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September 16, 2025
Gov't Says Hillsborough Law Won't Drive Up Prosecutions
A new offense that would make it a crime for officials to mislead the public is unlikely to drive future prosecutions or target authorities not already liable under the existing law, according to a Home Office report published Tuesday.
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September 16, 2025
Pogust Goodhead Reshuffles Team Leading £36B BHP Case
Pogust Goodhead has had to reshuffle its team on the BHP class action trial after its lead lawyer on the £36 billion ($49 billion) claim moved to another case and the partner overseeing its Dieselgate litigation left the firm.
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September 16, 2025
Insurer Can't Duck $6M Bond Payout Over Ghana Power Plant
A London court ordered a Ghanaian insurance company on Tuesday to pay a subsidiary of Greek industrial conglomerate Metlen almost $6.3 million for wrongly refusing to pay up under a bond the insurer claimed was obtained by fraud.
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September 16, 2025
Barrister Faces BSB Probe Over Fake Case From ChatGPT
A barrister who allegedly misled a tribunal by submitting a fictitious case generated by ChatGPT has been referred to the Bar Standards Board.
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September 15, 2025
Gov't Introduces 'Duty Of Candor' Law For Public Officials
The British government introduced landmark legislation on Monday to create a legal duty of candor for public officials, and criminal sanctions for those who mislead the public, to change the "culture of cover-ups" surrounding disasters and scandals.
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September 15, 2025
AerCap Wants £81M Costs From Insurers In Missing Jets Case
Aircraft leasing giant AerCap is seeking £81 million ($110 million) in costs in the mammoth dispute over hundreds of aircraft stranded in Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to filings for a London court hearing that began on Monday.
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September 15, 2025
Tech Co. Denies Ex-Directors' Claim Of Share Sale Conspiracy
A telecommunications technology company has denied owing its former directors more than £8 million ($11 million) for allegedly tricking them into selling their shares for less than their potential value, adding that it never withheld details of a potentially lucrative contract on the horizon.
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September 15, 2025
Banker Sues Saudi Magnate Over £14M Shares Transfer
A Tunisian-Swiss investment banker has sued a Saudi tycoon for 53 million Saudi riyals ($14 million), alleging that the Arabian mogul unlawfully transferred shares he held as a nominee for the financier to one of his own businesses.
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September 15, 2025
Electricals Co. Had No Proof Axed Manager 'Authorized Fraud'
A tribunal has held that an electricals distributor unfairly sacked a manager on the grounds that he endorsed a coworker's alleged fraudulent transactions, ruling that there was no proof he had any knowledge of the scandal.
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September 15, 2025
CPS Drops Spy Charges Against Ex-Parliamentary Researcher
The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges on Monday that accused a former parliamentary researcher and his co-defendant of spying for the Chinese government because of a lack of evidence, weeks before their trial was due to begin.
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September 12, 2025
Off The Bench: NCAA Athlete Ban, WNBA Sun Controversy
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA administered permanent bans to three basketball players, and two high-profile politicians warned the WNBA that it could be at risk of violating antitrust laws if it interferes in the sale of the Connecticut Sun.
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September 12, 2025
EU Lets Microsoft Unbundle Teams To Avoid Fine
European Union antitrust officials signed off Friday on Microsoft's plans to offer cheaper Office 365 suites without the Teams collaboration platform in order to avoid a potentially hefty fine for past policies shackling the two services together.
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September 12, 2025
Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case
A U.S. investor and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations.
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September 12, 2025
Ankle Tag Co. Says Ex-CEO Forged Docs To Hide Wrongdoing
A British ankle tag maker has accused its former chief executive of forging documents to cover up wrongdoing, adding to its £320 million ($434 million) claim that she hid her interests in the company's shareholders and diverted millions from the business.
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September 12, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen former Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace sue the BBC, Elon Musk's xAI take legal action against a staff engineer, and fashion mogul Kevin-Gerald Stanford file a fresh claim against Lion Capital-owned Klotho and EY amid a long-running All Saints share acquisition dispute.
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September 12, 2025
Barrister Disbarred Over False Claims About Oxford Degree
A London legal disciplinary tribunal disbarred a King's Counsel barrister on Friday for falsely claiming that he had studied medicine at the University of Oxford when he applied for tenancy at a chambers in 2013.
