Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.
The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
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Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.
The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.
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July 21, 2026
A self-described barter-based payment platform alleging it was improperly placed on an industry blacklist by Deutsche Bank has urged a New York federal judge not to grant the bank's dismissal bid, arguing the German lender has constructed an "unpled 'if ... then' scenario and ask the court to assume that it is factual."
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July 21, 2026
A former solicitor sought Tuesday to overturn his conviction for tipping off a client about a Serious Fraud Office anti-money laundering investigation, arguing at a London appeals court that disclosure errors in the original trial rendered the process unjust.
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July 21, 2026
Britain's tax authority is carrying out 13 investigations into companies over allegations that they failed to prevent the facilitation of tax fraud, with dozens more under review after criticism that the tax authority has been too slow to police big businesses, HMRC said Tuesday.
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July 21, 2026
Santander told an appeals court Tuesday it should not pay out £670 million ($896 million) AXA lost when dealing with mis-sold payment protection insurance claims, arguing an earlier judge wrongly found it was liable irrespective of when the policies were sold.
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July 21, 2026
As Alex Norris becomes the first non-lawyer tasked with overseeing the Ministry of Justice in almost a decade, he inherits responsibility for a system strained by court backlogs and contentious reform fights.
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July 21, 2026
Carter-Ruck and businessman Mohamed Amersi urged the High Court on Tuesday to rule that the solicitors' watchdog cannot compel law firms to hand over documents protected by clients' legal professional privilege during misconduct investigations.
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July 21, 2026
A property development group has settled its claim against a property tycoon's brother who it alleged had transferred his shares from an investment venture to frustrate attempts to recover money funneled from a £13 million ($17.5 million) fraud.
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July 20, 2026
Britain's tax authority issued draft regulations Monday that would expand data collection on interest income and card sales from banks.
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July 20, 2026
A construction recruitment company can't recover input value-added tax after a London court held Monday that its director knew or should have known that its supply chain was compromised by fraud and that the transactions giving rise to the input tax credit were related to the fraud.
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July 20, 2026
A solicitor imprisoned for defrauding a client of £10.3 million ($13.8 million) in a sham deal to buy a Scottish castle has enough hidden assets to pay back his victim, a prosecutor told a confiscation hearing Monday.
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July 20, 2026
Carter-Ruck's upcoming challenge to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's demand for documents that the law firm says are protected by legal professional privilege could reshape how the SRA investigates SLAPPs and the misuse of client funds — even if the regulator wins.
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July 20, 2026
Andy Burnham succeeded Keir Starmer as British prime minister on Monday, pledging to end four decades of private sector-led policy by expanding state control over people's well-being and the economy.
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July 20, 2026
More than 1,000 claimants are set to be withdrawn from group litigation alleging that Johnson & Johnson knowingly sold baby powder contaminated with asbestos in the U.K., though a London judge decided against striking them out.
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July 20, 2026
The European Union fined online retailer AliExpress €550 million ($629 million) on Monday for failing to prevent the sale of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform, the largest-ever financial penalty handed for breaching the bloc's digital rules.
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July 20, 2026
The Prudential Regulation Authority said Monday that it has fined HDI Global SE £4.1 million ($5.2 million) for inaccurately reporting potential claims data to a program that compensates consumers if an insurer collapses.
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July 20, 2026
Britain's finance watchdog has urged customers of insurance broker Anthony Jones (UK) Ltd. to check their policies after the company agreed to stop carrying out any regulated activity.
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July 17, 2026
The most senior judge in England and Wales criticized the attorney general and Crown Prosecution Service on Friday over their role in what she called the "sensationalist reporting" of a rape trial that prompted the "personal condemnation and vilification" of a judge.
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July 17, 2026
The European Public Prosecutor's Office has said that it has indicted 22 people, including four former Greek parliament members, former public officials and political staff, during its probe into an alleged agricultural funds fraud scheme.
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July 17, 2026
A former commercial property developer lost his bid to challenge his 2011 conviction for an investment fraud of more than £1.3 million ($1.7 million), as a London appellate court ruled Friday that his argument had "no merit whatsoever."
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July 17, 2026
Two former directors of a telecom technology company have settled their £8 million ($10.8 million) claim against their successors over allegedly being tricked into selling their shares at a fraction of their true value.
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July 17, 2026
The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of international human rights barristers and chambers sued, and oil business Equinor embroiled in a contract dispute with BP after recently acquiring full ownership in their offshore project. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 17, 2026
The British government has named Virgin Money's former chief executive Jayne-Anne Gadhia as its preferred candidate to become chair of the Financial Reporting Council, despite a parliamentary committee stopping short of backing her for the role.
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July 17, 2026
A businessman who was jailed for harassing two leading financial crime lawyers in a campaign that culminated in a fake bomb attack on their office lost his appeal against his conviction and sentence on Friday.
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July 17, 2026
A water company has been fined more than £7 million ($9.5 million) for illegally discharging sewage off England's southeast coast over two years, causing widespread damage to the local environment and economy.
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July 17, 2026
The government must revise its planned changes to pension transfer regulations, as proposals intended to strengthen protections against scams could instead create unnecessary barriers to legitimate transfers while doing little to deter fraud, an industry body has warned.