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In this issue: Corporate Crime in 2025 Criminal liability Legal privilege in criminal cases Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate Crime Highlights 2025/2026 Corporate Crime in 2025 Reflecting on Corporate Crime in 2025 With 2025 nearing its end, Elliott Kenton, partner, and James Camidge, solicitor, at Weightmans look back on a pivotal year for business crime. New corporate crime laws, more enquiries, expansive investigatory powers, and several headline prosecutions have altered the corporate risk landscape this year. See News Analysis: Reflecting on Corporate Crime in 2025... ...

In this issue: Education Social care Children’s social care Social housing Healthcare Governance Public procurement Local government finance LexTalk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q&A Education Dismissal of appeal against SSE’s prohibiting order on teaching issues concerning Christian faith and use of pronouns for students (Sutcliffe v SSE) The Administrative Court in Sutcliffe v Secretary of State for Education [2024] EWHC 1878 (Admin) permitted the appellant additional time, yet dismissed his appeal against the Secretary of State’s decision to issue an order preventing him from teaching on matters where his Christian convictions clashed with his professional responsibilities towards the children in his class. The proceedings arose from conduct by a teacher who knowingly used female pronouns for a transgender male pupil (A) in lessons and later on national television, doing so in a way that resulted in A being ‘outed’, with no...

State aid General Court overturns Commission decision dismissing State aid complaint concerning alleged new aid by Lithuania to a Lithuanian public service broadcaster The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T‑72/22, Interneto žiniasklaidos asociacija and Others v Commission, in proceedings challenging the Commission’s letter of 25 November 2021, by which it refused a complaint asserting that Lithuania had granted new aid to Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija VšĮ (LRT), the Lithuanian public service broadcaster. The Court upheld the appeal and annulled the Commission’s letter in full. Background LRT is a public service broadcaster owned by the Lithuanian State. Created by statute in 1990, it was subsequently reorganised by legislation in 1996 (the Law on LRT). That Law on LRT was later amended in 2015 (the 2015 amendments) and again in 2020 (the 2020 amendments). Under the version of the Law on LRT applicable when Lithuania joined the EU, it was clear that LRT was to be financed from the State budget, revenue from taxes levied by...

This Practice Note offers guidance on the Media Act 2024 (MA 2024), enacted to modernise the regulation of public service broadcasters (PSBs) in light of smart TV technologies and the expansion of video-on-demand (VoD). It outlines the principal legislative measures and evaluates what they mean for businesses. It further highlights the consequences for the regulator, Ofcom, arising from the broader powers granted to it under the Act. Background to MA 2024 In April 2022, a White Paper titled Up next—the government’s vision for the broadcasting sector (the White Paper) was laid before Parliament by the then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). On the same day, the government issued its response to the Digital Radio and Audio Review. Commissioned in 2020, the Digital Radio and Audio Review examined the regulatory framework for radio and audio and produced recommendations in light of altered listening patterns, with most radio consumption now occurring via digital platforms. The White Paper set out a series of legislative reforms intended...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED – this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 24 November 2020; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and related/relevant cases. Case facts Outline Case C- 445/1919 Viasat Broadcasting UK — a Danish reference seeking clarification on whether, amongst other points, a national court’s duty to impose ‘illegality interest’ on an aid beneficiary also extends to circumstances where the unlawful State aid was public service compensation later judged compatible with the internal market under Article 106(2) TFEU. Latest developments On 24 November 2020, the Court of Justice ruled that TV2/Danmark A/s must pay ‘illegality interest’ on State aid it obtained from Denmark due to a failure to notify correctly. The subsequent European Commission finding that the aid was lawful, and the fact that TV2/Danmark A/S provided a service of general economic interest, did not alter this outcome. Parties Applicant: Viasat Broadcasting UK Ltd (Viasat). Defendant: TV 2/Danmark AS (TV...

For other frequently used film and TV terms, see the following: Film and TV glossary C–D Film and TV glossary E–H Film and TV glossary I–L Film and TV glossary M–P Film and TV glossary R–S Film and TV glossary T–W Abandonment When a commissioning producer acquires takeover rights and, then or later, at any time, decides in their sole and absolute discretion that completing the film is not financially viable, they may, by notice in writing, delivered to the film production company itself, formally declare the production of the film abandoned and thereby bring the film’s production to a formal end. Acquisition agreements These agreements are intended for use in circumstances where a company obtains from the film’s owner rights across multiple separate media for a specified territory. See: Acquisition agreement—film—rights in a number of separate media for a designated territory—owner of film: Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents [58]. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ...