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• January 21, 2026

  US Performers Lose Challenge Over UK Royalties Legislation

  Trade unions representing more than 230,000 U.S. singers and performers can't overturn U.K. secondary legislation that restricts their right to fair royalty payments, with a London court finding Wednesday it lacks the power to decide whether the law violated unincorporated international treaties.

• January 21, 2026

  Selling Stolen Bikes Counts As Work To Bar Benefit Claim

  An appeals court said Wednesday that a man imprisoned for selling stolen bikes "at scale" was not entitled to claim Employment Support Allowance while he did so, ruling that the criminal activity he engaged in counted as work.

• January 21, 2026

  White Ethiopian Airlines Manager Wins Discrimination Case

  A tribunal has ruled that Ethiopian Airlines racially discriminated against its only senior white British employee by showing a "distinct bias or preference" toward staff from Africa.

• January 20, 2026

  Boston Consulting Loses UK Tax Fight Over Partner Pay

  Payments to partners made by the U.K. arm of Boston Consulting Group are taxable under rules aimed at preventing avoidance since profit shares were routed through a corporate group and carelessness by the firm caused a loss of tax, a London court ruled Tuesday.

• January 20, 2026

  Court Backs HMRC Over Healthcare Co.'s Late VAT Appeal

  A private healthcare company has to meet strict conditions to appeal HM Revenue & Customs' value-added-tax assessments and a penalty of over £1 million ($1.3 million) after filing its appeal late, a London court ruled.

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