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    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Competition & Markets Authority
      Five banks broke competition law over gilts, UK watchdog provisionally finds

      CMA’s initial finding shows traders exchanged sensitive information on pricing and strategies

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Financial fraud
      UK forex boss convicted after masterminding multimillion pound ‘Ponzi-style’ scheme

      International warrant issued for Anthony Constantinou, who absconded halfway through trial

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Financial fraud
      Online UK fraudster sentenced to 13 years over £100mn bank ‘spoofing’ scam

      Tejay Fletcher’s iSpoof website helped criminals defraud victims by posing as bank staff

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      UK privatisation
      Guy Hands’ property company loses legal case against UK government

      Annington to appeal against ruling that upheld defence ministry’s test case to take back ownership of housing for military families

    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Pressure grows on UK to stop ‘abusive litigation’ by oligarchs against critics

      Britain blocks use of frozen funds for libel cases but free speech campaigners demand further action

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Phone hacking
      Prince Harry accused of ‘highly publicised smearing’ in phone hacking trial

      Lawyers for Mirror group say royal claimant and three others a ‘long way off’ proving publisher gathered information unlawfully

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Michael Lynch
      Autonomy founder Mike Lynch extradited to US

      Entrepreneur faces fraud charges over software group’s accounts

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Mirror Group PLC
      Mirror accused of ordering ‘unlawful activities’, High Court hears

      Piers Morgan knew of phone hacking while he was editor, court told in lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and others

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Games industry
      Activision Blizzard hires legal heavyweight to fight UK’s block of Microsoft deal

      David Pannick KC, whose recent cases include Boris Johnson’s partygate probe, will lead the gaming group’s legal challenge

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
      Lawyers lead ‘war game’ drills to prepare clients for cyber attacks

      Business leaders turn to law firms for advice as data loss and other IT breaches become a growing concern

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK strikebreaking legislation unlawful, unions tell High Court

      Regulations allowing agency staff to fill in for workers on picket line should be reversed, they argue

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Legal services
      Role of lawyers in misuse of NDAs to be examined by UK regulator

      Legal Services Board to launch call for evidence amid concerns over use of ‘gagging clauses’ in England and Wales

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK nurses’ walkout curtailed after court ruling but new rail action called

      High Court judgment cuts short next week’s RCN stoppage as transport unions set fresh strikes in May and June

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Phone hacking
      Murdoch group settled Prince William phone-hacking claim, UK court told

      Assertion made by lawyers for Prince Harry in filings in separate action

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Autonomy Corp PLC
      Autonomy founder Mike Lynch loses bid to appeal against extradition to US

      Billionaire faces trial on criminal charges linked to Hewlett-Packard’s $11bn takeover of the company in 2011

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse accused of dishonest conduct by Jersey investor

      Loreley Financing claims that the Swiss bank misrepresented notes that it purchased in 2007

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Tesco PLC
      Lidl wins battle with Tesco over Clubcard logo

      UK’s largest supermarket may have to cease using current design after it was judged too similar to that of rival

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      News in-depthSerious Fraud Office UK
      Collapse of fraud case triggers demand for overhaul of UK disclosure rules

      Failure of high-profile SFO investigations ignites debate over how criminal evidence is shared

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina faces €1.3bn bill after losing case over GDP-linked debt

      Ruling comes days after Buenos Aires lost New York court case over oil company expropriation

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Oleg Deripaska
      Oleg Deripaska sees off legal challenge over share dispute

      London’s High Court dismisses contempt of court case against metals tycoon brought by a former colleague

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Energy sector
      Energy suppliers lose legal challenge against UK government over Bulb sale

      Transfer to Octopus cost billions in taxpayer support

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Marriage and divorce
      Review of UK divorce law imminent

      Feuding couples’ expensive court battles prompt call for a rethink

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Newspaper industry
      Daily Mail publisher asks High Court to strike out Prince Harry hacking lawsuit

      Associated Newspapers denies allegations of ‘unlawful information gathering’ at London hearing

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Oleg Deripaska
      Oleg Deripaska broke promises in Moscow land dispute, court told

      Lawyers claim Russian tycoon ‘deliberately’ breached legal undertakings

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Commerzbank AG
      Female banker wins £300,000 payout from Commerzbank

      Former compliance manager in London has had a 6-year legal battle with German bank

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