unit has sued an engineering company for more than £17 million ($22.5 million) over the allegedly defective design of a bulk commodities storage facility, claiming design failures caused a landslip that cracked the building, leaving it largely unusable for years.
A London judge has dismissed a patent dispute between manufacturers over shower waste pump technology, ruling that the patent was valid but a fittings maker's drainage pump didn't infringe it.
Money that British Airways spent on London hotel rooms for cabin crew members working back-to-back shifts was not employee income subject to nearly £5.8 million ($7.7 million) in taxes, a U.K. court ruled Monday, saying the funds were deductible travel expenses.
Simon Hart, head of RPC's financial services sector, discusses the importance of leading with clear goals and a shared purpose, the challenge of keeping clients focused under sustained pressure, and why junior lawyers should resist the trend to become too specialized early on.
