By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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ENRC: Court refuses SFO bid to appeal rulings in legal battle with Kazakh mining firm

March 27, 2024

The Commercial Court rejected the UK anti-fraud agency’s application to appeal two recent decisions in the long-running ENRC litigation. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been involved in the long-running dispute by the Kazakh mining firm Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) after it launched an investigation into it over alleged bribery and corruption back in [...]
SFO: Fraud agency seeks to appeal two rulings in long-running ENRC dispute

March 26, 2024

The UK anti-fraud agency has applied to the court on Monday for permission to appeal two recent decisions that found it liable, as the long-running ENRC litigation battles on. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was found by Mr Justice Waksman to be liable for a legal bill back in December. The SFO has been involved [...]
Julian Assange: Ruling on right to appeal US extradition delayed

March 26, 2024

The legal battle over the extradition of Julian Assange has been in and out of court for several years. The Australian-born editor faces a 175-year jail sentence in the United States.
Magistrates call for urgent reform to ‘unfair’ fast-track prosecutions

March 26, 2024

Magistrates have called for urgent reforms to be made to fast-track prosecutions in the UK, which campaigners have labelled as "fundamentally unfair".
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.

Strait of Hormuz closed over ceasefire violations, says Iran

Platitudes in women’s sport are empty, patronising and offensive

Fogo de Chao nominated for Best Casual Dining Toast award

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