Analysis

FCA's Motor Finance Retreat Ramps Up Enforcement Risks

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.

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CPS Apologizes For AI-Generated Fake Cases Cited In Appeal

By Christopher Crosby

Prosecutors included fake cases that did not exist in an extradition appeal after the artificial intelligence program they used hallucinated citations, according to a High Court judgment.

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Carmakers Defeat Most Dieselgate Claims In Blow For Drivers

By Joanne Faulkner

Several major carmakers largely defeated claims that they equipped diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software, as a London judge ruled Friday that most of the technologies being challenged were not prohibited "defeat devices."

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EU Finds Meta's 'Addictive Design' Breaches Digital Rules

By Tom Fish

The European Union said Friday that it has preliminarily found Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram and Facebook breach the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act because of design features they say encourage addictive use, particularly among children and vulnerable adults.

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German, Dutch Arrest 2 In €300M VAT Fraud Involving Autos

By Kevin Pinner

German and Dutch authorities have arrested two individuals linked to a group involved in a value-added tax fraud with imported cars that has created around €300 million ($342 million) in estimated losses, the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Cologne said Friday.

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Dos Santos, Unitel Trial Set For 2028 Over Counsel Availability

By Sophia Dourou

Telecoms provider Unitel SA has failed to secure a 2027 trial date for its £327 million ($439 million) claim against the daughter of Angola's former president as a judge held on Friday that the availability of the sanctioned billionaire's preferred barrister justified the delay.

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Mishcon Beats Bid To Pierce Privilege In $3B Inheritance Fight

By Eddie Beaver

A London court ruled Friday that Mishcon de Reya LLP and its clients do not have to disclose communications concerning information obtained about their opponents through covert investigations in a $3 billion inheritance dispute, saying the iniquity exception to legal professional privilege does not apply.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen lawyer Ian Rosenblatt launch legal action against music mogul Simon Cowell, Boohoo face a fresh investor claim after previously facing allegations that it feigned ignorance of labor abuses in its supply chain, and an ex-Tory MP and his chief of staff sued by their former employer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Brief

UK Adds 2,300 Magistrates In Push To Tackle Court Backlog

By Irene Madongo

The Ministry of Justice has said it has hired more than 2,300 new magistrates since April 2025 as it seeks to tackle the court backlog and reduce delays for victims.

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BP Board Coup Spotlights Powers To Remove Directors In UK

Recent action taken against BP PLC’s chair reveals the authority conferred on boards by an organization's bespoke articles of association and stands as a reminder that director removal in the U.K. is not a simply a voting rights issue, raising questions about the allocation of power between boards and shareholders, say Dan Coppel and James Ford at Faegre Drinker.

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