By William Janes
A former sub-postmaster has sued the Post Office and Fujitsu for almost £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.
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By Ashish Sareen
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it had referred a partner at Carter-Ruck to a tribunal for allegedly improperly using the legal system through a strategic lawsuit against public participation.
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By Eddie Beaver
Communities from eastern Brazil that claim a mining company caused environmental damage in the region can pursue their case in England, after a London appeals court ruled against it being heard in the Latin American country, lawyers for the claimants revealed Wednesday.
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By Ronan Barnard
An Osborne Clarke partner has filed an appeal against a fine imposed on him by a disciplinary tribunal for using misleading legal language to prevent publication of an email sent on behalf of former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, according to recently published documents.
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CONTRACTS
By Ronan Barnard
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.
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By Eddie Beaver
Companies behind the Innocent smoothies brand have sued a project management consultancy for €9.6 million ($11.1 million), alleging overspending and delay in construction of a state-of-the-art juice processing plant in the Netherlands.
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INSURANCE
By Martin Croucher
The former owners of a packaging company have been forced to put a total of approximately £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.
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COMMERCIAL FRAUD
By William Janes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a legal action in England to enforce a $350,000 U.S. court judgment against a man the agency has alleged was involved in a $10 million fraudulent trans-Atlantic microcap stock trading scheme.
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ARBITRATION
By Joyce Hanson
Russia has asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn a decision ordering it to face litigation by a Ukrainian utility to enforce a nearly $219 million arbitral award the company won after its Crimean assets were seized, saying it never agreed to arbitrate with the company.
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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS
By Sophia Dourou
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.
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PEOPLE
By Joyce Hanson
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed a new London-based partner for its commercial disputes team, saying he will help strengthen the law firm's international arbitration practice following his move from Hill Dickinson LLP.
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