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Michael Johnson testifies in London employment tribunal case The cross examination of Johnson on Wednesday morning centered on how much Fortress managers knew about his condition, and whether his illness at the time was as serious as he alleges in the suit. A human resources employee told Johnson on the day of his firing that the company was unaware he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, which is known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the U.S. [Extracted from the article]

Banker testifies in London court for $1 billion LIA lawsuit The LIA's lawyer Philip Edey read out a text Vella sent to Kabbaj saying: "Ok my man, just be close to Zarti junior", and asked if he intended the two men to be as close as they became. Vella admitted asking Kabbaj to stop LIA officials from meeting with his former colleagues at JPMorgan Chase & Co. when they visited Tripoli. [Extracted from the article]

Richard Elliston's award overturned by London appeals court Richard Elliston, the former company secretary of Xstrata Plc, lost his bonus fight against Glencore International Plc when a London appeal court overturned a 420,000-pound ($613,000) award and ordered him to repay some of the money. [Extracted from the article]

Jailed Hedge-Fund Manager Sues Lawyer Over "Rushed" Home Sale Michael Balboa says attorney's actions cost him $2.7 million Balboa says Withey was negligent because he never contacted a broker who dealt with Millennium's insurance policy, indemnifying its executives against legal costs. [Extracted from the article]

Court dismisses discrimination part of claim, HSBC Says A former HSBC Holdings Plc executive suing the bank for 15 million pounds ($22.7 million) lost his racial- and religious-discrimination claim at a London employment tribunal. [Extracted from the article]

Male risk executive wins discrimination case against lender A former Deutsche Bank AG executive fired when female colleagues accused him of sexual harassment won a discrimination lawsuit after London judges ruled the women had lied, exaggerated and used lewd language themselves. [Extracted from the article]

London Judge Simon Auerbach said Wednesday both sides agreed the tribunal should rule that Marks was unfairly dismissed as part of a settlement agreement. Marks' lawyer, Peter Bibby, and Richard Newman, a spokesman for BNP, declined to comment. [Extracted from the article]

The Cassley family have already won 600,000 euros ($645,000) from the insurers of the aviation company behind the flight, according to Coulson's judgment. The case is Cassley & Ors v. GMP Securities Europe LLP, High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, HQ13X02001. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces that Jonathan Levy has been appointed by law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC) as a new head of tax disputes from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) LLP in Great Britain.

The article reports that Raj Singh-Dehal, head for corporate and commercial law at Alliance & Leicester, has left the firm in the period of its acquisition with Grupo Santander SA in Great . It states Singh-Dehal has joined with Center Parcs Ltd., while his fellow in-house lawyers were absorbed by Santander. It notes that the bank has bought the firm for 1.3 billion pounds.

The article reports that Andrea Clark will replace Gareth John as director of compliance at Transport for London (TfL) effective May 2009 in Great Britain. John was TfL's director for four years. It is stated that John left his position to take up the general counsel role at management services provider Sodexo Inc.

The article announces that Claire Porter was appointed legal head of the unified Shropshire authority by Shropshire County Council.

The article announces that DLA Piper private equity partner Andrew Holt is leaving the firm's equity department.

The article announces the appointment of partner Stephen Halladay as head of DLA Piper's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The article announces that Eric Milne was hired as head of the banking and finance division of Simmons & Simmons in Middle East.

The article announces appointments of executives in DLA PIPER UK LLP including Jonathan Watkins takes up the newly created Manchester role and David Cadwallader as head of corporate in Liverpool.

The article announces that John Cogan has been appointed as head of global projects and infrastructure practice at Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP in Great Britain.

The article announces that Andy Griffiths has been hired as group director of legal and regulatory compliance by ITV.