A group of the U.K.'s largest house builders are set to face a class action case over allegations that they swapped sensitive information and drove up the prices of newly built homes.
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UK Developers To Face Class Action For Inflating Home Prices

By William Janes

A group of the U.K.'s largest house builders are set to face a class action case over allegations that they swapped sensitive information and drove up the prices of newly built homes.

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Master Of The Rolls Geoffrey Vos To Retire

By Jamie Lennox

Master of the Rolls Geoffrey Vos announced Monday that he will step down from his post as the most senior civil judge in England and Wales later in 2026.

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UK Pays Settlement To Tortured Guantánamo Bay Detainee

By Joanne Faulkner

The government has reached settlement in a legal fight with a Guantánamo Bay detainee, two years after the U.K. Supreme Court said he should be able to bring a personal injury claim in England over his torture.

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Chef Fairly Fired For Hygiene Failures At Bank Of America

By Eddie Beaver

A tribunal has rejected a claim by a former chef that a food services company unfairly dismissed him over food hygiene failures that his employer said could have jeopardized a flagship client contract with Bank of America.

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Brief

Petrol Station Duo Faked Employment In Transfer Spat

By Max Austin

A London employment tribunal has struck out contract transfer claims brought by two alleged petrol station employees after finding they deliberately fabricated payslips and employment contracts to support their case.

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Non-Profit Worker Revives Bias, Whistleblowing Case

By Hanna Vioque

An appellate tribunal has overturned a decision to revoke a claim of discrimination and whistleblowing detriment brought by a worker at a non-profit organization, ruling that his personal circumstances indicated that his withdrawal request was actually equivocal. 

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Engineering Firm Botched Manager's Sex Harassment Probe

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that an aerospace engineering company unfairly fired a manager amid allegations that he'd sexually harassed a female subordinate, labeling its investigation into the matter as "wholly inadequate."

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CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES

Fixed Costs Regime Unfair To Winners, Law Society Says

By Eddie Beaver

The fixed recoverable costs regime is failing to deliver the certainty it promised to winning parties in civil litigation, the Law Society said Monday in response to an impending government consultation.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

City Law Firm Liable For £2M Over Partner's AML Oversight

By Eddie Beaver

A London court ruled Monday that the liquidators of a property company can recover just over £2.1 million ($3 million) from a City law firm after it found a partner had ignored obvious red flags of a client involved in fraud.

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Paralegal Banned From Law For Lying About Missing Docs

By William Janes

A former paralegal has been permanently banned from working for law firms after a tribunal concluded Monday she lied to a firm and a client by falsely claiming documents had been misplaced.

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PEOPLE

Make Legal Aid Priority Like Health, Education, Bar Chair Says

By Marialuisa Taddia

The new chair of the Bar Council called on Monday for legal aid funding to get the same kind of priority as spending on education and health care as she outlined her priorities for the year ahead.

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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