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  Banks Defeat FOS Bid To Revive Historic Loan Complaints

  By Alex Davidson

  A group of major U.K. banks fended off on Wednesday an attempt by the Financial Ombudsman Service to investigate...(read more)

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  Michelle Mone Sued By PPE Medpro Amid COVID Scandal

  By Sophia Dourou

  Michelle Mone has been sued by PPE Medpro, a medical equipment company linked to the House of Lords peer, which ...(read more)

• Google Must Disclose DOJ Probe Docs In £14B Class Action

  By William Janes

  A tribunal has ordered Google to hand over documents from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, requiring it to disclose the information in a £13.6 billion ($17.9 billion) class action that alleges the technology giant abused its dominance in the advertising market.

• Starmer-Era Court Reforms Face Pushback As Cases Pile Up

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The number of pending cases in Britain's magistrates' courts rose 11% in the three months to the end of March, according to statistics released Thursday, prompting renewed calls for Keir Starmer's successor to abandon plans to shift more cases into the lower criminal courts in England and Wales.

• Ashurst, Perkins Cole-Led HB Fuller Bids £715M For UK Biz

  By Najiyya Budaly

  H.B. Fuller has agreed to acquire British wound care technology developer Advanced Medical Solutions for £715 million ($943 million) as the U.S. adhesives maker expands its medical business, the companies said on Thursday.

• EasyJet Rebuffs £4.9B Castlelake Bid, Open To Higher Offer

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The board of easyJet said Thursday that it has batted away a fourth approach from Castlelake LP for "substantially undervaluing" the budget airline at £4.9 billion ($6.5 billion), but said that it is open to "a more attractive proposal."

• White & Case, Laytons Sued For £2M Over Flawed Tax Advice

  By Max Austin

  A lettings agency has accused White & Case and Laytons of causing it more than £2.6 million ($3.4 million) in tax liabilities after the law firms allegedly failed to identify that an offshore trust structure was subject to U.K. income tax.

• NHS Trust Pays £187K In Nurses' Trans Policy Dispute

  By Hanna Vioque

  A National Health Service trust has paid £187,000 ($246,000) and apologized to seven female nurses after an employment tribunal ruled that it discriminated against them by allowing a transgender coworker to access single-sex changing rooms, the nurses' lawyers confirmed on Wednesday.

• Nokia Gets Interim Payments In Paramount Patent Case

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court granted Nokia interim payments from Warner Bros. and Paramount on Wednesday, while the Finnish tech company awaits a final decision on a license covering its video-coding patents.

• Pogust Taps Quinn After Landing $150M For BHP Case

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Pogust Goodhead said Wednesday that it has secured $150 million in fresh funding from Gramercy Funds Management and retained Quinn Emanuel to advance its £36 billion claim over a disastrous dam collapse in Brazil that affected hundreds of thousands of people.

• Estée Lauder Owner Presses Jo Malone TM Case Against Zara

  By Jamie Lennox

  Estée Lauder Companies has doubled down on its claim in a London court that Zara infringed its "Jo Malone" trademarks, rejecting the retailer's argument that it only ever referred to the British perfumer in a personal capacity.

• UK REIT Segro Rejects £12.6B Bid By Linklaters-Led Prologis

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Real estate investment trust Segro said Wednesday that it has rebuffed an unsolicited £12.6 billion ($16.6 billion) bid from Prologis, saying the approach was "opportunistically timed" as the U.S. company seeks access to the U.K. rival's data center business.

• KC Fights Disbarment Over Oxford Medical Degree Lie

  By Eddie Beaver

  A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.

• Baltic Says Oil Benchmark Accounted For Homuz Closure

  By Ronan Barnard

  Baltic Exchange has rejected Mercuria Energy Group's claim that it failed to factor the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz into an oil trading benchmark, saying it used the same methodology as during earlier U.S.-Iran war disruptions.