Former hedge fund boss Crispin Odey will attempt to overturn his financial services ban on Tuesday, in a legal challenge that experts say will test the Financial Conduct Authority's ability to sanction executives for allegedly private conduct.
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Odey Trial To Test FCA's Personal Conduct Clampdown

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Former hedge fund boss Crispin Odey will attempt to overturn his financial services ban on Tuesday, in a legal challenge that experts say will test the Financial Conduct Authority's ability to sanction executives for allegedly private conduct.

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Police Unfairly Fired Worker With ADHD For Sexual Innuendos

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has held that the Metropolitan Police in London unfairly fired an employee for making jokes with sexual innuendos, ruling that the police gave "little weight" to his ADHD before deciding to sack him.

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Hindu Priest's Forced Retirement At 68 Was Discriminatory

By Hanna Vioque

A Hindu cultural center discriminated against a priest at one of its temples and feigned that he was pocketing worshipers' donation money as an excuse to fire him for being too old, an employment tribunal has ruled. 

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LITIGATION

Int'l Arbitration Lawyer Must Pay Missing Wages To Nanny

By Jamie Lennox

A London tribunal has ruled that an international arbitration lawyer unfairly docked the wages of a nanny she briefly enlisted to look after her children, ordering her to pay £1,100 ($1,480) as compensation for the trial period.

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Sign Maker Sues Rival For Exploiting Starbucks Designs

By Max Austin

A British signwriting service has accused a former project manager of copying technical drawings made for Starbucks and using them to help his new employer hijack multiple projects, costing it more than £2 million ($2.7 million).

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POLICY & REGULATION

UK Master Trusts Told To Prepare For Pensions Bill

By Joel Poultney

Britain's retirement savings watchdog said on Monday that trustees of defined contribution master trusts should prepare a growth strategy before requirements set out in forthcoming pensions legislation designed to consolidate smaller plans take effect.

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