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The U.K. Supreme Court has opened the door to hundreds of thousands of claims for compensation from part-time and casual workers, ruling on Wednesday that they are entitled to proportionately the same holiday pay as full-time workers.

A Saudi diplomat is not immune from an English lawsuit accusing him of trafficking a domestic servant into unlawful working conditions because her employment counts as "commercial activity" under international law, Britain's top court ruled Wednesday.

The Automobile Association correctly took the "least burdensome" approach to firing its chief executive after he drunkenly assaulted a colleague, a London appeals court ruled Friday as it rejected his bid to sue for a performance bonus and perks worth up to £900,000 ($1.1 million).

A doctor fired for refusing to use transgender patients' names and preferred pronouns was rightfully dismissed despite expressing a belief protected by U.K. law, an appeals tribunal has ruled, saying judges could distinguish between his beliefs and how they manifested at work.

A settlement over the sale of a multimillion-dollar car collection should be voided after the terms of the deal changed late in the process, a dealer told an appeals court Tuesday as it sought to revive its £20 million ($24.5 million) fraud case.

Firing the former chief executive of the Automobile Association was the most responsible way to protect shareholders' interests following his drunken assault on a colleague, the roadside repair company told an appeals court Monday as it fights his claim of wrongful dismissal.

Harvey Weinstein will face indecent assault claims in the U.K. after government prosecutors said Wednesday that they had authorized police to issue charges over an assault in the 1990s, the latest criminal woes for the disgraced Hollywood producer.

Google UK Ltd. argued Monday that a director claiming he was dismissed for blowing the whistle on biased search results failed to officially raise his antitrust worries, saying at an Employment Tribunal hearing that he was actually fired for sexually harassing colleagues.