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  • August 07, 2025

    Probation Officer Wins Claim For Rest Breaks On Standby

    An employment tribunal has ruled that the government owed a probation officer at least a week of extra rest breaks, finding that the time he spent on stand-by overseeing high-risk convicts in the evenings and weekends was still time spent on the job.

  • August 06, 2025

    Lloyd's Underwriter Bids To Revive Whitsleblowing Claim

    A Lloyd's syndicate told an appeals tribunal Wednesday that an underwriter's attempt to revive a claim that he was sacked for whistleblowing about a supposedly fraudulent payment was an impermissible attempt to reargue the case.

  • August 06, 2025

    Prince Harry's Charity Criticized For Public Row

    The U.K. charity watchdog concluded Wednesday that all sides were to blame in a dispute at Prince Harry's African charity, finding that charity leaders should not have allowed the row to erupt publicly.

  • August 06, 2025

    Franchisees Win Contract Dispute Against Driving School

    Former franchisees of a driving school won their claim against the company Wednesday as a London court found that the business's owner had breached implied terms through his behavior, including by using abusive and racist language.

  • August 06, 2025

    Solicitor Denies Ignoring Red Flags Over Property Deals

    A solicitor urged a tribunal on Wednesday to reject allegations that he displayed "manifest incompetence" and ignored warning signs when he oversaw several allegedly fraudulent property deals, saying he would not have let the transactions go ahead if he'd had suspicions.

  • August 06, 2025

    Watchdog Returns 拢2.5M To Troubled Pension Scheme

    The former owners of a packaging company have been forced to put a total of approximately 拢2.5 million ($3.3 million) into a staff pension scheme after enforcement action by the U.K.'s retirement savings watchdog, the body said Wednesday.

  • August 06, 2025

    RAF Sergeant Wins Appeal To Sue MoD For Pregnancy Bias

    An appeals judge has revived a Royal Air Force sergeant's pregnancy discrimination claim, overturning an earlier decision to toss her claim because of U.K. regulations governing military complaints.

  • August 06, 2025

    Postmaster Sues Post Office, Fujitsu For 拢4.5M Over Scandal

    A former sub-postmaster has sued the Post Office and Fujitsu for almost 拢4.5 million ($6 million) in the first legal action against the two companies for withholding evidence about bugs in the faulty Horizon IT system that led to hundreds of wrongful convictions.

  • August 06, 2025

    Insurer L&G Expects 拢42B Of Pensions Deals In 12 Months

    Insurer Legal & General said Wednesday that it expects at least 拢42 billion ($56 billion) in transactions designed to reduce risk in U.K. pension plans over the next 12 months, amid surging demand from businesses.

  • August 06, 2025

    HSF Kramer Guides Marsh On 拢1.9B Pensions Mega-Deal

    British insurer Standard Life said Wednesday that it has acquired 拢1.9 billion ($2.5 billion) in pension liabilities from broking giant Marsh McLennan, in a deal guided by Linklaters, HSF Kramer and Eversheds Sutherland.

  • August 05, 2025

    Christian Teacher Fired For 'Islamophobic' Post Sues For Bias

    A Christian teacher has accused his former school of launching a "witch hunt" to oust him for making allegedly Islamophobic social media posts, claiming that he was only expressing concerns over violent crime following a Muslim student's assault of two police officers.聽

  • August 05, 2025

    Minimum Wage Hike Likely Amid Push To End Youth Pay Rate

    The government said Tuesday that it might raise the minimum wage after asking the independent body tasked with recommending rates to narrow the gap between 18- to 20-year-olds and those aged 21.

  • August 05, 2025

    Barclays Defends Firing Banker Over Alleged Fee Cover-Up

    A Barclays PLC subsidiary told an employment tribunal on Tuesday that it was entitled to fire an ex-investment banker for allegedly attempting to conceal an error in client interest fees, saying it conducted a thorough investigation and denying the ex-employee's unfair dismissal claims.

  • August 05, 2025

    Companies House To Roll Out Compulsory ID Verification

    Companies House said Tuesday that from November this year it will require company directors to verify their identities, the latest move in the registrar's rollout of heightened powers to protect against fraud.

  • August 05, 2025

    State Pension Gender Gap Almost Eliminated

    Men and women retiring now receive largely the same amount of money from the state pension, according to official figures published Tuesday.

  • August 05, 2025

    CMS, Sackers Guide National Grid On 拢900M Pension Deal

    The pension plan of National Grid has agreed to a 拢900 million ($1.2 billion) buy-in with Rothesay Life PLC, the insurer said Tuesday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Employment Lawyer Barred For Misleading Clients, Tribunal

    A London tribunal has barred a lawyer from practicing after she admitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority that she had provided misleading information to an employment tribunal and three clients when she said she had been overworked.

  • August 04, 2025

    Solicitor Ignored Red Flags In Property Deals, Tribunal Told

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority told a disciplinary tribunal Monday that a lawyer who displayed "manifest incompetence" when he failed to prevent a number of fraudulent or potentially fraudulent property deals should face disciplinary consequences.

  • August 04, 2025

    Serco Must Pay 拢750K To 147 Staff For Trade Union Breaches

    A tribunal has ordered Serco to pay 147 immigration center workers more than 拢750,000 ($997,000) in total after it ruled that the public services contractor breached trade union laws by making a pay offer directly to staff.

  • August 04, 2025

    Pool Federation Defeats Trans Player's Challenge To Ban

    A transgender pool player has lost her case that a ban on her playing in women's teams and competitions is discriminatory, one of the first tests of the U.K. Supreme Court's watershed ruling on the legal definition of a woman.

  • August 04, 2025

    FIFA Faces Multibillion-Dollar Action Over Transfer Rules

    FIFA is facing a potentially multibillion-dollar class action on behalf of approximately 100,000 footballers across the European Union and the U.K. over its allegedly unlawful and restrictive no-poaching agreements that have been in place since 2002, a Dutch foundation revealed Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Half Of Britons Clueless On Pension Investment Performance

    More than half of U.K. pension savers do not know how their retirement pots are performing, Hargreaves Lansdown said Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Pensions Dashboards Could Ease UK Inheritance Tax 'Chaos'

    The government could use new online retirement savings portals to ease the expected chaos around introducing inheritance tax on pension wealth, a professional services company said Monday.

  • August 04, 2025

    Accountancy Boss Denies Siphoning Funds During Exit Talks

    A businessman accused of wrongly extracting at least 拢850,000 ($1.1 million) from an accountancy has denied this was a conspiracy to harm the firm and claimed he was taking out money he considered at the time that he and his wife were owed.

  • August 04, 2025

    Venues Biz Beats Axed Staffer's Appeal To Use Leaked Emails

    An appeals judge has blocked the former employee of a venue operator from using leaked emails between the company and its lawyer to support her tribunal claim, ruling that the correspondence was legally privileged.

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