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September 12, 2025
Class Rep Says £650M Motorola Claim Should Be Opt-Out
The representative of a £650 million ($881 million) collective action against Motorola urged a London tribunal on Friday to certify the unfair pricing case as an opt-out claim, arguing that this would prevent alleged victims from being denied justice.
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September 12, 2025
Travelers Sued For £5.8M Client Funds Lost In Axiom Collapse
A property buyer has sued Travelers for a £5.8 million ($7.9 million) insurance payout under its policy with Axiom Ince, telling a London court that the company had misappropriated his payment for an apartment before collapsing into administration.
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September 12, 2025
UK Law Enforcement Seizes Record £285M In Dirty Money
Law enforcement agencies seized a record £285 million ($386 million) in dirty money in 2024, with much of the cash reinvested in front line policing as a substantial portion was handed back to victims, according to the government.
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September 11, 2025
Google, Apple Fight Proposed UK App Ranking, Pay Mandates
Apple and Google both pushed back on proposals by United Kingdom antitrust authorities to stop the companies from boosting their own apps and using commission-based payment systems but took slightly different approaches, according to separate responses made public Thursday.
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September 11, 2025
FIFA Lifts Lid On Sports Disputes With New Legal Database
The worldwide governing body of soccer has launched a free, searchable digital database of soccer-related cases adjudicated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Tribunal going back to 2002 in an effort to promote transparency in sports law.
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September 11, 2025
FCA Official Outlines Risk-Based Approach To Financial Crime
Fighting financial crime isn't a barrier to growth but a prerequisite for economic investment, a senior official at the Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday, as he outlined plans to take a "risk-based" approach to cracking down on fraud.
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September 11, 2025
SRA Fines Law Firms Over Absent AML Client Risk Checks
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm £13,690 ($18,570) and another £4,282 over their eight-year-long failure to assess the money laundering risk of clients, damaging public trust in the solicitors' profession.
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September 11, 2025
Chelsea FC Hit With 74 Charges Over Agent Payments By FA
The Football Association brought 74 charges against Chelsea Football Club on Thursday, alleging that the Premier League outfit had breached regulations on payments to agents and third-party investment in players between 2009 and 2022.
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September 11, 2025
Pensions Watchdog Urges Vigilance On 'Impersonation Fraud'
The retirement savings watchdog has urged pensions chiefs to tighten security amid a rising trend in which scammers attempt to pass themselves off as members of a retirement savings plan.

Glencore Ruling Affirms Disclosure Trumps Prosecution Fears
A recent High Court decision that forced Glencore to hand over documents obtained from a Dutch investigation provides further evidence of the difficulties companies face when they try to resist disclosure in civil proceedings by pointing to the risk of prosecution overseas.

SFO's Pay Remains Low But Top KCs Come For The Prestige
The Serious Fraud Office's pay raise for barristers is not the only factor that draws top counsel to prosecute fraud and bribery cases, whose main appeal is their high-profile and career-enhancing mandate, lawyers say

Top Commercial Dispute Cases To Watch In The Rest Of 2025
Litigators will be eagerly awaiting the first "dieselgate" trial in what will be the largest ever group action in England and Wales when the courts return after the summer recess, as well as keeping an eye out for the outcome of a £36 billion ($49 billion) claim against BHP. Here, Law360 looks at those and other big cases to watch out for the rest of 2025.

FCA's New Redress Powers Spark Some Legal Concerns
Government plans to reform the Financial Ombudsman Service will give the Financial Conduct Authority new powers to introduce wide-ranging consumer redress programs at its discretion, leading lawyers to warn that the regulator could become too susceptible to public pressure.
Editor's Picks
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6 Bombshell Moments From Staley's Bid To Clear His Name
Jes Staley has suffered a bruising week as he testified about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, culminating in an admission by the former banker that he had sex with a member of the disgraced financier's staff.
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5 Questions For Spencer West Partner Karl Foster
The Financial Conduct Authority's approach to enforcement and consumer protection has come up against government economic growth priorities and resistance from the sector to its proposals to "name and shame" companies early on during regulatory probes.
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UK Russia Sanctions Face Landmark Test At Supreme Court
The U.K.'s sanctions regime faces a major test on Wednesday as billionaire Eugene Shvidler seeks to have his financial restrictions cast off — the first case to challenge Russian sanctions that has reached the country's highest court.
Expert Analysis
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Viral Comms Crises Create Dual Corp. Governance Threats
As legislative hearings increase in frequency and social media fuels their reputational impact, corporate legal teams face a new dual challenge that reflects a fundamental shift in accountability and demands new strategies, governance frameworks and organizational capabilities, says Joanna Ludlam at Jenner & Block.
