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Lawyer's Death Puts Spotlight On Industry's All-Hours Culture
Law firms are churning out mental health policies and well-being initiatives, but an inquest into the death of Vanessa Ford, a transactions partner at Pinsent Masons LLP, has shone an uncomfortable light on the sector's long-hours culture.
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An aircraft lessor and an insurer have settled their fight over payouts for planes stranded in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, the first agreement out of dozens of battles worth billions of dollars involving major insurers.
A preview of potential reforms to the disclosure process in U.K. criminal cases hints at incremental changes rather than a major overhaul as both prosecutors and defense lawyers warn that the system risks collapsing under the weight of digital evidence.
The GMB union said Friday that it has sued retail giant Amazon for allegedly inducing workers to quit their union following a successful bid for a shot at official recognition.
The former chief financial officer of the company behind Patisserie Valerie and three other people pled not guilty to fraud charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office on Friday over allegations they helped conceal a £10 million ($12.5 million) black hole in the bakery and café chain's books.
Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and his co-defendant Christopher Berry appeared at a London criminal court on Friday charged with spying for the Chinese government.
HSBC fended off on Friday a £1.3 billion ($1.6 billion) fraud claim brought by hundreds of investors who alleged the bank misled them into financing a Disney movie tax relief scheme it developed which turned out to be worthless.
Multinational miner Anglo American said Friday that it has rejected a £39.1 billion ($48.9 billion) takeover bid from its Australian heavyweight rival, BHP Group, saying the offer "significantly undervalues" the company and its prospects.
Third-party video game cheating software should not infringe game creators' copyright in the European Union if it only manipulates a gamer's input rather than the game's code itself, a legal adviser to the bloc's top court said Thursday amid Sony's dispute with a British gaming business.
A London appellate court on Thursday blocked Locke Lord LLP's former banking partner from challenging his prison sentence for taking part in a £21 million ($26.2 million) Ponzi scheme.
The director of the Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday that the spate of fraud investigations launched early in his tenure wasn't a deliberate policy — though he acknowledged that he wants to make the agency "relevant to the taxpayer."
