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  Ex-Reform UK Politician Gets 10 Yrs Over Pro-Russian Bribes

  By Ronan Barnard

  The former leader of the Reform UK party in Wales was sentenced to over 10 years imprisonment on Friday for rece...(read more)

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  UK Ties Vast Money-Laundering Scheme To Russian Military

  By Christopher Crosby

  Criminals operating in at least two dozen U.K. cities and towns are behind a billion-dollar money-laundering net...(read more)

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• Thaler Loses Appeal In AI-Patent Inventor Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  A London judge once again refused to let a computer scientist obtain inventor credits for artificial intelligence-made technology on Friday, dismissing claims that his ownership of an AI-model should give him rights over a divisional patent. 

• UK Government Faces Backlash Over Juryless Trial Proposal

  By Christopher Crosby

  Controversial plans to overhaul criminal law to bar some defendants from electing to be tried by a jury won't succeed in reducing the backlog of cases without long-term funding, and it suggests that the government is no longer able to deliver justice, experts said Friday. 

• A&O Shearman Guides £6B Pension Deal For BBC

  By Martin Croucher

  The British Broadcasting Corporation has struck a deal to insure £6 billion ($7.8 billion) of its pension liabilities with Zurich and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., in a transaction steered by A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May, Eversheds Sutherland and Debevoise.

• Solicitor Lied To Client's Wife About Seized Funds, SRA Says

  By Sophia Dourou

  A criminal defense solicitor lied to an imprisoned client's wife by concealing the fact he was holding on to funds belonging to the client, the Solicitors Regulation Authority told a tribunal Thursday.

• StanChart Appeals Disclosure Order In £1.5B Sanctions Case

  By William Janes

  Standard Chartered on Thursday relaunched a fight to withhold regulatory documents from investors that are suing the bank for £1.5 billion ($2 billion), as they allege that the lender made untrue or misleading statements about its noncompliance with sanctions.

• F1 Driver Massa's £64M Claim Over Lost Title To Go Ahead

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A London judge allowed on Thursday a £64 million ($84 million) claim from former Ferrari F1 driver Felipe Massa over an alleged conspiracy surrounding the 2008 world title to continue, while dismissing other claims against the sports governing body.

• SFO Launches Probe Into $28M 'Crypto Hedge Fund'

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Serious Fraud Office arrested two men and opened a criminal investigation on Thursday into the collapse of a $28 million cryptocurrency scheme over suspected fraud after plans to create a "crypto hedge fund" failed. 

• Apple Bids To Cut Free ICloud Users From £3B 'Which' Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Apple told the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Thursday that iCloud users who never paid for the service should be struck out from a proposed £3 billion ($3.9 billion) collective action claim brought by Which because their loss is "entirely subjective."

• EU Decides Against Regulating Third-Party Litigation-Funders

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The European Commission has opted not to introduce legislation to regulate third-party litigation-funding, more than four years after calls emerged for the nascent industry across the bloc to be regulated.

• Ex-Cohen & Gresser Partner Faces SRA Probe For Misconduct

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it is investigating a claim of misconduct concerning Cohen & Gresser LLP's former London managing partner.

• Which Says Funder Can Support £3B Apple ICloud Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Consumer group Which downplayed Wednesday suggestions from Apple that it had brushed away concerns around the financial health of the litigation funder backing a proposed £3 billion ($3.9 billion) collective action over cloud storage.

• Lloyds Trims Arena TV Liquidators' £1.3B Fraud Case

  By William Janes

  Lloyds Bank PLC convinced a London court on Wednesday to ax a chunk of the £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in claims that accused the lender of failing to spot an alleged fraud by directors at a broadcast equipment company.