London Stock Exchange Group fails to shake off £131m fraud lawsuit Lawsuit LSEG will face a $175m (£131m) fraud and breach of contract lawsuit brought by the former chief executive of a company it acquired, after a US judge denied the London stock exchange-owner’s attempt to dismiss the case. LSEG’s subsidiary Refinitiv, which it bought from Thomson Reuters in 2020, acquired US analytics firm Maystreet in 2022 [...]
American Airlines sues London travel consortium Lawsuit Aviation titan American Airlines and one of its special purpose vehicles have filed a lawsuit against a group of British travel agents at the London High Court. The US airline and its subsidiary, AAdvantage Loyalty IP, filed a claim against against Advantage Travel Centres on Tuesday, according to filings in the High Court’s Intellectual Property [...]
£250m lawsuit against crypto firm Binance grows with 1000 new investors Crypto A thousand new UK-based retail investors have been added to a group legal claim against crypto trading platform Binace and its founder, alleging they were sold high-risk, complex products that did not have regulatory authorisation from the financial watchdog. There are now approximately 2,700 claimants in the case in England and Wales, with the total [...]
Class action vehicle lawsuit settles at £55m less than original value September 24, 2026 A class action lawsuit representing millions of UK motorists and businesses affected by inflated shipping fees has settled for £57m less than its original £150m target. The claim, brought by class action representative and former Which? campaigns specialist Mark McLaren, alleged that from October 2006 to September 2015, leading European shipping companies had breached competition [...]
City law firm to rebrand after co-founder demands name be stripped September 24, 2026 The co-founder of a City-based law firm behind the largest group claim in UK history against mining giant BHP said he will file a cease-and-desist to have his name removed after the firm initiated legal action against its own clients in the claim. US disputes lawyer Harris Pogust, who co-founded Pogust Goodhead (formerly PGMBM) alongside [...]
Drone strikes and noise disputes: The soaring risks of the global data centre boom September 18, 2026 As data centres scale, consume more power, and draw tighter community scrutiny, insurance risks are becoming increasingly complex. As AI infrastructure grows, so do legal risks: large lawsuits involving data centres more than tripled from four in all of 2021 to 14 in the first half of 2026, according to a Howden report. Planning and [...]
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 [...]
Prince Harry’s courtroom defeat could drive up legal insurance premiums August 30, 2026 Prince Harry’s High Court defeat to the owner of the Daily Mail could send legal insurance premiums soaring, experts have warned, after the Duke and six other high-profile figures were left on the hook for an uninsured bill of £19m. The Duke of Sussex, Sir Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, actresses Liz Hurley [...]
Former Crystal Palace owner John Textor scores temporary block of Brazilian football club share sale August 12, 2026 Former Crystal Palace owner John Textor has been granted a temporary injunction from the High Court to block City-based administrators from selling his 90 per cent stake in Brazilian football club SAF Botafogo. The order follows the American business mogul launching multiple parallel lawsuits in England, the US, and Brazil against his UK holding company, [...]
Family feud: London estate agent Winkworth sues chair over plot with wife to oust son from board August 7, 2026 London estate agent Winkworth has initiated High Court proceedings against its chair, Simon Agace, for an alleged breach of contract after he and his wife attempted to oust the company’s board, including his son, City AM can reveal. The AIM-listed company, which is one of the UK’s oldest estate agents and specialises in high-end properties [...]