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The article informs that the supermarket chain Tesco is facing a criminal probe by the Serious Fraud Office and senior executives are facing jail threats due to it. It is noted that law firm Freshfields and accountants Deloitte are investigating overstatement made by Tesco regarding its profits and determining whether rules were broken by the supermarket chain. It provides details of the case history of the case associated with Tesco.

The article reports on the victory of British nonprofit legal group and environmental consultant ClientEarth in a case against the government of Great Britain concerning the responsibility over air pollution levels.

The author offers information on some court cases related to global banking and commercial industry in 2015. It lists several cases including the Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company and Bank Alkhair BSC v. Al Refai, Kroll Associates UK Ltd., Alex Richardson and FTI Consulting Group Ltd; Trustees Of The Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Ltd & Ors v. the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; and Sabre Oil & Gas v Standard Bank Plc.

The article reports on the trial date of the case brought by former Queens Park Rangers (QPR) chairman Antonio Caliendo against Mishcon de Reya in the High Court in England. It states that the case was set down for 10 days in November 2014 and promised to be one of the largest professional negligence cases. It notes that Caliendo filed the lawsuit after alleging that Miscon has failed to secure him a good deal in the sale of QPR to businessman Flavio Briatore and F1 head Bernie Ecclestone.

The article reports that law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP lost a first round for Russian businessman Sergei Pugachev in the High Court after the billionaire could not lift a freezing order imposed in July 2014. The case focuses on Pugachev and the role played by him in the insolvency of Mezhprombank that had collapsed in 2010.

The article reports that law firm Bird & Bird LLP has been sued by British Virgin Islands client Orientfield Holdings for professional negligence.

The article reports that barrister Michael William Wainwright has been disbarred by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) for lying to a client about submitting a visa application to the Great Britain Border Agency.

The article reports that law firm Bird & Bird LLP is representing Swiss company Assos of Switzerland SA in a Court of Appeal (CoA) case against online retailer ASOS PLC.

The article reports that law firm Dentons has been selected by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to manage the case filed against it by property developer Property Alliance Group. It states that RBS has been sued by Property Alliance Group for misselling interest rate swaps and for failing to provide adequate information about the risks associated with the product. It states that the two companies have faced up during the first case management conference (CMC) held in November 2014.

The article reports on the debate between Stewarts Law LLP, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP involving the conflict brought by shareholders of Tesco PLC, a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer based in Hertfordshire, England. According to Sean Upson of Stewarts Law that Tesco made a misleading statements and omissions to the market. It notes the investigation of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to the supermarket wherein eight managers were suspended.

The article discusses a price comparison case between grocery industries Sainsbury and Tesco in Great Britain in which law firm Bond Dickinson's client Sainsbury lost High Court fight. Topics discussed include Sainsburys complaint with British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against Tesco's advertising, ASA's findings regarding certain food producers compared by Tesco, and Tesco's price comparison campaign mixture of non-branded and branded good.

The article reports on the ruling of the High Court that the third-party supporters in the deal between oil producers Excalibur Ventures and Texas and Gulf Keystone should pay indemnity costs. Topics covered include the responses of nine funding bodies as well as law firms to the decision of the court as well as the refusal of Excalibur to pay indemnity costs for the deal. Also listed are some of the funding bodies including finance companies Platinum Partners and JH Funding LLC.

The article informs that Antonio Caliendo, chairman of Former Queens Park Rangers, has been allowed to keep his conditional fee arrangement (CFA) despite missing a court-ordered deadline in a case. It is noted that the case has been launched over the sale and disposal of shares in the football club in 2009 to purchasers by Mishcon de Reyaover.

The article reports on a lawsuit filed by social networking company Facebook against law firm DLA Piper along with other U.S. law firms in the Supreme Court in New York in October 2014 for allegedly conspiring to file a fraudulent lawsuit based on fabricated evidence from their client Internet entrepreneur Paul Ceglia in 2010. It discusses the details of the fraudulent lawsuit filed by Ceglia in 2010 claiming 50% ownership of the company and the law firms' response to Facebook's allegations.

