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  Pogust Goodhead's Brazil Shipwreck Case Struck Out

  By Eddie Beaver

  A judge struck out on Thursday a claim brought by Pogust Goodhead on behalf of approximately 18,000 Brazilians o...(read more)

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  Freeths Settles £5M Claim Over Advice On Soured Quarry Deal

  By Jamie Lennox

  Freeths has reached a settlement in its £5 million ($6.8 million) negligence dispute with a litigation-funder at...(read more)

• Entrepreneur Tries To Ax Tice's Defense In Hamas Libel Case

  By Ronan Barnard

  Dale Vince told an appeals court on Thursday that Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice should not be allowed to defend a post accusing the green energy entrepreneur of supporting Hamas as his honest opinion because it was presented as fact.

• Asset Manager Toscafund Makes £1B Bid For Spire Healthcare

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Spire Healthcare Group PLC said Thursday that it could back a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) possible cash offer from Toscafund Asset Management LLP after takeover talks with two other British investment companies failed.

• Crispin Odey Settles Several Women's Sex Assault Claims

  By Ronan Barnard

  Crispin Odey has settled sexual assault claims brought against him by several women, a month after he dropped his £79 million ($107 million) libel claim against the Financial Times over articles which brought the allegations to public attention.

• Nokia Ruling Maps Route To Arbitration In UK FRAND Cases

  By Jamie Lennox

  Nokia has offered a glimpse into the future of standard-essential patent licensing disputes in London by persuading an appeals court to let arbitrators take the reins, with lawyers expecting other patent holders to follow suit.

• UK Gov't Plans Bills For Closer EU Links, Financial Reforms

  By Alex Davidson

  New legislation laid out in the King's Speech on Wednesday included the government's plans for a bill to strengthen trading ties with the European Union alongside an Enhancing Financial Services Bill in the next 12 months, but lawyers warn that the scope remains limited with potential unexpected consequences.

• Diamond Tycoon Denies Family Ran Firms In $1B Gold Fraud

  By Sophia Dourou

  A diamond and jewelry tycoon accused of swindling more than $1 billion from banks has denied controlling various businesses that carried out the Indian gold bullion fraud, as he testified on Wednesday at the trial brought by the liquidators of U.K. companies.

• Chubb, Fidelis Lose Russian Aircraft Contribution Claim Bid

  By Joel Poultney

  A High Court judge on Wednesday blocked an attempt by insurers Chubb and Fidelis to claim contributions from a group of underwriters for their liability to aircraft lessors for planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

• TUI Pilots Say Union Deal Couldn't Cut Illness Benefits

  By Eddie Beaver

  A group of TUI Airways pilots told an appeals court on Wednesday that a judge had wrongly dismissed their claims of breach of contract after their employer slashed an income protection program for those unable to fly because of illness.

• Ex-QPR Player Wins Racist Banter Claim Against Ex-Manager

  By Adele Redmond

  A professional footballer has won his claim that he endured racist banter from the manager of a lower-league team where he was on loan, although his home club has avoided liability for the offending comments.

• Tesco Loses Appeal To Ax Training Docs From Equal Pay Feud

  By Jamie Lennox

  An appeals court has rejected Tesco's attempt to exclude training documents from an evaluation of the jobs done by staff at the retailer amid an ongoing equal-pay claim from thousands of mostly female workers in its stores.

• Intertek Board Set To Recommend EQT's £9.4B Final Offer

  By Tom Fish

  Intertek Group said Wednesday that it is prepared to endorse a takeover offer from EQT AB after the Swedish private equity firm made a "final proposal" that valued the laboratory testing company at approximately £9.4 billion ($12.7 billion).

• MFS Owner Accused Of 'Plundering' £1.3B For Lavish Lifestyle

  By Sophia Dourou

  The administrators of Market Financial Solutions have accused the collapsed lender's owner of systematically plundering £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) in a "widescale" fraud to fund his "lavish lifestyle."