Crispin Odey failed on Monday to gain access to the medical records of five women who accuse him of sexual abuse, after a judge weighed in favor of the alleged victims' right to privacy.
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Odey Can't View Medical Records Of Sexual Assault Accusers

By Sophia Dourou

Crispin Odey failed on Monday to gain access to the medical records of five women who accuse him of sexual abuse, after a judge weighed in favor of the alleged victims' right to privacy.

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Employment Rights Bill 'Not Fit For Purpose'

By Adele Redmond

Plans to give employees the right to work flexibly and claim unfair dismissal from their first day in a job are "not fit for purpose," according to an official assessment published on Monday.

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Genetics Co. Denies Taking Biologist's Research For Patents

By William Janes

A London-based gene therapy technology company told a court on Monday that it denied allegations by one of its co-founders that it wrongly used her research to file patents after she quit following a falling out.

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LITIGATION

Hotel Worker Wins Claim Over Managers' Racist Comments

By Tabitha Burbidge

An employment tribunal has upheld a hotel receptionist's claim that her former employer failed to thoroughly investigate repeated racist comments by several of the hotel's managerial staff members.

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Teacher Unfairly Fired Over COVID Mask Leniency

By Hanna Vioque

A school in southern England accused a teacher of giving children a free pass from wearing their COVID-19 masks to have a justification for firing him, an employment tribunal has ruled.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Tax Hikes Will Make It Harder To Hire, UK Industry Chief Says

By Josh White

Businesses will hire fewer workers as a result of raising employers' National Insurance contributions, a payroll levy, that was introduced in the autumn budget, the chief of one of Britain's most influential industry groups said Monday.

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DEALS

DLA, Mayer Brown Steer £1.7B Pension Deal For National Grid

By Martin Croucher

The U.K.'s largest utilities provider has offloaded £1.7 billion ($2.1 billion) of its pension liabilities to Aviva PLC, the insurer said Monday, in a deal guided by DLA Piper UK LLP and Mayer Brown International LLP.

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Eversheds Steers M&G In UK's 1st 'Value Share' Pension Deal

By Martin Croucher

The insurance company M&G PLC said Monday it has agreed a £500 million ($629 million) value share bulk purchase annuity, or BPA, deal with an unnamed pension scheme, the first transaction of its kind in the U.K.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

11 South Square

8 New Square

Bristows LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Carey Olsen

DLA Piper

Eversheds Sutherland

Fieldfisher

Macfarlanes LLP

Mayer Brown

Nabarro LLP

Wiggin LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aon PLC

Aviva PLC

Aviva SA

Deutsche Bank AG

G4S

Michelin Group

National Grid PLC

National Westminster Bank PLC

Odey Asset Management LLP

Pfizer Inc.

Voyager Therapeutics Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Financial Conduct Authority

UK High Court

UK Regulatory Policy Committee