By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Senior Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan is a senior reporter focused on law and professional services. Contact her via email on maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B

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Clyde and Co preps arbitration claims against Switzerland for Credit Suisse bondholders

March 25, 2024

Now, one year on, Clyde and Co is set to get in on the action. It has laid out plans to hold the Swiss state "accountable for breaching its international investment agreements" after it wrote the bonds down to zero.
NHS crisis driving surge in UK private health admissions to more than 900,000

March 25, 2024

The private health services is expected to see over 900,000 private admissions in 2024, as the surge in demand for the private healthcare continues as the crisis in the NHS battles on. According to an independent consultancy Broadstone, admissions using private medical insurance increased to 458,000 for the first three quarters of the year, an [...]
Apple sued by US justice department over antitrust law violation claims

March 21, 2024

The US Justice Department has launched an antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Apple over allegations of the company violating antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed to a federal court in New Jersey, in addition with 16 State Attorney Generals, along with the District of Columbia. The Department of Justice held a press conference on Thursday [...]
MoJ brings forward litigation funding Bill to green light the multi-billion pound industry

March 21, 2024

The UK government has introduced a litigation funding bill this week, that if passed, will reverse a ruling by the Supreme Court last year. Last July, the Supreme Court in the so-called PACCAR case handed down a decision that left the litigation funding sector in a state of confusion. The highest court in the UK [...]
“Fundamentally unfair”: The BBC Licence Fee prosecutions hitting the vulnerable hardest

March 21, 2024

Cases of vulnerable individuals being prosecuted for not paying their TV licence has led to calls for a fast-track justice procedure to be scrapped.
Every Lidl helps: Tesco loses appeal in supermarket logo war

March 19, 2024

Lidl went on to sue Tesco, which is Britain's biggest supermarket, as it used a blue square with a yellow circle with its name inside for its well-known logo.
Landmark judicial review starts as Albania’s ex-PM tries to overturn UK Home Office ban

March 19, 2024

The politician was banned by the Home Secretary, then Priti Patel, from entering the UK in 2022 on the grounds of alleged criminality and corruption.
KPMG UK re-elects chief ahead of ‘some big changes’

March 18, 2024

The UK arm of Big Four firm has re-elected Jon Holt to serve a second term as the firm’s chief executive.
UK consultancy market expected to flatline in 2024, after a dive in growth last year

March 18, 2024

The UK’s consulting market grew by 4.7 per cent across 2023 to revenues of £15.2bn, which was down on the 15.6 per cent growth recorded over 2022.
London Market insurers seeking to relocate an aviation case to war-torn Ukraine

March 18, 2024

The companies have had several aircraft damaged or destroyed in Dnipro International Airport and Boryspil International Airport following missile attacks as a result of the war.

Global recruiter SThree hit by ailing UK jobs market

World Cup tickets aren’t worth getting into debt for, Scotland fans told

Forget the Full Moon party: Thailand has other amazing festivals to rival Glastonbury

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