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  Merricks Says Innsworth Made Enough From £200M CPO Deal

  By Ronan Barnard

  The class representative of a U.K. mass claim against Mastercard said Wednesday that a London court should rebuf...(read more)

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  KC Used Expertise To Dodge £2M In Tax, Prosecutors Say

  By Sophia Dourou

  A senior tax barrister cheated the public purse out of almost £2 million ($2.7 million) through a series of "ela...(read more)

• Lords Launch Probe Into Regulation Of Consumer Insurance

  By Joel Poultney

  A cross-party House of Lords committee said Thursday that it has launched an investigation into the regulation of the consumer insurance market to ensure oversight of home and travel cover is working effectively for customers in Britain.

• MPs Call For Faster Replies On Disabled Work Adjustments

  By Max Austin

  A group of senior MPs called on Thursday for employers to respond within two weeks to requests from disabled workers for reasonable adjustments, warning that delays and inaccessible workplaces are driving many out of jobs. 

• Nokia SEP Ruling Could Cool Jurisdictional Tensions

  By Alex Baldwin

  An English appellate court's decision to move Nokia's licensing dispute over standard-essential patents to arbitration may quell conflicts about the jurisdiction of national courts over global patent licensing rates, lawyers say.

• Restaurant Tests 'Transferred Loss' In Flood Damage Case

  By William Janes

  A popular Glasgow restaurant business argued at the U.K.'s top court on Wednesday that its landlord, part of a Spanish billionaire's property empire, should cover the restaurant's losses from flood damage even though the eatery wasn't its direct tenant.

• Hancock Says MP's Libel Claim Is Attack On UK Vaccine Drive

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Former health secretary Matthew Hancock told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that a libel case brought against him by a Conservative MP is being used as a vehicle to attack the U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program and should never have been brought. 

• Liberty Can't Up Burden On Policyholders For COVID Payout

  By Joel Poultney

  A London judge has rejected Liberty Mutual's bid to require a formally diagnosed case of COVID-19 to trigger cover for dozens of small and midsized businesses, saying on Wednesday that doing so would "render cover illusory." 

• Nottingham Forest Owner Clears Hurdle In £5M Libel Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  Nottingham Forest Football Club owner Evangelos Marinakis persuaded a London court on Wednesday that articles, videos and social media posts at the center of his £5 million ($6.7 million) libel claim against the chair of Greek club Aris are capable of being defamatory.

• Kirkland-Led Investors Merge To Form $21B Asset Manager

  By Tom Fish

  London-based GHO Capital and CBC Group in Singapore said Wednesday that they will merge to create what they claim will be the world's largest healthcare investment company, managing more than $21 billion in assets.

• Innsworth Challenges Share Of Mastercard Settlement Sum

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Litigation funder Innsworth told the High Court on Tuesday that the distribution of a £200 million ($268 million) settlement from a U.K. mass claim against Mastercard is "illogical" and "flawed" in the first case to test a Competition Appeal Tribunal settlement decision.

• Ride-Hail App Bolt Can't Get £190M VAT Break, HMRC Argues

  By Josh White

  Ride-hailing company Bolt shouldn't be able to claim a £190 million ($254.3 million) value-added tax exemption for travel agents and tour operators because its drivers provide transportation and don't lead tours or book vacations, the U.K.'s tax authority argued before a London court on Tuesday.

• Met Police Weigh Fraud, Manslaughter Charges Over Grenfell

  By Eddie Beaver

  The Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that 57 people and 20 organizations are suspects for criminal charges that might be brought over the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people — including 18 children — were killed.

• Investors Seek To Halt $16B Argentina Award Amid US Appeal

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of minority shareholders of a nationalized oil company urged a court on Tuesday to stay English proceedings that seek to enforce a now-overturned $16 billion judgment in New York against Argentina while a U.S. appeal is underway.