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  Dentons Wins 65% Of Its Costs From SRA Over AML Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  An English appeals court ruled Thursday that the Solicitors Regulation Authority might have to pay Dentons more ...(read more)

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  King Charles Charity Beats £6M Claim Over Axed Fundraising

  By Eddie Beaver

  Two charities, including one founded by King Charles, persuaded a London court on Thursday to throw out a £6 mil...(read more)

• Businesses Ask Top UK Court To Clarify Whistleblowing Law

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Two businesses urged Britain's highest court on Thursday to rule that whistleblowers suing over unfair dismissal cannot also pursue separate claims for detriment arising from the same dismissal in a case that could reshape the scope of protection under the Employment Rights Act.

• Former LC&F Boss Imprisoned For Contempt Of Court

  By Sophia Dourou

  The former boss of London Capital & Finance PLC was hit with a six-month prison sentence Thursday for breaching an order imposed by the Serious Fraud Office during an investigation into the £237 million ($317.9 million) collapse of the company.

• Linklaters Guides £200M Pension Deal For Standard Life

  By Martin Croucher

  Standard Life PLC has said it has insured £200 million ($268 million) of the liabilities of its own staff pension program, in a deal guided by Linklaters.

• 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.

• Employment Lawyers Propose 'Radical' Tribunal Reform Plan

  By Adele Redmond

  Employment lawyers are calling for "radical reform" of the workplace disputes resolution system, saying in research published on Thursday that compulsory mediation and a multi-track system based on the value of claims would improve access to justice as a backlog of cases at the Employment Tribunal grows.

• 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.

• 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 rebuff litigation funder Innsworth's challenge to the distribution of the claim's £200 million ($269 million) settlement, arguing that it received enough profit in light of how the claim had gone.

• 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 "elaborate arrangements," a prosecutor said on the first day of the lawyer's criminal trial on Wednesday.

• 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."