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Lawyers Test New Routes For Redress For APP Fraud Victims

By Joanne Faulkner

A year after the decision by Britain's Supreme Court that curbed the liability owed by lenders to customers tricked into transferring money to fraudsters, victims are now looking to use the courts to test novel routes for redress.

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From Doughty Street To Downing St.: A Look At Starmer's CV

By Christopher Crosby

Keir Starmer's rise to prime minister comes almost 40 years after the new resident of 10 Downing Street began to practice law. Here, Law360 looks back at five notable cases that shaped Starmer's legal career.

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AI Invention Not Eligible For IP Protection, Appeals Court Says

By Alex Baldwin

A London appeals court ruled Friday that there is nothing about a company's AI invention that differentiates it from a typical computer program under U.K. law, meaning that it cannot be protected by a patent.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen a libel clash between comedian Paul Currie and the Soho Theatre Company over allegations of anti-semitism, technology giant Huawei face a patents claim by Mediatek, Westfield Europe pursue action against Clearpay Finance for contract breaches and tour operating company Carnival hit chartered airline Maleth Aero for significant flight delays. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Staveley Drops Fight Over £3.4M Payment In Loan Dispute

By Ronan Barnard

A London judge ended Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley's legal battle over a debt to a Greek shipping magnate after her lawyers said Friday that she had made the over £3.4 million ($4.4 million) payment she had been expected to challenge.

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Cifas Justifies Marking Bank Activity For Suspected Fraud

By Ronan Barnard

The operator of the U.K.'s national fraud database has hit back at a £144,000 ($186,000) data protection claim in a London court, saying it was justified in marking a London resident's bank activity for suspected fraud.

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Hospital Worker Loses Claim For COVID Shielding Pay

By Tabitha Burbidge

A London hospital worker has lost her claim alleging that she was wrongly put on statutory sick pay during the pandemic after a tribunal found she was not entitled to full pay under the COVID-19 shielding program because of a lack of eligibility.

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Ex-Council Officer Gets Fresh Trial After Delay Refused

By Tabitha Burbidge

A former senior officer at a London council has got a second shot at her unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claim, after an appellate judge ruled Friday the trial should have been postponed when her lawyer became too sick to represent her.

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Ex-Lib Dem Leader Swinson Grilled Over Horizon Scandal

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson told an inquiry on Friday into the Post Office accounting scandal that she was reassured when she was the minister responsible for the organization that its systems were robust.

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Solicitor Sanctioned Over False £1M Gov't Loan Declaration

By William Janes

A solicitor who signed an inaccurate declaration confirming that an investor had £1 million in a client account for the purposes of a government loan scheme was fined £15,000 ($19,400) on Friday and banned from being a partner.

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Jenner Hires Finance Disputes Pro From Stephenson Harwood

By Tabitha Burbidge

Jenner & Block LLP has bolstered its London office with the hire of a financial disputes services specialist who co-headed the litigation practice at Stephenson Harwood LLP.

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Decoding Plans To Simplify The Transfer Of Undertakings Law

The prior Conservative government's proposed reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations to simplify processes protecting employee rights have generally been welcomed, but the fact that Labour is now in power casts significant doubt on whether they will be pursued, says Robert Forsyth at Michelmores.

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