Everton ‘surprised and angered’ at losing £40m legal case with Burnley June 10, 2026 Everton have blasted the decision to order them to pay a reported £40m after losing a landmark legal battle with Burnley over the latter’s relegation from the Premier League in 2022. The Merseyside club said they were “surprised and angered” by the verdict from a Premier League independent disciplinary commission that Everton’s breaching of spending [...]
World Cup office sweepstakes could leave employers facing legal red cards June 10, 2026 With the World Cup set to kick off on Thursday, many offices across the City will be gearing up to offer employees the chance to participate in competitions – known as sweepstakes – to place informal bets on who might win. Sweepstakes involve participants paying a fee into a cash pot and being randomly assigned [...]
Private equity-backed Ryan breaks with billable hour tradition as AI reshapes sector June 9, 2026 Private equity-backed tax specialist Ryan says its value-based pricing is built for the age of AI, unlike competitors that depend on traditional hourly billing. Most of the professional services sector operates under the billable-hour system, in which the specific amount of time spent working on client tasks can be invoiced. But the rise in AI [...]
Kroll chief Jacob Silverman: AI won’t kill ‘mission critical’ advisory work June 9, 2026 Jacob Silverman arrives at Kroll’s vast City office for our interview fresh off a delayed flight from Atlanta, but you’d never know unless the bright-eyed New Yorker hadn’t mentioned it. Between sips of diet coke, the firm’s global chief executive offers City AM an upbeat assessment of AI’s influence on the consultancy sector that seems [...]
Why investors will be keeping a close eye on rugby’s Nations Championship June 7, 2026 The Nations Championship begins in a month and it will be a stress test for investors looking at rugby, Neil Barlow says. International rugby tournaments have always been the sport’s biggest draws. There is nothing quite like the Six Nations to bring out classic memes of rugby fans wearing bootcut jeans and loafers filling pubs. [...]
City law firm boosts junior lawyer salaries to £189k in London June 5, 2026 City-based law firm Quinn Emanuel has increased salaries for its most junior lawyers by 5 per cent for the 2026 financial year, as its London office aligns with pay increases at its US counterparts. Effective from 1 July 2026, London associates’ salaries will increase 5 per cent across the board, with newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers set [...]
Millions left unclaimed as public awareness gap exposes flaws in class actions June 4, 2026 While class actions are on the rise, limited public awareness means millions in settlement funds go unclaimed, highlighting the scepticism over who truly benefits from these legal actions, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. Despite the surge in class actions in the London High Court over the last number of years, there remains a large knowledge gap among [...]
Professional services firms’ future hinges on private equity, Kroll chief says June 4, 2026 Private equity has been rewiring the professional services industry over the last few years, and with the sector undergoing enormous disruption from AI, stagnant growth, and a highly competitive market, PE investment is increasingly becoming a lifeline for firms to stay afloat. According to Jacob Silverman, chief executive of advisory and consultancy firm Kroll, private [...]
UK law clears hurdle for airlines to ban unruly passengers from travelling June 2, 2026 Airlines and the UK government are eyeing a proposal to create a national blacklist of disruptive passengers using their personal data, potentially curbing their access to flights. The scheme, currently being developed by officials from the Department for Transport and the Home Office, would require airlines to notify the government when a passenger is disruptive. [...]
How do professional footballers keep their divorces private? May 30, 2026 For footballers and other high-profile athletes, relationship breakdown may start as a personal matter, but where there is fame, wealth, public interest and commercial pressure, it can quickly become something much larger. A messy divorce can dominate headlines, distract from performance, and affect relationships with clubs, sponsors, agents and other commercial partners. The risks are [...]