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August 28, 2024
Parking Biz Claims Ex-Director Took Data To Set Up Rival
A parking management provider is suing its former director for allegedly pinching its software and exploiting it to set up and run his own rival company.
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August 28, 2024
Memery Crystal Beats Secretary's Disability Bias Claim
Memery Crystal LLP did not discriminate against a legal secretary with a type of arthritis, an employment tribunal has ruled, finding that the firm did everything within its power to make accommodations for her condition.
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August 28, 2024
Ex-Weightmans Pro Struck Off Over Lies And False Emails
A former Weightmans LLP and Capsticks LLP solicitor was struck off by a tribunal on Wednesday after she admitted lying to her boss about completing work, falsifying emails and concealing the fact she was fired over the dishonesty.
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August 28, 2024
Collapsed Forex Broker To Pay Whistleblowing Exec £564K
A compliance director at a foreign exchange brokerage who reported the firm to the financial services watchdog over its alleged illicit activities has won more than £560,000 ($740,000) after a tribunal ruled the company had unlawfully sacked him.
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August 28, 2024
LDI Managers Urged To Influence Gov't Climate Policy
Liability-driven investment managers ought to be doing more to influence climate policy to protect members' pensions as government debt plays an increasingly large role in retirement savings portfolios, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP said.
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August 27, 2024
Law Firm To Pay £109K For Discriminating Against Paralegal
A former paralegal at a London law firm has won more than £109,000 ($144,239) from the firm after a tribunal found that the firm refused to pay her full salary for more than a year before firing her because of her disabilities.
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August 27, 2024
Ex-Rice Co. Execs Deny Exploiting Company Secrets
Former executives of a British rice manufacturer have denied exploiting the company's confidential business strategies and customer contacts to run a competing business.
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August 27, 2024
Next Workers Win Landmark £30M Equal Pay Claim
A group of retail workers has won a landmark equal pay case against high street fashion chain Next, as the Employment Tribunal ruled that it was unlawful for the company to pay sales consultants, who are mostly women, a lower rate than its warehouse employees.
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August 27, 2024
Hong Kong Woman's Asset Freeze Extended Over Fraud Case
A London judge on Tuesday allowed a freezing order to be extended against a woman accused of defrauding her former employers of 164 million Hong Kong dollars ($21 million).
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August 27, 2024
Starmer Warns Of 'Painful' Budget As UK Braces For Tax Hikes
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Tuesday of "painful" decisions to plug budget gaps, including tax increases and spending cuts, looming in the Oct. 30 budget statement.
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August 27, 2024
Pinsent Masons Steers Insurer On £42M Pensions Deal
British insurer Just Group said on Tuesday that it has taken on pension liabilities valued at £42 million ($56 million) from a retirement savings plan sponsored by a British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk.
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August 27, 2024
Gov't Urged To Reform Pension Tax To Fill Budget Gaps
The Labour government should reform £66 billion ($87 billion) worth of pension tax relief to raise extra revenue to help plug the black hole in public finances, a think tank affiliated to the party has said.
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August 26, 2024
Uber Hit With €290M Dutch Fine For EU Data Transfers To US
The Netherlands' data protection authority has fined Uber €290 million ($324 million) on allegations it failed to use a valid mechanism for sending European drivers' personal data to the U.S. for more than two years, a penalty that the ride-sharing provider has vowed to appeal.
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August 23, 2024
Labour Sacking After Antisemitism Leak Not Discrimination
The Labour Party's governing body did not unfairly dismiss or racially discriminate against a Muslim of South Asian heritage in the aftermath of a damning leaked report on how the body mishandled allegations of antisemitism, a tribunal has ruled.
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August 23, 2024
Drone Manufacturer Sues University For Research IP Rights
A company which makes self-flying cargo aircraft has launched a suit to stop the University of Southampton from taking over the rights to an uncrewed aircraft patent that resulted from a research project between the drone maker and the university.
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August 23, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Google sue several Russian media outlets in response to challenges to the tech giant's response to international sanctions, easyGroup bring an intellectual property claim against delivery company Easycargo, and e-money business Nyavo challenge action by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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August 23, 2024
Recruiter Claims Agency Wrongly Withheld £20K Commission
A recruiter told a tribunal Friday that a London agency unlawfully deprived her of approximately £20,000 ($26,400) of commission after she left the business, and claimed that it failed to do "due diligence" to communicate its policy on the matter.
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August 23, 2024
Insurer Calls For Gov't Action On Auto-Enrollment Reform
The new government should "hit the ground running" with changes to automatic enrollment regulation, an insurer has said, as it set out four potential areas of reform that could dramatically boost pension savings.
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August 23, 2024
HMRC Can Be Liable For Damage To Biz Shut Over £7.4M Debt
The tax authority cannot lift a court order that requires it to repay a payroll business damages for losses suffered after it was put into provisional liquidation, as a court found on Friday that it had failed to pursue that action for law enforcement purposes.
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August 23, 2024
Events Venue Can Be Liable For Firing By Director, EAT Rules
An events manager has won her appeal to revive her attempt to hold the restaurant and wedding venue where she had worked liable for a director's decision to fire her.
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August 22, 2024
Gym Manager Suspended After Alleging Sex Bias Wins Claim
A retirement village gym manager has won his claim that his boss unlawfully suspended him for complaining that he was treated worse than a female colleague during a disciplinary probe over his refusal to stop taking personal training clients.
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August 22, 2024
Ex-Partner Struck Off For Client Cash Put In Personal Account
A former partner at a regional law firm has been struck off after he gave his personal bank account details to clients and received £10,000 ($13,000).
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August 22, 2024
Ex-Chanel Employee Hit With Extended TikTok Ban
A judge ruled Thursday a court order that prevents a former Chanel employee from making public derogatory statements about the fashion giant will continue, saying that allegations she made in online videos seemed to be part of a "commercial strategy."
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August 22, 2024
Fieldfisher Adds Employment Law To Silicon Valley Office
Fieldfisher LLP has added employment law services to the offerings of its Silicon Valley office, the firm announced this week.
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August 22, 2024
Over 3M UK Pensioners To Be Dragged Into Higher Tax Rates
Government data shows 3.1 million U.K. pensioners will be dragged into paying higher taxes in the next four years due to the freeze on income thresholds, financial firm Quilter PLC said Thursday.