Barrister Michael Engelhardt-Sprack was ordered to pay £6,767.44 in wasted costs after trying to join an employment tribunal hearing from a noisy train in Germany. The judge found the poor sound and internet connection made the hearing unsuitable, causing a day to be abandoned; the case resumed the following day with him attending in person in Birmingham.

Engelhardt-Sprack was representing technology executive Shannon Burns, who won her claim after a tribunal found male colleagues were also drunk on the night she fell asleep in a sauna and was dismissed. Burns is seeking £76 million in damages from the company, now owned by OpenAI, with that claim to be heard later. The article also notes a separate case in which solicitor Priyank Tanwar was struck off after misleading a judge about working remotely from Germany.