Government plans to press ahead with judge-only trials for complex economic crime cases to spare jurors from lengthy proceedings were criticized on Monday by white-collar lawyers, who said there was "no principled reason" for the controversial reforms.
Aircraft lessors face a fresh legal battle to recover losses for planes stranded in Russia in a trial beginning on Monday, when reinsurers will argue that Russian law prevents them from claiming directly under insurance arranged by the airlines.
Findings that Manchester City arranged "sham" commercial contracts to inflate its revenues and cut costs by £900 million ($1.2 billion) could trigger criminal and tax investigations, though any probes would face many legal and practical hurdles, lawyers say.
Gaps in the City watchdog's new crypto rules will exacerbate the risk of insider trading because of inconsistencies pointed out by lawyers over how exchanges will share price-sensitive information and disagreements on the digital-related definition of such data.
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Government plans to press ahead with judge-only trials for complex economic crime cases to spare jurors from lengthy proceedings were criticized on Monday by white-collar lawyers, who said there was "no principled reason" for the controversial reforms.
Aircraft lessors face a fresh legal battle to recover losses for planes stranded in Russia in a trial beginning on Monday, when reinsurers will argue that Russian law prevents them from claiming directly under insurance arranged by the airlines.
Findings that Manchester City arranged "sham" commercial contracts to inflate its revenues and cut costs by £900 million ($1.2 billion) could trigger criminal and tax investigations, though any probes would face many legal and practical hurdles, lawyers say.
Gaps in the City watchdog's new crypto rules will exacerbate the risk of insider trading because of inconsistencies pointed out by lawyers over how exchanges will share price-sensitive information and disagreements on the digital-related definition of such data.
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October 05, 2026
Motor finance lenders and a consumer advocacy body labeled the Financial Conduct Authority's redress program as fundamentally flawed at the Upper Tribunal on Monday, with some asking to allow expert witnesses to challenge the assumptions.
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October 05, 2026
JPMorgan Securities and JPMorgan Chase Bank have agreed to a cease-and-desist order and a censure from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve claims that the firms allowed a person who was statutorily disqualified due to a violation in the U.K. to effectuate security-based swap transactions.
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October 05, 2026
The sellers of a software developer have denied concealing its business with sanctioned Russian entities including Sberbank and Gazprombank ahead of the developer's $53 million sale, arguing that the relationships were "expressly" disclosed to the buyer during due diligence.
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October 05, 2026
A fraudster who fled the U.K. before being sentenced for his role in a £1.7 million ($2.2 million) money laundering scheme has finally been sent to prison 15 years after the offenses, City of London Police has said.
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October 05, 2026
A Russian state-owned boat-leasing company has won a $40 million claim against four Cypriot businesses that failed to meet their obligations as guarantors of charters wrongly terminated after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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October 05, 2026
Meta, X and TikTok urged a London court on Monday to strike down "extremely onerous" demands from the communications watchdog for data on their content moderation, in a major test of the regulator's information-gathering powers under the Online Safety Act.
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October 05, 2026
The government will retain plans to allow judge-only trials for complex and lengthy cases of fraud and financial crime, even though it has rolled back wider jury reforms, ministers have said as they cited the personal and financial burdens placed on jurors.
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October 02, 2026
A City law firm was wrongly held liable for assisting a £7 million ($9.3 million) fraud because a lower court treated failures to properly scrutinize its clients as evidence of dishonesty, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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October 02, 2026
Insurance giant Aviva PLC said Friday that reforms proposed by Ofcom to prevent online fraud must introduce broader changes to advertising rules, including mandatory verification of financial services advertisers.
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October 02, 2026
The past week in London has seen former West Ham United co-chair David Sullivan file a defamation claim against the BBC, British rock band Oasis sue its former sound engineer to halt an auction of recordings, and Home REIT sued by its shareholders for misleading statements about the company's portfolio.
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October 02, 2026
Two major canning companies have lost their appeals against €31.5 million ($35.5 million) in fines for participating in a cartel in Germany by sharing sales information and coordinating commercial strategies after an European Union court dismissed their arguments.
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October 02, 2026
An Italian investment vehicle can't revive a €50 million ($56.4 million) fraud case, after an appeals court held Friday that a wealth manager was not obligated to disclose all facts material to their investments.
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October 02, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority has banned a former HSBC banker from working in regulated financial services in the U.K. after he was convicted of fraud for repeatedly evading train fares.
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October 01, 2026
An influential cross-party group of MPs Monday called on HM Revenue & Customs to consider any tax implications from the bombshell findings that Manchester City used "sham" contracts to boost its income by around £900 million ($1.2 billion).
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October 01, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority has promised to review its engagement with a prolific whistleblower who died shortly after losing an employment tribunal claim against his former Wall Street employer.
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October 01, 2026
Supermodel Naomi Campbell successfully overturned a ban Thursday on acting as a charity trustee, after a tribunal found that she was "deceived" by a fellow trustee and did not know her charity's money was misused.
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October 01, 2026
The European Union's financial crime watchdog has finalized draft requirements setting out when companies must check customers, how they should verify identities and what information corporate groups must share to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
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October 01, 2026
The European Union's securities regulator has called for changes to the bloc's crypto-asset rules to strengthen investor protection, close regulatory gaps and provide clearer rules for emerging services including decentralized finance, staking, lending and borrowing.
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October 01, 2026
Manchester City sponsor Etihad Airways has said it is considering legal action against the Premier League after an independent panel upheld a myriad of charges against the club relating to breaches of the league's financial rules.
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October 01, 2026
The government imposed new sanctions against Russia on Thursday, targeting shadow fleet vessels, Kremlin disinformation networks and perpetrators of civilian torture and child indoctrination.
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September 30, 2026
A Pakistani information technology hardware company has accused two former business partners of conspiring to seize control of an English IT venture they established together and cut it out of a 75% beneficial interest.
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September 30, 2026
Shareholder claims against listed companies continue to attract investors and funders despite the lack of a clear, trial-tested route to recovery for group actions, as lawyers say that the potential value of the claims and the prospect of settlement can make the legal uncertainty worth taking on.
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September 30, 2026
A former National Crime Agency officer will have to repay more than £1.8 million ($2.7 million) after he stole 50 bitcoins during an investigation into dark web drug dealing, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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September 30, 2026
The Metropolitan Police said Wednesday it has asked the Criminal Prosecution Service to consider charging scores of companies and individuals with offenses including corporate manslaughter and fraud over the Grenfell Tower fire.
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September 30, 2026
A group of more than 6,000 Madagascan people have sued mining giant Rio Tinto at a London court for allegedly contaminating their local environment with lead, uranium and other harmful metals, Leigh Day said on Wednesday.