Analysis

From Doughty Street To Downing St.: A Look At Starmer's CV

By Christopher Crosby

Keir Starmer's rise to prime minister comes almost 40 years after the new resident of 10 Downing Street began to practice law. Here, Law360 looks back at five notable cases that shaped Starmer's legal career.

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Businessman Found Guilty Of Fraud For COVID Loan Abuse

By Christopher Crosby

A British businessman accused of dishonestly obtaining a COVID-19 small business loan was convicted of fraud on Friday after prosecutors accused him of scamming the system to repay an associate embroiled in a fight with the Serious Fraud Office.

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Cifas Justifies Marking Bank Activity For Suspected Fraud

By Ronan Barnard

The operator of the U.K.'s national fraud database has hit back at a £144,000 ($186,000) data protection claim in a London court, saying it was justified in marking a London resident's bank activity for suspected fraud.

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Analysis

Lawyers Test New Routes For Redress For APP Fraud Victims

By Joanne Faulkner

A year after the decision by Britain's Supreme Court that curbed the liability owed by lenders to customers tricked into transferring money to fraudsters, victims are now looking to use the courts to test novel routes for redress.

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Casino Group Faces French Price-Fixing Probe

By Najiyya Budaly

Casino Group, the French retail giant that has recently undergone a restructuring, said it is being investigated by France's financial crime agency for possible price manipulation and corruption.

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Ex-Lib Dem Leader Swinson Grilled Over Horizon Scandal

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson told an inquiry on Friday into the Post Office accounting scandal that she was reassured when she was the minister responsible for the organization that its systems were robust.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen a libel clash between comedian Paul Currie and the Soho Theatre Company over allegations of anti-semitism, technology giant Huawei face a patents claim by Mediatek, Westfield Europe pursue action against Clearpay Finance for contract breaches and tour operating company Carnival hit chartered airline Maleth Aero for significant flight delays. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Solicitor Sanctioned Over False £1M Gov't Loan Declaration

By William Janes

A solicitor who signed an inaccurate declaration confirming that an investor had £1 million in a client account for the purposes of a government loan scheme was fined £15,000 ($19,400) on Friday and banned from being a partner.

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Cyber-Insurers Could Be On Hook From Global IT Outages

By Martin Croucher

The global IT outage that disrupted air travel, financial institutions and thousands of businesses on Friday could result in billions of dollars of losses and potentially major claims against insurance companies, analysts are warning.

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Edwin Coe Adds To Team Ahead Of Planned UK Tax Changes

By Kevin Pinner

Edwin Coe LLP is preparing for an expected surge in disputes following the U.K.'s planned tax changes by hiring as a partner a Harbottle & Lewis lawyer with expertise in litigation and tax planning, according to a news release.

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How Regulation Of Tech Providers Is Breaking New Ground

The forthcoming EU regulation on digital operational resilience and the U.K. critical third-party regime, by expanding the direct application of financial services regulation to designated technology providers, represent a significant development that is not to be underestimated, say David Berman and Emily Lemaire at Covington.

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EU Investor-State Dispute Transparency Rules: Key Points

The European Union's recent vote to embrace greater transparency for investor-state arbitration will make managing newly public information more complex for all parties in a dispute — so it is important for stakeholders to understand the risks and opportunities involved, say Philip Hall, Tara Flores and Charles McKeon at Thorndon Partners.

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