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How AI May Have Made A Difference In Monzo Bank Breaches
Artificial intelligence tools have the capabilities needed to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated threats, and such tools might have helped prevent the anti-money laundering failures that led to the recent £21.1 million fine against Monzo Bank, says Alexander Vilardo at Howard Kennedy.
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A Softer Tack For Online Ads Marks Next Step In Data Reform
While the initiative of the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office to relax enforcement of advertising cookie consent represents a welcome attempt to balance privacy protection and commercial realities, several questions remain that will limit companies' ability to benefit from the U.K. proposals, say lawyers at Skadden.
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CMA App Store Mandates Fall Short Of Regulatory Ambitions
The Competition and Markets Authority's recent proposals to loosen Google and Apple’s mobile platform duopoly are a far cry from the assertive and wide-reaching interventions that advocates of the Digital Markets Unit had hoped to see from the new competition regulator, says Ronan Scanlan at Steptoe.
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Catching Up On Simplified EU Sustainability Disclosure Rules
A recent proposal to streamline implementation of the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation contains measures that would reduce companies’ sustainable investment reporting and compliance requirements, and better support the EU’s climate and environmental goals, say lawyers at Proskauer.
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Cos. Must Take Action As Corporate Enforcement Evolves
The Serious Fraud Office's renewed vigor toward proactive corporate enforcement, as evidenced by its recently affirmed commitment to collaboration with the U.S. on cross-border investigations, means that organizations must solidify their antibribery and corruption frameworks to remain ahead of fast-moving regulatory and legislative initiatives, say lawyers at Weil.
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UK Reforms Investment Rules, But Clarity Concerns Remain
The U.K. government’s recent reforms to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 demonstrate a continuing pragmatic approach by requiring fewer deal filings, but the regime would benefit from more clarity in key areas, say lawyers at McDermott.
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Fraud Law Puts Fund Managers Under Compliance Spotlight
The new failure to prevent fraud offense, effective Sept. 1, may not represent a material departure from most managers’ duties to exercise due care in preventing loss to the assets they manage, but the prospect of criminal liability should sharpen their compliance focus, says Andrew Henderson at Goodwin Procter.
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CMA Pricing Guide Signals Shift In UK Consumer Protection
The Competition and Markets Authority’s recent draft price transparency guide, as part of a wider reform introduced by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, represents a significant change in U.K. consumer protection by targeting unfair trading practices and strengthening enforcement mechanisms, says Felicity Forward at Shoosmiths.
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8 Compliance Team Strategies To Support Business Agility
Amid new regulatory requirements across the globe, compliance functions must design thoughtful guardrails that help business leaders achieve their commercial objectives lawfully — from repurposing existing tools to using technology thoughtfully — instead of defaulting to cumbersome protocols that hinder legitimate business, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.
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What To Note From FCA, Gov't Financial Growth Proposals
Recent Financial Conduct Authority and government proposals for financial services reform are positive developments for firms, signaling a drive to push forward growth and a willingness to be flexible in areas of regulation that the industry has long raised as barriers, say lawyers at Simmons & Simmons.
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How Accessibility Act Is Reshaping EU Digital Compliance
In adding binding requirements to digital spaces, the recently enacted European Accessibility Act aims to harmonize rules and promote digital inclusion across the EU, a departure from earlier frameworks that relied on voluntary standards for businesses, say lawyers at Greenberg Traurig.
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Opinion
Managers' Expanded Corp. Liability Proposal Is Too Vague
The Crime and Policing Bill 2025, currently under consideration by the House of Lords, implements a dramatic expansion of managers’ corporate liability in ambiguous provisions that may lead only to cumbersome and unintended consequences for companies, says Vanessa Reid at Corker Binning.
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What Gov't Report Tells Lawyers About Continuing AML Risks
The U.K. government’s recent national money laundering risk assessment maintains conveyancing, company service work and misuse of client accounts as key threats, underscoring that law firms should expect renewed scrutiny and higher expectations in these high-risk areas, says Harriet Holmes at Thirdfort.
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Russia Sanctions Spotlight: Strengthening Enforcement
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s proposed changes to its enforcement process by increasing monetary penalties, and introducing schemes to encourage cooperation, suggest that businesses should expect an expansion of financial sanctions enforcement, says Alexandra Melia at Steptoe.