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  Womble Bond Clients Say Negligent Advice Sunk £126M Deal

  By Sophia Dourou

  Negligent advice from Womble Bond Dickinson during a £126 million ($170 million) luxury London property redevelo...(read more)

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  UK Raises Antitrust Concerns In Getty's Shutterstock Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The U.K.'s antitrust authority said Thursday that it has provisionally found that Getty Images' planned $3.7 bil...(read more)

• Employment Tribunals To Gain 55 More Full-Time Judges

  By Jamie Lennox

  England's judge-nominating body said Thursday that it will soon begin hunting for 55 new full-time employment judges, boosting current numbers by around a third, as the government's major employment law overhaul is expected to lead to an explosion in claims.

• Ex-Commerzbank Analyst Trims Prison Time For Fake Assaults

  By Adele Redmond

  The Court of Appeal overturned on Thursday a 20-month prison sentence for a former Commerzbank AG analyst who lied about having been sexually harassed and assaulted by a colleague.

• FCA Chief Rathi Wants Shift Away From New Rules

  By Martin Croucher

  The Financial Conduct Authority will seek to make fewer new rules on the sectors it regulates, its chief executive has said, amid political pressure on the watchdog to do more to support U.K. economic growth.  

• Spread-Betting Biz Fights Order To Unwind Merger With Rival

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  Sports betting company Spreadex urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Thursday to quash an order forcing it to sell a business it acquired in 2023, saying that it was wrong to find that the merger would threaten competition.

• Andrew Arrested On Suspicion Of Misconduct In Public Office

  By Christopher Crosby

  U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after weeks of intense scrutiny over whether the former prince disclosed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein while he was trade envoy.

• Telecoms Biz Liberty To Buy VodafoneZiggo Stake For €1B

  By Tom Fish

  Liberty Global has agreed to acquire Vodafone Group PLC's 50% stake in the Dutch telecommunications joint venture VodafoneZiggo for €1 billion ($1.2 billion) in cash and a minority stake in a new West European company.

• Exec Loses Bid To Keep Name Out Of SFO Bribery Settlement

  By Christopher Crosby

  Two British judges ruled Wednesday that the Serious Fraud Office could publish the name of a former executive in a corporate criminal settlement even though he was cleared of bribery charges, ruling that the process was subject to the principle of open justice. 

• On Players' Brain Injury Claims, FA Says Science Inconclusive

  By Eddie Beaver

  The governing bodies of football in England and Wales have denied claims from more than 100 football professionals of failure to phase out allegedly brain-injuring headers from the game, arguing that research on the dangers of the technique is still ongoing.

• Visa, Mastercard Can't Avoid Swipe Fee Claims Pass-On

  By William Janes

  Mastercard and Visa lost a bid on Wednesday to fend off a class action from retailers over unlawful card payment fees by arguing that the merchants didn't suffer loss because they passed on the charges.

• UPC Reluctant To Refer Cases Back Down After Appeals

  By Jamie Lennox

  An appeals panel at the Unified Patent Court has said it will not send infringement claims back to first-instance judges after overturning their decisions on the validity of a patent, choosing instead to decide such issues for itself.

• 'Reckless' Pensions Bosses Lose Bid To Overturn FCA Ban

  By William Janes

  A London tribunal has upheld a decision by the financial services regulator to ban two pensions company bosses from working in the sector after concluding that they had "recklessly" funneled savers' money into a high-risk property investment.

• UK Consumer Group Drops £480M Qualcomm Class Action

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Consumer group Which has said it is dropping its £480 million ($651 million) collective action accusing Qualcomm of anticompetitive behavior that drove up the prices of Apple and Samsung phones before the result of a five-week trial is delivered.