Harrods boss admits after Mohamed Al Fayed allegations: ‘We failed our colleagues’ September 26, 2024 The current managing director of Harrods has apologised and said the business “failed our colleagues” following sexual misconduct allegations about former owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Michael Ward said in a statement that it is clear Mr Al Fayed “presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussion and sexual misconduct”. Mr Ward, who [...]
Linklaters early bet on competition law sees it leading in class action trend September 23, 2024 Law firms are racing to grab work defending businesses during the class actions surge but Linklaters sees itself at the 'forefront'
Billionaire oligarch’s daughter has conviction overturned after SFO offered no evidence September 17, 2024 Anna Machkevitch, the daughter of a billionaire oligarch, has had her criminal conviction quashed after the Serious Fraud Office provided no evidence at her appeal
English football referees’ v HMRC: Top UK court dismisses £584,000 tax appeal September 16, 2024 The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from the football refereeing body regarding the employment status of 60 referees after the body was hit a £584,000 tax bill. HMRC hit Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) with the tax bill after it determined it should have paid taxation and National Insurance payments for the tax [...]
Plans for UK’s first coal mine in 30 years quashed by High Court September 13, 2024 The decision to grant planning permission for what would have been the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years at Whitehaven in Cumbria has been quashed by a High Court judge. The Government first granted permission for the new coal mine in December 2022. Then-levelling up secretary Michael Gove greenlit the Whitehaven mine, in line [...]
Tesco loses Supreme Court ‘hire and fire’ appeal after three-year battle September 12, 2024 Tesco has lost its ‘hire and fire’ appeal after the Supreme Court ruled it cannot terminate its employees’ contracts for the purpose of depriving them of retained payment. The judge said that employees’ contracts contained a clause barring the supermarket giant from removing their right to retained pay. The ‘landmark’ legal battle was initially brought [...]
Asda: Huge equal pay court case starts amid demonstrations September 9, 2024 A court case over equal pay involving more than 60,000 Asda workers has started amid demonstrations being staged in Brighton and Manchester. The GMB union, which has said the case is the biggest ever in the private sector, is arguing that the predominantly female retail workforce is paid up to £3.74 an hour less than [...]
Government set to push Litigation Funding Bill into summer 2025 August 8, 2024 The newly appointed government is set to push the Litigation Funding Bill until after a review is concluded, which could be at least Summer 2025
Legal group NAHL reduces debt as firm eyes up division sale August 8, 2024 NAHL, London listed business that focuses on the consumer legal services market has reported a dip in H1 revenue but decreased its net debts as the board eyes up potential division sale
Fasten Your Seatbelts: UK government intervenes in British Airways appeal in cabin crew case July 24, 2024 The UK Government intervenes as British Airways faces legal action over 'fire and rehire' practices during the covid pandemic