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.

The Law Society has called on the government to bolster the Mental Health Bill with additional funding, clearer guidelines and stronger safeguards, saying that ministers must increase resources for tribunals so the system can deliver justice promptly.

The European Union has adopted new rules to regulate environmental, social and governance rating activities to make them more transparent, consistent and comparable in a move to improve investors' trust in sustainable financial products.

The financial watchdog said Tuesday that it has changed the way it calculates its market cleanliness statistic, a tool that detects insider trading by tracking unusual stock price movements before takeover announcements.

Half of neurodivergent adults have faced discrimination during hiring processes, and a fifth said they had been laughed at, according to a survey carried out for the insurance company Zurich. 

An international investment bank has sued a fuel services company in Dubai for almost $6.7 million, claiming that it failed to pay agreed fees for the financial advice the lender gave it on debt restructuring.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority reported on Friday that it has recorded improvements in the way law firms manage anti-money laundering risks after it took action to clamp down.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority reported on Friday that it has recorded improvements in the way law firms manage anti-money laundering risks after it took action to clamp down.

The government unveiled on Thursday a transfer of £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) to pensions belonging to 112,000 former mine workers, resulting in a 32% increase in their annual pension payouts and undoing an "historic injustice."

The Financial Conduct Authority on Friday said it has recorded a steady rise in nonfinancial misconduct reports over the past three years, including bullying, harassment and discrimination across banks, asset managers and insurers.