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  Ex-UKIP Councillor Fights Pro-Brexit Belief Protection Ruling

  By William Janes

  A former UK Independence Party councilor and charity worker asked an appeals tribunal on Friday for permission t...(read more)

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  Apollo Abandons $2B Approach For UK Heat Treatment Co.

  By Irene Madongo

  Private equity giant Apollo confirmed on Friday that it does not intend to make a firm offer for Bodycote in a p...(read more)

• Accor Unit Wins Fight Over Removal Of Combustible Cladding

  By William Janes

  A subsidiary of hotel giant Accor won a bid on Friday to force its landlord, a company owned by the family of real estate billionaire Asif Aziz, to remove combustible cladding discovered in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

• SFO Suspect Can't Ax Warrants In Data Center Bribery Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London judge has upheld search warrants obtained by the Serious Fraud Office against a former executive under investigation as part of a £3 million ($4 million) bribery probe into the construction of a Microsoft data center in Europe. 

• Quinn Emmanuel Hikes NQ Pay In London To £189K

  By Ashish Sareen

  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has raised salaries for the most junior associates in its London office to £189,000 ($255,000), the highest confirmed figure in the English capital, having already boosted compensation for its U.S.-based lawyers.

• DWF UK Chief Steps Down In Leadership Reshuffle

  By Max Austin

  DWF LLP said Thursday that Hilary Ross has retired from her position as managing partner for the U.K. and Ireland, with the firm yet to name a successor.

• Greensill Gets 9-Year UK Director Ban Over Credit Suisse Loss

  By Christopher Crosby

  Lex Greensill has accepted a nine-year ban from serving as a U.K. company director, ending a legal challenge to government action following the collapse of his supply-chain finance firm, the Insolvency Service said Thursday.

• High Court Judge Says AI Could Be Used In Simple Cases

  By William Janes

  High Court Judge Joanna Smith has said that artificial intelligence could be used to decide straight-forward cases such as traffic or parking disputes, telling a London conference that there was "definitely scope" for using AI in decision-making. 

• DAZN Says Canal+ Owes €2M In Tennis Licensing Fees

  By Jamie Lennox

  Sports broadcaster DAZN has sued Canal+ for more than €2.1 million ($2.4 million) in a London court, accusing the French television company of failing to make numerous payments under their €30 million women's tennis licensing deal.

• Labour MP Sues Elon Musk's xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes

  By Eddie Beaver

  A Labour MP has sued Elon Musk's artificial intelligence developer xAI in London, claiming that its Grok chatbot generated sexualized deepfakes of her in breach of data protection law and as a misuse of private information.

• 5 Questions For HD Law Director Kevin Durkin

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority's long-awaited motor finance redress scheme is on hold because a consumer group and three lenders have referred it to the Upper Tribunal for judicial review, claiming it is unfair.

• Ex-BDB Pitmans Client Loses Appeal To Dispute Fees

  By Hanna Vioque

  The Court of Appeal on Wednesday refused to let a former BDB Pitmans client challenge her fee agreement with the firm, ruling that the deal wasn't the kind of arrangement that would trigger statutory consumer protections. 

• Taylor Wessing's German Chief Says AI Upends Merger Math

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Now that Taylor Wessing has officially split from its U.K. arm, the firm's global co-chair is rethinking the international merger playbook, warning that the traditional U.S. and London model of high leverage and four‑figure hourly rates is "the wrong answer" to artificial intelligence.

• Google Ordered To Let Publishers Opt Out Of AI Search

  By Alex Baldwin

  The U.K.'s competition regulator said Wednesday it would require Google to let publishers opt to keep their content out of the tech giant's artificial intelligence search features, in a move to give media greater bargaining power to pursue licensing agreements.