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January 24, 2025
Manchester United Ambassador Liable For Tax On £450K
An ambassador for the Manchester United Football Club is liable for additional taxes on about £450,000 ($562,000) paid by the club over 16 months, but he successfully appealed assessments on about £1.1 million received during several other years, according to a First-tier Tribunal decision.
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January 24, 2025
UK Gov't Launches Review Of HMRC Loan Charge
HM Treasury has launched a review into the U.K. tax authority's loan charge targeting individuals who incurred hefty tax bills after signing up for disguised remuneration schemes, a move critics claim has unfairly hit tens of thousands of contractors.
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January 24, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Axa Insurance and Admiral face a claim from a former lawyer recently exposed for personal injury fraud, the owner of Reading Football Club sue a prospective buyer and mobile network Lycamobile tackle action by Spanish network Yogio. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 24, 2025
Ex-AXA Staffer Can Retry 10-Year-Old Bias Claim
An appellate judge has ruled that the employment tribunal must take a second look at a former AXA unit employee's disability discrimination claim after the lower tribunal found a nine-year delay made a fair hearing impossible.
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January 24, 2025
Eversheds Guides £53M Pension Deal For Building Co.
Buildings insulations maker Rockwool secured its pension scheme through a £53 million ($66 million) full scheme buy-in transaction with Royal London Group guided by Eversheds Sutherland, an insurance broker said Friday.
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January 24, 2025
Tesco Can't Use Expert Economic Evidence In Equal Pay Case
A tribunal has held that Tesco cannot call on expert economic evidence as it looks to win its equal pay battle with thousands of staff members, ruling that the supermarket chain is capable of producing its own evidence.
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January 24, 2025
Gov't Stats Reveal 13% Of Pensioners Living In Poverty
The government has said that approximately 13% of pensioners are living in poverty, publishing figures that shine further light on the issue of retirement deprivation that is now under parliamentary scrutiny.
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January 23, 2025
Assistant Wasn't Forced Out Over Son's Job Offer, Judge Says
An assistant was not forced out of her role at a specialist healthcare sector recruiter after the company questioned her involvement in the process that led to her son being given a job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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January 23, 2025
Union Organizer To Lead Dispute Resolution At Acas
The employment arbitration body has named the former head of organizing at the Trade Union Congress as its new director of dispute resolution, the body said Thursday.
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January 23, 2025
Actuaries Body Wants Separate Inheritance Tax For Pensions
The government must consider a separate inheritance tax regime for pension assets, a trade body said, warning that proposed reforms were unworkable as currently drafted.
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January 23, 2025
Gov't Floats Tweak To Pension Tax As £49M Returned
The government confirmed Thursday that it will close a controversial loophole that has resulted in retirees being overtaxed to the tune of £1.3 billion ($1.6 billion) over the past decade.
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January 23, 2025
Hair Stylist Pushed Out For Being Pregnant Wins £89K
A hair stylist who was subjected to a campaign of mistreatment after she told her workplace that she was pregnant has won more than £89,000 ($109,580), with an employment tribunal ruling that the discrimination forced her to resign.
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January 23, 2025
Police Sanction Of Sex Pest Cop Deficient, Appeal Court Finds
The Metropolitan Police said it would reconvene a misconduct panel to interrogate historical claims of sexual harassment against a former detective chief inspector with the London force after the Court of Appeal ruled it had provided inadequate reasons for its initial sanction.
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January 22, 2025
TSB Must Face Most Of Adviser's Sex, Race Bias Claims
TSB Bank must face an employee's sex and race bias claims after an employment tribunal ruled that it could not resolve the differences between the two versions of events without going to trial.
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January 22, 2025
Cleaner Fired For Taking 400 Sick Days In 4 Years Wins £50K
A hospital cleaner has won approximately £50,000 ($61,600) from her former employer after a tribunal ruled that her superiors failed repeatedly to accommodate her complex mental health issues before they decided to fire her.
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January 22, 2025
UK Gov't To Tap Into Bank Accounts Of Benefits Fraudsters
Benefits cheats who fail to reimburse taxpayers could have cash owed taken directly from their bank accounts, as part of the U.K. government's plan to launch the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation."
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January 22, 2025
UK Gov't Maintains Pensions Enrollment Earning Trigger
The government has said it will retain the current earnings threshold at which workers are automatically enrolled into pension plans, despite an intention to reform the rules.
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January 22, 2025
Payslip Tech CEO Wins £93K For Spite-Firing Over Salary
A tech company must pay its former chief executive £92,800 ($115,000) after it unfairly dismissed him because of "resentment" over his high earnings, a tribunal has ruled.
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January 22, 2025
Snooker Star's Biz Files £10M Claim Over Player Contracts
A company part-owned by snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has lodged a claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal over contract terms that prevent players from taking part in tournaments not organized by the sport's major governing body.
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January 21, 2025
Ex-Baker Botts Partner Fined For Abusing Court Process
A former Baker Botts LLP partner was hit Tuesday with a £35,000 ($43,000) legal costs order after dropping potential insolvency proceedings against his ex-employer in a dispute over pay, with a judge ruling he must pay the amount for abusing court process.
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January 21, 2025
Royal London Data Boss Loses Early Battle Over Redundancy
A data privacy lead can't revive a bid to reinstate his job until trial because he failed to provide an employment tribunal with any new evidence showing that the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society made him redundant by punishing him.
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January 21, 2025
Law Firms At Forefront Of Trend For Paid Carer's Leave
More employers are providing paid leave to members of staff with caring responsibilities following a recent change in regulations, with law firms among those pioneering the increasingly popular policy.
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January 21, 2025
Doctors' Union Exec Wins Status To Sue BMA Over Ousting
The former chair of a trade body representing family doctors has won the go-ahead to pursue her sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claims against the British Medical Association after she was removed from her post when she was on maternity leave.
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January 21, 2025
Moderate Retirement Pension Gap Rises To More Than £31K
U.K. households face a £31,500 ($38,700) average pension shortfall compared with the amount needed for a moderate standard of living in retirement, according to a report by Hargreaves Lansdown published on Tuesday.
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January 21, 2025
Police Force Arrests Officer's Victimization Claim On 2nd Try
A police force has persuaded a tribunal to dismiss an officer's allegation that the force victimized him for previously bringing a discrimination allegation, proving the second time around that an earlier settlement barred future claims.