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  AI Opens New Front In Litigation Battles Over Privilege

  By William Janes

  The use of artificial intelligence tools is expected to spark novel battles for disclosure during litigation, wi...(read more)

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  FCA Proposes Major Overhaul Of Redress System

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service set out landmark reforms to the U.K. financi...(read more)

• Class Rep Hit With £15M Bill Over Failed Train Ticket Claim

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A consumer rights champion has been ordered to pay up to £15 million ($20 million) in legal costs over his failed class action accusing a group of train operators of abusing their dominant position and forcing some passengers to pay double the fare.

• MoD Looks To Knock Out Whistleblower's Saudi Bribery Claim

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London court is due to weigh whether a whistleblower has the right to sue the government and a former Airbus subsidiary for damages starting Tuesday amid allegations that he was sacked and blacklisted for exposing corrupt payments to high-ranking Saudi officials.

• HMRC Speeds Up Investigations Into Large Businesses

  By Josh White

  The U.K.'s tax authority has reduced the length of its tax investigations into large businesses, according to data released Monday, though the backlog of open cases has continued to grow.

• Reinsurers Bid To Prune Chubb, Fidelis Russia Aircraft Claims

  By Ronan Barnard

  Reinsurers including AIG and AXA asked a London judge on Monday to trim Chubb and Fidelis' claims to cover their liability to aircraft lessors for planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, saying they should have brought their claims via subrogation.

• Chelsea Fined Record £10.75M For Abramovich-Era Payments

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Premier League fined Chelsea Football Club a record £10.75 million ($14 million) on Monday for breaching financial rules on payments to players and football agents during Roman Abramovich's tenure as owner of the team.

• Employment Tribunal Backlog Rises Again To 523,000

  By Adele Redmond

  The backlog of employment tribunal cases in Britain hit a new high of 523,000 at the end of 2025, as 11,000 more workers pursued litigation than in the previous quarter.

• Insurers Beat AmTrust's £59M Claim Over Legal Funding Fail

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  AmTrust failed in its bid to hold an insurer of two defunct law firms liable for £59 million ($78 million) in defaulted loans after a court ruled Monday that the losses incurred in claimant cases were not covered by the firms' insurance policies.

• BHP Beats Criminal Contempt Claim In Brazilian Dam Case

  By William Janes

  BHP won a bid in a London appeals court on Monday to dodge criminal contempt proceedings over allegations it lodged a case in a Brazilian court to halt claims in England connected with the collapse of a dam. 

• UniCredit To Push Commerzbank Stake To Over Crucial 30%

  By Najiyya Budaly

  UniCredit SpA launched a takeover offer for Commerzbank AT on Monday to push its holding in the German rival above a 30% bar, in a move that would allow it to continue to increase its stake.

• Witness Was Being Coached Via Smart Glasses, Judge Says

  By Ronan Barnard

  A London judge has rejected a witness's testimony as "unreliable and untruthful" after concluding that he answered questions during cross-examination while he was being coached through his smart glasses.

• Sony Says £2B PlayStation Suit 'Misconceived'

  By William Janes

  Sony hit back at a £2 billion ($2.6 billion) proposed class action claim that it raised prices and suppressed competition by keeping PlayStation console owners "captive" with software and PlayStation Store restrictions, saying Friday that the case was "fundamentally misconceived."

• 5 Questions For New UPC Appeals Judge Paolo Catallozzi

  By Jamie Lennox

  Veteran judge Paolo Catallozzi is used to dealing with intellectual property cases at the Supreme Court of Italy, but his role at the Unified Patent Court poses a completely different challenge. Here, the newly promoted appellate judge talks to Law360 about those cross-jurisdictional tensions along with the other challenges facing Europe's patent court.