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  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 "ela...(read more)

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  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 ...(read more)

• 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.

• 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." 

• Nottingham Forest Owner Clears Hurdle In £5M Libel Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  Nottingham Forest Football Club owner Evangelos Marinakis persuaded a London court on Wednesday that articles, videos and social media posts at the center of his £5 million ($6.7 million) libel claim against the chair of Greek club Aris are capable of being defamatory.

• Kirkland-Led Investors Merge To Form $21B Asset Manager

  By Tom Fish

  London-based GHO Capital and CBC Group in Singapore said Wednesday that they will merge to create what they claim will be the world's largest healthcare investment company, managing more than $21 billion in assets.

• Innsworth Challenges Share Of Mastercard Settlement Sum

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Litigation funder Innsworth told the High Court on Tuesday that the distribution of a £200 million ($268 million) settlement from a U.K. mass claim against Mastercard is "illogical" and "flawed" in the first case to test a Competition Appeal Tribunal settlement decision.

• Ride-Hail App Bolt Can't Get £190M VAT Break, HMRC Argues

  By Josh White

  Ride-hailing company Bolt shouldn't be able to claim a £190 million ($254.3 million) value-added tax exemption for travel agents and tour operators because its drivers provide transportation and don't lead tours or book vacations, the U.K.'s tax authority argued before a London court on Tuesday.

• Met Police Weigh Fraud, Manslaughter Charges Over Grenfell

  By Eddie Beaver

  The Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that 57 people and 20 organizations are suspects for criminal charges that might be brought over the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people — including 18 children — were killed.

• Investors Seek To Halt $16B Argentina Award Amid US Appeal

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of minority shareholders of a nationalized oil company urged a court on Tuesday to stay English proceedings that seek to enforce a now-overturned $16 billion judgment in New York against Argentina while a U.S. appeal is underway.

• Nord Stream Says Pinning Blast On Ukraine 'No Small Thing'

  By Ronan Barnard

  The Swiss consortium behind a pipeline destroyed by sabotage in 2022 argued in the closing stages of a €580 million ($672 million) trial on Tuesday that it was "no small thing" to conclude the attack was carried out on Ukraine's behalf.

• Deutsche Bank Fined Over Apple Unit's Russia Payments

  By Eddie Beaver

  The London branch of Deutsche Bank AG has been fined £165,000 ($221,000) for processing two payment requests from an Apple subsidiary to a Russian app developer, the U.K.'s sanctions enforcer said Tuesday.

• Apple Beats Anti-Union Interference Claim In UK

  By Jamie Lennox

  Apple has proved that it did not unfairly interfere with a vote on whether to let a trade union negotiate on behalf of staff at one of its U.K. stores, convincing arbitrators that it didn't unfairly influence how its employees voted.