The government asked the Court of Appeal Monday to review successful challenges from two Afghani judges wrongly refused relocation to Britain, arguing that the decisions will have wider implications for how officials handle asylum applications.
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UK Gov't Seeks To Challenge Afghani Judges' Asylum Win

By Joanne Faulkner

The government asked the Court of Appeal Monday to review successful challenges from two Afghani judges wrongly refused relocation to Britain, arguing that the decisions will have wider implications for how officials handle asylum applications.

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Skat Settles With Ex-Barclays Director In £1.4B Fraud Case

By William Janes

The Danish tax authority has settled its claim against a former Barclays Capital director and four companies that it sued alongside dozens of others over an alleged scheme to defraud it of £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) in tax revenue.

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Tesla Relaunches FRAND Fight With InterDigital On Appeal

By William Janes

Tesla has relaunched its fight against InterDigital and patent pool operator Avanci over licensing terms for 5G patents, telling a London appeals court on Monday that a U.K. judge should decide a fair price for licenses.

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Sports Direct's Ashley Says HMRC Bungled His Data Request

By Ronan Barnard

Sports Direct International PLC founder Michael Ashley argued in a London court Monday that the U.K.'s tax agency improperly handled his data request related to its probe into his 2012 sale of real estate assets, calling its alleged failings "significant, wide-spread and persistent."

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INSURANCE

Gov't Revises UK Personal Injury Compensation Rate

By Joel Poultney

The Labour government said on Monday that it has changed the personal injury discount rate in a move that experts predict will lower the cost of insurance premiums for drivers in England and Wales.

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COMMERCIAL FRAUD

Mogul Can't Duck £102M Debt Using Sham Settlement

By Eddie Beaver

Property mogul Andrew Ruhan colluded with a British businessman convicted for fraud to cook up sham litigation to escape a £102 million ($129 million) debt owed to the liquidators of three luxury hotels, a London judge has ruled.

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ARBITRATION

Russia Looks To 4 FSIA Cases In Bid To Stay $5B Award Suit

By Joyce Hanson

Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases are pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit that could affect the suit.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

UK Top Court To Assess Whether AI Tech Can Be Patented

By Alex Baldwin

The U.K.'s highest court will weigh in on whether an artificial intelligence company's invention constitutes a computer program, in a high-profile case that could set new patentability guidelines for the technology.

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UK Dairy Body Prevents Oatly From Using 'Milk' In TM

By William Janes

Oat-drink maker Oatly AB has lost its latest fight with the British dairy industry association to register a "Post Milk Generation" trademark, as a London appeals court ruled that the Swedish company cannot use the protected term "milk" in its branding.

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TAX

'Harry Potter' Actor Must Pay £1.8M Tax Bill, Tribunal Says

By David Hansen

Actor Rupert Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, faces a £1.8 million ($2.3 million) tax bill after the U.K.'s First-tier Tribunal ruled that tax avoidance was a primary purpose of an entity created to manage his career.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Lewis Silkin To Probe Claims Against 'MasterChef' Co-Host

By Tabitha Burbidge

The production company behind "MasterChef" has appointed Lewis Silkin LLP to lead a probe into a series of harassment allegations against one of its presenters, Gregg Wallace.

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British Actuary Loses Indian Bias Appeal Against Regulator

By Jamie Lennox

A London appeals court on Monday upheld a decision to overturn an Employment Tribunal's ruling that a regulator discriminated against a British actuary by giving preferential treatment to Indian nationals.

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PEOPLE

Former Hausfeld Pro Tapped For Solicitor General In UK Gov't

By Sam Tabahriti

A former competition partner at Hausfeld LLP was tapped to become the next solicitor general in a surprise appointment late Monday as the outgoing senior law officer joins the U.K.'s justice ministry just months into the job.

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Sports Direct International PLC

Tesla Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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HMRC

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UK Court of Appeal

UK First-tier Tribunal

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UK Supreme Court

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