Copyright trial over Jimi Hendrix given green light against Sony Music January 30, 2024 A court ruled that a lawsuit over copyright by the estates of former band members of Jimi Hendrix can proceed to trial against Sony Music. Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed in 1966 with two other band members: David Redding on bass guitar; and John ‘Mitch’ Mitchell on drums. Together they recorded three studio albums: Are [...]
KPMG UK: Partner pay up despite profits slipping in 2023 January 30, 2024 KPMG UK's profit before tax dropped nearly 20 per cent in 2023, the firm reported today, as revenue growth slowed and staff costs increased.
Legal regulator contacts more than 1,000 law firms over poor sanctions compliance January 30, 2024 The UK's legal regulator has contacted more than 1,000 law firms that it deemed to have poor sanctions compliance systems in place.
EY is latest to start monitoring attendance of UK employees January 29, 2024 EY has become the latest to monitor its UK employees’ office attendance in order to see if staff are aligned with its hybrid working guidelines. According to the Financial Times, the Big Four firm is recording the swipe card entry of staff to show how frequent they are attending its offices. The data is being [...]
BT heads to court to fight £1.3bn class action January 29, 2024 Telecoms giant BT is set to appear in court today as it faces a £1.3bn class action over allegations it has "disproportionately overcharged" its landline customers, many of whom are elderly.
Clifford Chance: Magic Circle law firm set to monitor lawyers office attendance January 26, 2024 Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance are set to watch their lawyers office days by monitoring their attendance, but the firm has a more liberal hybrid policy compared to others. The firm introduced a hybrid working policy in 2021 which requires staff to be in the office for 50 per cent of their time, which [...]
Baroness Michelle Mone assets worth £75m frozen by a court order January 26, 2024 The order was consented to by Mone and Barrowman and followed by an application by the Crown Prosecution Service under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
WWE’s Vincent McMahon hit with sex trafficking lawsuit in US January 26, 2024 WWE’s billionaire founder and executive chairman Vincent McMahon was hit with a lawsuit in the US accusing him of sex trafficking. A former employee at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Janel Grant, has accused wrestler of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse as well as trafficking in a lawsuit filed on Thursday at the District Court for [...]
Wayne Barnes sets his focus on the law after he blows the whistle on refereeing January 26, 2024 Former rugby ref Wayne Barnes has traded the laws of the game for the laws of the land as he heads into practice full-time
UK government’s onshore wind snub faces legal threats January 25, 2024 If the government had defined it, it would have allowed applications for new onshore wind projects to be fast-tracked through the planning system.