New laws allowing consumers to bring follow-on ‘collective actions’ for damages against companies that breach competition laws have fallen well short of expectations, a London-based litigation funder has found. In the year since the laws were introduced, only two such cases have arisen: one by the National Pensioners Convention against

Apple is suing Mobile Star for trademark infringement, claiming damages of $2,000,000 per counterfeit mark on mobile chargers and power adaptors sold by Amazon and Groupon. The products, sold directly by Amazon and Groupon (not third party sellers), are labelled as genuine Apple products. However, most of these

Employers that fail to consider remunerating both parents under ‘enhanced’ shared parental pay (i.e. beyond the statutory amount) may face claims for indirect sex discrimination, following a recent case. The case involved Network Rail, where a male employee alleged discrimination after discovering that he would not be afforded the

UK companies look set to face tighter regulations when it comes to hiring non-EU workers. In a bid to reduce net migration to about 100,000 a year, Amber Rudd said the strategy would be to toughen visa rules as well as “examining whether we should tighten the test companies

Fintech companies are set to ramp up competition with their banking counterparts, buoyed by changes to existing EU financial legislation. The new laws would ultimately legitimise the business model of companies such as Bankin, a non-banking service that requires users to submit personal banking data to obtain its services. This

Uber drivers await the results of an Employment Tribunal after challenging their employment status. The UK has been playing host to a series of high profile actions led by disgruntled self-employed contractors. Alongside Uber drivers, Deliveroo couriers withdrew labour and UberEats couriers utilised public protest as pay leverage. Under UK

Facebook has failed its attempt to strike out legal action brought by a Northern Irish teenager over the posting of a nude photo. The 14 year old has brought an action against both Facebook and the man suspected of posting the image to a “shame” page. The case has the

New research reveals over a quarter of multinational corporations are anticipating an upsurge in business disputes and litigation over the coming year. Transatlantic law firm Norton Rose Fulbright surveyed general counsel of 600 large corporations, finding that 24% anticipated litigation to increase. Only 13% expected a drop. A perceived increase