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  Odey Created 'False Reality' That He Was Victim, FCA Says

  By William Janes

  The Financial Conduct Authority told a tribunal on Tuesday that banned hedge fund manager Crispin Odey created a...(read more)

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  AI Makes My Judgments Better, Justice Birss Says

  By Jamie Lennox

  Justice Colin Birss said Tuesday that he is improving his judgments by using artificial intelligence to check fo...(read more)

• Tribunal Hands Referee Co. Win In £584K Tax Status Case

  By Josh White

  An English soccer referee body won its decadelong dispute with the U.K.'s tax authority after a London tribunal ruled that referees' match-day engagements were contracts for services rather than employment, meaning the group isn't liable for the referees' taxes.

• Live Nation Venue Sues Cripps For £3.4M Over Advice On Deal

  By Max Austin

  Margate Dreamland's operator has sued Cripps LLP for £3.4 million ($4.6 million), alleging the law firm misread a key part of its catering deal that left it unable to exit the agreement after Live Nation bought the popular seaside venue.

• HSBC Reports $400M Credit Loss Linked To Fraud

  By Eddie Beaver

  HSBC Holdings PLC said Tuesday that its expected credit losses for the first quarter of 2026 were $400 million higher compared to a year ago, driven by a fraud-related exposure tied to a U.K. financial sponsor in its corporate and institutional banking division.

• Anthropic Launches AI Biz With Goldman Sachs, Blackstone

  By Alex Davidson

  Anthropic has launched a global services company with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and Hellman & Friedman to help banks and other businesses including in the U.K. invest in an artificial intelligence technology that Anthropic says has identified widespread cyber vulnerabilities.

• EQT Tables New £8.9B Offer For FTSE-Listed Intertek

  By Tom Fish

  Private equity group EQT said Tuesday it has raised its takeover bid for testing and inspection company Intertek to £58 ($78) per share in cash, intensifying pressure on the British company ahead of a looming regulatory deadline.

• Slaughter & May Guides Vodafone's £4.3B JV Buyout

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Vodafone Group PLC will buy out CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. for £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) to become the sole owner of their £13.85 billion VodafoneThree U.K. telecoms joint venture, the companies said Monday.

• Strait Of Hormuz Closure Hits UK With Energy Benchmark Fight

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Mercuria is suing the Baltic Exchange in London over losses it said are linked to an allegedly distorted key shipping benchmark that failed to reflect the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first major litigation in the U.K. to arise from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

• Dentons Ruling Recasts Test For Lawyers' AML Misconduct

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Court of Appeal's recent decision that the Solicitors Regulation Authority must prove that Dentons' breach of money laundering legislation was "sufficiently serious" could complicate the watchdog's job of enforcing its rules, experts say.

• FCA's Contested Car Finance Redress Hits Roadblocks

  By Alex Davidson

  Legal challenges to the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance redress scheme fired off this week to the Upper Tribunal will lead to long delays, with some legal experts already doubting whether the cases can be argued successfully.

• Tesco Exec Denies Warehouse Jobs Viewed As 'Men's Work'

  By William Janes

  A Tesco executive has denied that the supermarket chain viewed warehouse jobs as "men's work" as she gave evidence on the first day of a trial of equal pay claims brought by thousands of mainly female shop workers on Friday.

• Medical Cannabis User Revives Bias Claim Over Job Ban

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals tribunal restored a medical cannabis user's claim on Friday that Network Rail discriminated against him based on his disability by banning him from safety-critical rail work for five years after he failed a drug test.

• DWF Director Eyes More IP Growth After Oatly TM Win

  By Alex Baldwin

  Coming off its victory at one of the highest-profile U.K. trademark disputes in recent years, DWF Group has high hopes for the future of the intellectual property practice. Here, director Asima Rana talks to Law360 about the challenges of the case and the growing demand for IP work in the U.K.