Britain’s top antitrust enforcer opens an investigation into eight UK housebuilders to probe potential information sharing. w/Damian Shepherd bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

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Bangladeshi politician and his £200m property empire. A deep dive on a former land minister with a £10,000 salary and his 350 properties:
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❗️ Amazon abandons its planned $1.4 billion swoop for Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with European Union regulators who had threatened to block the deal w/ Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen Matt Day Bloomberg Technology: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

👩‍⚖️NEW: Almost 9,800 sex crime cases languish in UK's broken court system. From overcrowded prisons to record court backlogs, the criminal justice system is being pushed to breaking point

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New: How a growing backlog of cases in UK crown courts is leaving victims waiting years for justice. In-depth look at the psychological toll on survivors of sexual assault and a court & prison system bursting at the seams. With Katharine Gemmell @eamonfarhat
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A few years ago, Westminster magistrates court downgraded the press room from a large area (with a view) to a small, windowless room.
We complained, but adjusted

Now they are taking away our chairs.
We are down to two, including one inexplicably bolted to the floor.

Scoop: The SFO launched a full-blown criminal probe into AOG Technics, the little-known firm at the centre of a global bogus airplane parts scandal. Cops raided the premises of its director and arrested him this morning. W/Sid Philip
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Adobe's Figma deal risks being blocked in the UK if competition issues are not addressed. Potential remedies include the selling off of overlapping software. Separately, Adobe execs set to head for Brussels to meet about the deal. Samuel Stolton
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The UK’s top court ruled that Deliveroo delivery drivers are not classed as “workers” and can’t form a trade union.
An important ruling that’s likely to have far-reaching consequences for gig economy workers.

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Confirmation from our scoop last week that Apple is challenging the EU's Digital Markets Act #DMA :

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If you don’t care about hedge fund millionaires using underwater robots to hunt for Nazi treasure, I’ll be honest, my latest story probably isn’t for you. With Olivia Solon and Jonathan Browning
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Just over a year ago, a court judgment came across my desk.

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Key part of the SC ruling: The ECHR is not the only international treaty which prohibits refugees returning to their country of origin if their life is threatened eg the UN refugee convention. This means even if the UK leaves the ECHR, it still won't clear all legal hurdles.

The UK government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, top court rules.
The COA was entitled to conclude that there were substantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers would be at real risk of ill-treatment. Upmanyu
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NEW: Supreme Court ruling on whether Rwanda will end up wrongly deporting asylum seekers to their countries of origin - known as refoulement - if the UK sends its asylum seekers there.

Southwark crown court case listed for March. That's March 2026....

You’ll hear a lot today about the government ‘toughening up’ sentences.

Know this:

* One London court is setting trial dates in October 2025.

* I recently finished an alleged sexual offences trial where the police were called in 2017 and the verdict was not until 2023.

New: In a confidential decision seen by Bloomberg, the Autoriteit Consument & Markt | ACM furthers its scrutiny into Apple's App Store, claiming Apple's commission for certain apps is illegal under EU law. Regulator's scrutiny previously focused on IAP & anti-steering rules: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The SFO now estimates it won't be able to make charging decisions in the Glencore individuals case until July 2024.
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