A London judge said Friday that the Ministry of Defence must pay around £5 million ($6.7 million) in legal costs amid an ongoing claim from thousands of military personnel who say they suffered hearing loss during their service.
A London judge said Friday that the Ministry of Defence must pay around £5 million ($6.7 million) in legal costs amid an ongoing claim from thousands of military personnel who say they suffered hearing loss during their service.
P&O Ferries must pay a customer services representative £40,807 ($55,100) for unfair dismissal after it carried out a "seriously defective" investigation into accusations that he had tugged a colleague's hair and called her a "cock."
A recruitment company has sued its former director, claiming he failed to repay £1.7 million ($2.3 million) in loans that became due after the business entered into a financing deal with one of its U.S. affiliates.
The U.K. government said Friday that arrests of migrants suspected of working illegally have more than doubled over the past two years, while rogue employers have faced more than £74 million ($100 million) in fines.
The past week in London has seen Cleary Gottlieb sue a former client it advised on the proposed sale of a holding company and the continuation of litigation between pharma giants Merck Sharp & Dohme and Merck KGaA over rights to the Merck name in the U.K.
An appellate judge in London has ruled that employment tribunals cannot make a consent order formalizing a proposed settlement between parties if one side changes their mind and pulls out of the deal.
