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  Partners' Pay Gap At UK Law Firms Widens To 26%

  By Adele Redmond

  Male partners at the highest-earning law firms in Britain were typically paid 26% more than their female colleag...(read more)

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  FCA Plans Rule Changes To Ease Consumers' Crypto Access

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority proposed Friday to defer some rules for its new crypto regime to prevent disrupt...(read more)

• SFO Ends ENRC Scandal Saga But Must Avoid Past Failings

  By Christopher Crosby

  Although the Serious Fraud Office's settlement with ENRC closes an uncomfortable chapter that the agency insists cannot recur, lawyers say its real test is whether it can stop the weaknesses exposed by the scandal from returning again.

• Police Ass'n Deputy Can Sue For Harassment By Sacked CEO

  By Adele Redmond

  The former deputy chief of England's police association can pursue harassment claims against the body's former chief executive, alleging that he forced her out after she accused him of misappropriating funds.

• Media Biz Beats Early Bid For Emails In $20M Fraud Dispute

  By Sophia Dourou

  The founders of production company Pulse Films, now owned by Vice Media, have failed to force former Vice executives to disclose documents about the media giant's financial troubles ahead of a potential $20 million fraud claim.

• Gov't Revamps Pension Rules After Sex Equality Ruling

  By Joel Poultney

  The U.K. government has proposed rules to streamline the correction of historic pension inequalities between men and women.

• Farage Donor Sues Ex-Reform Deputy Over Election-Fix Claim

  By Robbie Kalus

  British-Thai billionaire Christopher Harborne has sued Ben Habib for libel, alleging that the former Reform UK deputy leader falsely accused him of paying Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson to influence the 2019 General Election.

• Lawyer Banned Over False AI-Generated Citations In UK First

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said in a first-of-its-kind ruling released Thursday that it has banned a foreign lawyer who repeatedly used artificial intelligence to generate inaccurate case citations.

• Kraftwerk Loses Battle Over Song Sample Deemed 'Pastiche'

  By Alex Baldwin

  The German Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that a producer's use of a Kraftwerk song snippet was a pastiche and did not infringe the electronic music group's copyright, ending an almost three-decade dispute.

• London Mayor To Disclose Docs In Palantir's £50M Police Row

  By Eddie Beaver

  Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, will have his texts and emails searched as part of a legal claim brought by Palantir over alleged unlawful blocking of a £50 million ($67 million) software contract with the Metropolitan Police Service.

• More Employers Fined In FWA's 1st Minimum Wage Roundup

  By Adele Redmond

  The business secretary warned U.K. employers on Thursday that underpaying staff "isn't a shortcut to success" as the new Fair Work Agency fines a growing number of organizations for failing to pay staff the minimum wage.

• DHL Airport Engineers Get OK To Push For Union Recognition

  By Jamie Lennox

  A panel of arbitrators has ruled that DHL must face an application from trade union Prospect to collectively negotiate on behalf of over 80 engineers and mechanics working at several U.K. airports.

• FCA Probing Incentive Structures For Outsourced Insurance

  By Martin Croucher

  The Financial Conduct Authority has said it is turning the spotlight on incentive structures for outsourced handling of insurance claims, following a "super complaint" in late 2025.

• Apple Hit With £2B UK Claim Over App Tracking Rules

  By Robbie Kalus

  Apple is facing a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) collective action brought on behalf of thousands of developers who claim the technology giant "abused its power" when it changed the rules on how apps seek permission to use users' data.