Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting a hired driver multiple times in the early 2000s, telling a London court that his opponent is "dishonestly" seeking compensation for incidents that did not happen.
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Kevin Spacey Denies Sexually Assaulting Hired Driver

By Jamie Lennox

Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting a hired driver multiple times in the early 2000s, telling a London court that his opponent is "dishonestly" seeking compensation for incidents that did not happen.

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Morrisons Can't Use Economist's Evidence In Equal Pay Claim

By Sophia Dourou

Supermarket chain Morrisons lost a bid on Wednesday to rely on an economist's evidence on an equal pay claim by mostly female shop workers, after an appeals tribunal found an employment judge was correct to exclude it.

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Ex-Lawyer For Hong Kong Billionaire Family Revives UK Claim

By Adele Redmond

A lawyer resurrected her claim she was mistreated by a wealthy Hong Kong family for blowing the whistle on potential tax evasion as the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled Wednesday that a judge was too quick to dismiss her case as being outside British territorial jurisdiction.

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Prison Officer Wins £82K After Record Error Led To Firing

By Max Austin

A former prison officer has been awarded £82,065 ($110,600) after a tribunal found he was unfairly sacked when management relied on records that incorrectly stated he had received a final written warning for his absences.

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LITIGATION

Sussex Uni Wins Fight Over £585K Fine Tied To Trans Policy

By Hanna Vioque

The University of Sussex won its bid to nix a record fine of more than half a million pounds on Wednesday after a London judge overturned a ruling that found "significant and serious" code breaches within its transgender equality statement.

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Food Worker Wins £22K Equal Pay Case Upon Redundancy

By Jamie Lennox

A now-redundant employee of a food producer has won £21,600 ($29,200) after convincing a tribunal that she received lower pay than her male colleague for several years even though their roles were "basically the same."

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Ex-Jusan COO Claims He Blew Whistle On Embezzlement

By Ronan Barnard

A former executive at Jusan Technologies, the British financial services holding company, is accusing the company of withholding money he was owed because of his whistleblowing on embezzlement.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Flagship Pension Reforms Clear Final Parliamentary Hurdle

By Martin Croucher

The government's planned pension reforms passed into law on Wednesday after ministers agreed to introduce last minute guardrails on controversial new powers.

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