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  Builders Brace To Fight Tax Fraud 'Should Have Known' Test

  By William Janes

  Britain's tax agency has begun to wield strengthened enforcement powers to combat tax fraud in the construction ...(read more)

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  Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the...(read more)

• Cleary Guides Uzbekistan Wealth Fund's $300M London IPO

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund said Thursday that investors including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton have agreed to plow $300 million into its proposed initial public offering as it confirmed plans to float in London and Tashkent.

• Employers Avoid Change 1 Year After Top Court's Sex Ruling

  By Adele Redmond

  One year on from the U.K. Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the legal definition of a woman, few employers have changed their policies on single-sex facilities amid a vacuum of official guidance.

• UK Moots NDA Ban Exemption If Workers Agree In Writing

  By Jamie Lennox

  The government is weighing exemptions to its proposal to ban non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment and discrimination, suggesting Wednesday that such NDAs could be valid if staff agree in writing.

• Intelligence Firm Will Hand Deripaska Source Of 'Fake' Report

  By Christopher Crosby

  A business intelligence company agreed on Wednesday to disclose to Oleg Deripaska the source of an allegedly forged report that the Russian oligarch's former business partner used in a bitter legal dispute between the two men. 

• Plane Lessor, Reinsurer Settle $23M Claim Over Jet In Russia

  By Tom Fish

  An aircraft lessor and a reinsurer have reached a settlement to pause part of a multimillion-dollar dispute over a plane stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, while the wider case continues.

• Orsted Loses Top UK Court Case Over Wind Farm Tax Break

  By Sophia Dourou

  A Danish wind farm company cannot claim tax relief on pre-development costs for building wind farms, Britain's top court held Wednesday, ruling that the costs are not sufficiently connected to the provision of plants and machinery.

• Freshfields-Led Standard Life To Buy Aegon UK For £2B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Standard Life PLC said Wednesday that it will buy the British subsidiary of Dutch insurer Aegon for £2 billion ($2.7 billion) in cash and stock to create a major U.K. retirement savings and income business.

• EU Risks Losing Startups Without Unified Investor Exit Rules

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The European Union has a plan for a blocwide secondary trading platform for private companies to prevent them from slipping away to the deeper capital pools available in the U.S., although the proposal might be hindered by jurisdictional barriers.

• NHS Settles With Nurse Over Pronoun Use On Eve Of Trial

  By Hanna Vioque

  An NHS hospital has settled a Christian nurse's bias case over a decision to suspend her for almost a year after she refused to use a patient's preferred female pronouns, in a high-profile case that prompted discussion on social media and in Parliament. 

• Latham's London Revenue Passes $1B For 1st Time

  By Jamie Lennox

  Latham & Watkins LLP said Tuesday that its revenue climbed almost 19% over the past year to reach $8.3 billion, citing its London office as a crucial factor in the growth.

• Ex-Unite Legal Boss Widens Appeal Of Fraud Probe Sanction

  By Adele Redmond

  Unite the Union's former legal chief won permission on Tuesday to expand his appeal against his failed claim that he was unfairly disciplined and forced to quit amid suspicion he was involved in bribery, money laundering and fraud at the trade union.

• FCA Bans Motor Finance Ads Misusing Martin Lewis Clips

  By Dawood Fakhir

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday that it has banned advertisements from a claims management company for using its logo without permission and unauthorized clips of the founder of MoneySavingExpert to make "misleading claims about average motor finance compensation."