The article reports that law firm DLA Piper LLP has offered legal services to Natwest Bank PLC and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in a derivatives mis-selling case. The banks were charged of providing "negligent but not actionable" advice to family property company Crestsign. The case was handled by DLA Piper partner Hugh Evans.

The article reports on the trial of Times lawyer Alastair Brett at the High Court in Great Britain. It notes that the Court has cleared him of misleading the court but found him responsible for recklessly revealing the identity of the 'NightJack' blogger. It notes that he was suspended from practice and fined after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found him guilty of two breaches of the Solicitors Code of Conduct.

The article reports on the predicament of law firm Pinsent Masons LLP which is facing three sets of unfair dismissal lawsuits filed by its former lawyers who were made redundant following the firm's employment practice restructuring in 2013.

The article offers information on the advice given by the law firm Clyde and Co. LLP's partner Julian Connerty to a group of shareholders for suing Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for allegedly forcing small companies out of business through its global restructuring group (GRG). Topics include fraud allegations, 2008 Rights Issue and business assets.

An interview with lawyers including Robert Hickmott, David Engel partner and Jonathan Warne is presented. When asked about third-party litigation funding, Hickmott discussed on the market and products being sophisticated. Engel discussed on the claimants to investigate on third party funding. Jonathan Warne, partner discussed on funds growing in commercial litigation and international arbitration.

The article reports that law firm Irwin Mitchell was replaced by Saudi Arabian prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal bin Al Saud in his battle with Apex Global Management investor Faisal Almhairat, who also replaced his law firm HowardKennedyFSI. The prince lost his cases to hear the judicial proceedings in private, citing diplomatic immunity to avoid compliance of court orders like signing a witness statement disclosure and payment of judgment fees. The prince will fight the orders in the Supreme Court.

The article reports that private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd. has been asked to pay more than 100 million pounds to brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev in a lawsuit related to a deal in 2009 after turning from the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to Allen & Overy LLP. The court earlier found that AB In Bev was owed additional payment from CVC for the sale of lager brewer StarBev due to the structure of the deal.

The article reports that law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is planning to file a lawsuit against Deloitte LLP on behalf of computer firm Hewlett-Packard Co. following the firm's dispute with software firm Autonomy over its acquisition. According to Wachtell partner Marc Wolinsky, the company will sue Deloitte over the auditing of Autonomy accounts prior to its takeover by HP.

The article focuses on the move of Stewarts Law to launch a tax litigation group to hone in cases related to tax disputes. Topics include the plan of the law firm to create a tax litigation to target individuals and companies involved in high volumes and value tax cases, the launch of the firm's international arbitration group in 2013 with the hiring of Philippa Charles, and the shareholder dispute brought by the company against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

The article reports that the law firms Leon Kaye, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Stewarts Law LLP and Bird & Bird will represent investors suing Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over its 2008 rights issue. The investors claimed that the rights issue by RBS was defective and contained material omissions and misstatements. Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (HSF) is representing RBS in the case.

The article focuses on the "dark pool" fraud allegations on Barclays, the multinational banking and financial services firm, and predicts that the bank could face a 1.2 billion British pounds bill for the settlement of the litigation. It mentions that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought the case against the bank in June 2014, alleging that the bank's private stock market implied to offer better protection to customers than it did.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by information technology corporation Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) against former software company Autonomy Corp. PLC managers Michael Lynch and Sushovan Hussain of fraud. The lawsuit is a response to the attempt of Hussain to intervene in the settlements of HP of shareholder lawsuit over the acquisition. It mentions that HP turned to law firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partners George Conway and Marc Wolinsky to block the intervention.

