From today's UK Mail On Sunday
BP risks being slapped with lawsuits from employees after serious concerns were raised about its crackdown on relationships at work.
The policy has been met with uproar. Staff are particularly upset by the retrospective demand for details of relationships as long as three years ago.
It has 'generated an awful lot of ill will', one City source said.
Employees feel the controversy around Looney had 'left problems' in its wake, the source added. Top City lawyers have told The Mail on Sunday that retrospectively demanding information on relationships reek of the Stasi, could be illegal and open the firm up to lawsuits.
Solicitors said applying new rules to past actions was effectively a breach of an employee contract. There are also worries about invasion of privacy.