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February 23, 2026
Criminal courts in England and Wales will be handed an extra £247 million ($333 million) to operate at "maximum capacity" in 2027, to help cut backlogs and speed up the justice system, the government said Tuesday.
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February 23, 2026
London's police force confirmed on Monday that it has arrested Peter Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office after an investigation into emails between the former minister and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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February 23, 2026
The professional body for legal executives told a London appeals court on Monday that the "law is in a real mess" if it upholds a surprise ruling that legal executives, trainees and paralegals cannot conduct litigation, even under supervision.
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February 23, 2026
A London appeals court has rejected the British Medical Association's latest challenge against regulatory guidance that calls non-doctors "medical professionals," describing the label as "accurate and fair."
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February 23, 2026
A former airplane parts broker was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for forging the certification of parts in a fraud that grounded commercial jets and cost the aviation industry £39 million ($53 million).
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February 23, 2026
The Competition and Markets Authority named a former Amazon executive on Monday as its preferred candidate to serve a full five-year term as the watchdog's chair.
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February 20, 2026
A London judge on Friday fined seven reality TV stars and social media influencers for promoting an unauthorized trading scheme where they recommended high-risk financial products tied to foreign exchange rates.
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February 20, 2026
The last week in London saw the founders of Getir sue investment fund Mubadala for more than $700 million tied to alleged breaches during the company's restructuring, the Welsh Rugby Union face a claim by Swansea Council over a proposed takeover of Cardiff Rugby, and Euro Car Parks target the Competition and Markets Authority after it was fined by the watchdog. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 20, 2026
A solicitor who made antisemitic and racist comments and inappropriately touched colleagues during work parties was hit on Friday with a one-year suspension by the profession's disciplinary tribunal.
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February 20, 2026
The European Central Bank has fined J.P. Morgan €12.18 million ($14.35 million) for breaching reporting rules governing capital held against the risk of default, saying the company was guilty of serious negligence and had deficiencies in its internal processes.
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February 20, 2026
New intelligence tools will save prosecutors valuable time and money in white-collar criminal cases, but the technology will also usher in an era of increasingly complex and technical fights over disclosure, lawyers say.
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February 20, 2026
The former chief executive of a semiconductor business has won $2 million as a tribunal ruled that the company unfairly sacked him for blowing the whistle over the risks of increased Chinese involvement in the company.
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February 20, 2026
The European Union markets regulator has fined REGIS-TR a record €1.37 million ($1.61 million) for rule breaches that put at risk the confidentiality of trading data essential for surveillance of the market by watchdogs, the highest penalty it has yet imposed on a trade depository.
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February 20, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has placed restrictions on a lawyer's ability to practice as a solicitor after he was convicted at a London court of stalking a legal blogger.
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February 19, 2026
A tribunal has refused interim relief to the former owner of a payment services company, finding that his claim he was dismissed for blowing the whistle on breaches of Financial Conduct Authority regulations is not likely to succeed at this stage of the litigation.
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February 19, 2026
Sanctioned Russian-Israeli banker Mikhail Fridman was not validly served at his London mansion with a claim in an $11 million battle over a loan notes investment because he was banned from the U.K., a London appeals court ruled Thursday.
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February 19, 2026
Insurance providers should carefully review their products and services and equip staff with necessary skills to offer better support to clients who are experiencing economic abuse, the Chartered Insurance Institute has said.
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February 19, 2026
The Payment Systems Regulator revealed Thursday that it has fined Bank of Ireland UK PLC more than £3.7 million ($5 million) for missing a deadline by 14 months to put in place an account name-checking service to combat the risk of fraud.
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February 19, 2026
A London appeals court ruled Thursday that data stolen in a cyberattack on electronics retailer Currys was personal data because Currys could identify the data subjects even if the hackers could not.
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February 19, 2026
The European Union markets watchdog proposed Thursday to simplify guidelines on delaying disclosure of inside information under the market abuse regime, in order to reduce the burden for companies listing on stock exchanges.
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February 19, 2026
U.K. police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after weeks of intense scrutiny over whether the former prince disclosed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein while he was trade envoy.
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February 18, 2026
Mining giant Glencore told shareholders Wednesday that it paid $1 billion to the U.K.'s tax authority last year over tax disputes but is pushing to recover some of the money.
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February 18, 2026
Two British judges ruled Wednesday that the Serious Fraud Office could publish the name of a former executive in a corporate criminal settlement even though he was cleared of bribery charges, ruling that the process was subject to the principle of open justice.
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February 18, 2026
Government plans to limit jury trials will apply retrospectively to cases already in the system to reduce the backlog of criminal cases "straight away," the U.K.'s courts minister said in a letter to the chair of the parliamentary Justice Committee released on Wednesday.
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February 18, 2026
A solicitor accused of making antisemitic and racist comments and inappropriately touching colleagues during work parties failed on Wednesday to persuade a tribunal to throw out the case against him.