The article discusses the reported impacts that Jackson legal reform measures, legal aid cuts, and alleged pressure on fees are having on Great Britain's legal community (bar) as of 2014, focusing on the journal's UK 200 report which apparently details several changes to the British legal market. According to the article, litigation will help the commercial bar in Great Britain pull away from the mid-market sector of the nation's bar. The Eversheds and 39 Essex Street law firms are examined.

The article reports that an out of court settlement of 1.5 million pounds has been finalized between Great Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and brothers Robert Tchenguiz and Vincent Tchenguiz who were arrested and detained in 2011 because of false investigation conducted by SFO. Views of David Green QC, director of SFO, on the decision of the court case is presented.

The article discusses several aspects of an electronic disclosure (e-disclosure) regime in Great Britain as of 2014, focusing on the nation's Lord Justice Jackson law reform measures, as well as information about the alleged efforts to speed up the British litigation process. Attorney Damian Murphy and law partner Laurence Lieberman of the Taylor Wessing law firm are mentioned, along with the concept of proportionality. A legal case involving the West African Gas Pipeline Company is examined.

The article reports that Vladislav Doronin, Russian property tycoon, who is engaged in legal battle with his partners Omar Amanat and Adrian Zecha over control of hotel chain Aman Resorts, has hired Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (HSF) partner Paula Hodges for defending him in the new cases filed against him by Amanat and Zecha. Earlier, Sidley Austin partner Matthew Shankland defended him in the case over the Doronin's takeover of the company.

The article reports that legal counsel Pushpinder Saini from Blackstone Chambers Ltd. was chosen by Great Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to replace Dominic Dowley from Serle Court to lead the defence of a £300 million claim from brothers Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz. An overview of the case is given. The comment of Justice Bernard Eder on the case is also noted.

The article reports on DWF LLP's preparation to file a lawsuit against the British Government for choosing Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP in place of the firm as an adviser to the Insolvency Service (IS). It notes Shepherd & Wedderburn won the contract to advise the Government advisory service in a tender closed in 2013. The case was repoted to have been closed in the Court of Appeal. The IS has been allegedly accused by DWF of committing manifest errors in its assememnt of tender.

The article presents information on phone hacking charges against DLA Piper client Andy Coulson and Kingsley Napley client Rebekah Brooks. Coulson and Brooks were among seven defendants on a trial. Coulson was found of guilty of conspiracy while Brooks was cleared of five charges, including plotting to hack phones.

The article reports that a payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling battle between Lloyds subsidiary Black Horse and a customer has been settled by 7KBW and 39 Essex Court on the day it was to appear in the Supreme Court. The case brought by Shelagh Conlon against Black Horse settled for an undisclosed sum on the court steps. Both the High Court and Court of Appeal (CoA) had ruled in favour of Black Horse in December 2013.

The article informs that a court action has been launched by in-house lawyers of Transport for London's (TfL) in the row between black cab and taxi drivers of Uber, the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) and the Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA). It is noted that the issue of contention is whether the Uber smartphone app counts as a taxi meter, which is not allowed to be used by private hire vehicles.

The article focuses on the reorganization of legal teams by banks in wake of increasing bank litigations and decreasing budgets. Changes in structure of litigation team, monitoring of legal spend, and reporting lines in banks including Barclays Bank PLC and Lloyds Banking Group PLC are discussed. The structure of litigation team in Barclays with Bob Hoyt as general counsel is emphasized. It is reported that both banks have followed the structure of legal team at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The article reviews a court case wherein the Lord Justice Elias of the British Court of Appeal held on June 11, 2014 Jet2.com, a British low-cost airline, liable for the 27-hour delay of Ronald Huzar's travel from Malaga, Spain to Manchester, England. Topics discussed include Huzar being represented by the law firm Bott & Co., while Jet2.com being represented by the law firm Bird & Bird. Also mentioned is the speculation that the ruling could result in millions of airline compensation claims.

