Lawyers

• UK's soft drink companies could sue government against sugar tax

  Soft drink manufacturers are preparing to start a legal action against the UK Government for proposing a controversial sugar tax.

• UK Chancellor George Osborne Says Second Referendum Not Possible; Britain no plan on European Union’s exit

  British Chancellor George Osborne ruled out a second referendum after predicting that the "crucial" vote would affect Britain's relationship with European Union

• India's Legal Services Liberalization Allows Foreign Lawyers to Set Up Shop in the Country

  The Indian Finance Minister and UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer have exchanged dialogue to open India as an international legal hub.

• George Osborne froze income level on repayment of student loans; Could face legal action, says critics

  George Osborne froze the threshold at which graduates can start to repay their student loans. It is currently stuck at £21,000 and lecturers believe it could greatly affect those who took the loan from 2012 as well as discourage students from applying for a university. Graduates are expected to pay more of their income while it is also predicted to aid on the government's debt.

• Landlords Wants to Legally Counter George Osborne's Tax Relief Changes

  A conflict is brewing between Chancellor Osborne and 250 landlords in the UK regarding tax relief changes.

• UK chancellor to announce proposed legislation to criminalize benchmark rigging

  The UK Treasury released a statement today detailing the British government's plans to amend existing laws that would criminalize benchmark rate rigging, Bloomberg reported.

• Report recounts how British trial scrutinize nation's coins

  Bloomberg reports how the Trial of the Pyx, which ended on Friday, reviews newly-minted coins produced by the country's official coin maker, the Royal Mint Ltd via a decades-old legal procedure.