Bolt set for £190m VAT bill after legal defeat Tax Ride-hailing platform Bolt has been refused permission to appeal a case brought by HMRC over how it calculates and pays its VAT. This follows HMRC winning an appeal in June against the Estonian tech giant over its VAT payments and calculations, overturning earlier decisions that had ruled in Bolt’s favour. The tax authority brought the [...]
‘It’s a s**t show’ – Legal 500 accidentally publishes damning barrister reviews Legal Legal 500 has been forced to take down its site after the firm mistakenly published negative reviews alongside its top lawyer rankings. The publisher, which evaluates law firms, solicitors and barristers across 100 countries, pulled its site on Friday for “maintenance” after it had emerged bad reviews were accidentally accompanying the profiles of those who [...]
Businesses braced for wave of tribunal claims as government expands legal time limit Law Employers are set to face a fresh legal headache as the time limit for employees to bring claims to employment tribunals doubles, as the next phase of the reformed Employment Rights Act takes effect. From 1 October, employees will be given the legal right to take six months to bring cases to court against employers [...]
Putney Pusher suspect’s sisters slam Met: ‘Our brother was innocent’ September 18, 2026 The sisters of the millionaire banker accused of being the ‘Putney pusher’, have insisted upon his innocence while hitting out at the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the investigation. Nicholas Brandram’s sisters, Alexia Hicks and Sophie Voelcker, accused the Met of being “negligent and reckless” during their investigation. The former British Army officer took his own [...]
Surge in third-party funding sparks wave in FTSE shareholder lawsuits September 4, 2026 A surge in the availability of third-party funding has triggered a wave of speculative FTSE shareholder lawsuits as investors seek to cash in on claims of wrongdoing. Over the last year, multiple blue-chip names, including gambling giant Entain, smoking tycoon British American Tobacco (BAT), and fast fashion retailer Boohoo, have been summoned before the High [...]
City firms mandate phone and face-to-face comms bootcamps for Gen Z lawyers August 28, 2026 City Law firms are rolling out mandatory programmes to train their junior lawyers in communication skills, including how to speak on the phone and deal with clients in person. Addleshaw Goddard’s ‘early careers’ team introduced a training programme after identifying that some early-career lawyers “may have had limited exposure to a professional services environment and [...]
Prince Harry hit with £9.5m Daily Mail legal bill August 21, 2026 Prince Harry and six other high-profile figures have been ordered to pay £9.54m towards the Daily Mail publisher’s legal costs after losing their long-running privacy case. Judge Matthew Nicklin Nicklin ruled on Friday that the claimants must make an interim payment of £9,544,355 to Associated Newspapers by 28 August, after the publisher ran up costs [...]
Litigation funders need certainty to keep Britain’s class action regime fair August 21, 2026 Litigation funding is an exceptionally risky business, which current delays and uncertainty over new rules is worsening, writes Leslie Perrin.
Trainees ‘exploiting’ aspiring lawyers by monetising advice on social media August 20, 2026 Trainee lawyers are taking to social media to monetise their “advice” and offer “mentorship” to aspiring candidates looking to land training contracts and apprenticeships, sparking backlash from industry veterans who claim the practice is exploitative. Paul Leamy, a solicitor at Temple Bright and former Winston Taylor partner of ten years, told City AM there is [...]
Lammy’s cohabitation rules threaten unmarried couples with ‘horrendous’ court costs August 12, 2026 Justice secretary Alex Norris is facing backlash from senior legal figures on plans to give unmarried couples court-enforced rights after three years of cohabitation, passed on to him by predecessor David Lammy. The government is currently consulting on proposals to reform British couples’ cohabitation rights, which would give the courts power to intervene when unmarried [...]