The article focuses on Edward Agbaje, former barrister in the law chamber Gray's Inn Square who has been jailed in 2013 on the charges of not paying 77,000 pounds in income tax and value-added tax (VAT). Views of Sara Jagger, head of professional conduct in the Bar Standards Board (BSB), on the crimes attempted by Agbaje is presented.

The article reports that real estate company Amsprop has turned to law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP to launch the case against another law firm Kinglsey Napley with a 1.3 million pounds professional negligence claim over an allegedly botched property deal.

The article reports on the arrest for David Haigh, former general counsel (GC) of Islamic bank Gulf Finance House (GFH) Capital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Topics discussed include the allege financial irregularities in GFH ownership, controversy regarding the sales of Leed United Football Club, and the history of Haigh's involvement in GFH and the football club.

The article reports that the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has asked former lawyer Jeffrey Tesler to pay 7,000 pounds. It states that Tesler was convicted of bribery in Texas in 2013. It mentions that Tesler worked for getting contracts for engineering company KBR Inc. It highlights that apart from Tesler, sales executive Wojciech Chodan was also convicted in the case.

The article reports that several former partners of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP have agreed to join their lawsuits filed against Barclays PLC, the banking and financial services firm. Former partners being mentioned include Charles Lester Landgraf, Elias Farrah, and Londell McMillan. The move of Barclays in pursuing more than 100 former partners for repayment of loans it granted is highlighted.

The article discusses a court case, wherein property developer Richard Gabriel has been given permission to take his case against Cheltenham, England-based law firm BPE Solicitors LLP to the Supreme Court in Great Britain, after the case was rejected at the Court of Appeal (CoA) in November 2013. Gabriel has alleged that BPE was in breach of it's fiduciary duty when it did not warn him that a business associate used 200,000 pounds to pay off personal loans, and not to develop a property.

The article reports that the Court of Appeal (CoA) has criticised a senior criminal Judge Aidan Marron over the trial of former 39 Essex Street barrister Rohan Pershad in England. It states that the judge has made a deficiency in summing up the case tax of Pershad which led to his conviction and jailed for three and a half years. It also notes that Pershad has failed to pay the value added tax (VAT) bill.

The article reports on the move of Guardian Care Homes to settle its multi-million pond Libor case against the British multinational banking and financial services company Barclays Bank PLC over the misselling of financial instruments. It states that the claim has been dropped with Barclays, which agreed to restructure the £70 million owed by Guardian Care Homes. It mentions that the case was the first Libor test case expected to hit the High Court.

The article reports that following a U.S. court ruling that the New York court had jurisdiction to hear fraud claims being pursued against Washington lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLP, a legal battle against oil giant Chevron Corp. is being faced by the firm. It is noted that after partner James Tyrrell was drafted in by a group of Ecuadorian villagers to help enforce a 18bn dollars judgment, the mammoth battle has been building since 2010.

The article reports on an appeal to filed by British law firm Withers after being ordered to pay 1.6 million British pounds in damages by the High Court. The firm's associate was found to have misremembered what he had been instructed when drafting an LLP agreement for its former client Wellesley Partners. The court ruled that the company incurred 1.5 million British pounds in losses by misdrafting the agreement.

The article reports on a high-profile bribery trial against businessman Victor Dahdaleh, in which the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) alleged Dahdaleh, represented by partners David Esseks and Peter Watson, of funneling billions of dollars in bribes to Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) to secure contracts. It is noted that Dahdaleh's bail conditions were breached by the lawyers who attended a meeting with Dahdaleh in April 2013.

The article focuses on Great Britain Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) management of a bribery case against billionaire Victor Dahdaleh. The agency had accused Dahdaleh of paying 67 millions in bribes to the former managers of Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba) for securing billion-dollar business contracts. In the March 21, 2014 hearing, judge Loraine Smith raised questions over management of the high-profile trial in which two Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld lawyers refused to appear as witnesses.