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Lucasfilm did not benefit in any way at Tyburn Film Productions Ltd's expense, counsel said to the appeals court there on 3 December 2025, in part because it already possessed rights over Cushing's likeness and an agreement and consent from the Cushing estate to 'resurrect' him as Grand Moff Tarkin. Tyburn contends it earlier made an agreement with the late actor then, at the time, granting the company a veto over any use of his image prior to his 1994 death. That contract concerns a TV series titled 'Heritage of Horror', which never aired. Tyburn further asserts the deal permits it to effectively 'resurrect' Cushing using stand-ins and CGI to ultimately finish the programme then if the actor were to die whilst filming remained in progress...
Irish telecom operator Eircom’s damages lawsuit against BT Group over a public-sector contract must be carefully managed to trial to deal with confidentiality issues and other matters, a UK judge told the parties today. At the High Court in London today, a judge said Eircom’s damages action against BT over a public-sector contract needs tight case management through to trial to address confidentiality and related concerns. Eircom brought the claim after Ofcom in 2020 penalised BT for its behaviour during a tender. Speaking to both sides, Judge Adam Johnson urged them to resolve any confidentiality flashpoints themselves and signalled he had no wish to step in unless it became unavoidable. He also expressed confidence that parties would do everything possible to keep confidential designations to a minimum, noting this was necessary to maintain control over the conduct of the trial. He framed this as the
The following document is attached: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/274 dated 5 February 2026, revising Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1981, establishing a final anti-dumping levy on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware produced in...
Justice Richard Arnold granted AstraZeneca leave to appeal and permitted lorries carrying about 175,000 packs of Glenmark’s generics to move on to wholesalers, provided they did not reach pharmacy shelves while the case continued at any point during those interim proceedings. In this way, Glenmark could keep its first-to-market advantage, while causing only minimal detriment to AstraZeneca should the Court of Appeal later be persuaded to issue an injunction against supply. The judge said this approach maintained the status quo with the least possible prejudice to Glenmark’s position overall. The hearing was arranged at short notice, just days after the High Court refused AstraZeneca an injunction to block the diabetes generic from sale while the court considered whether the patents supporting the branded medicine were valid in law. Glenmark, Generics (UK) Ltd and Teva Pharmaceuticals have each begun proceedings in the UK to set...
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In this issue: Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Diversity and gender pay gap Health and safety Modern slavery Failure to prevent fraud Employment Appeal Tribunal Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) EHRC calls for policy changes by 19 organisations on single-sex spaces guidance The Equality and Human Rights Commission ( EHRC) has finalised its assessment of 404 policy examples provided by the UK government after its 2024 invitation for input on single-sex spaces. The review found materials from 19 organisations—spanning policing, education, and health and public services—mischaracterised the Equality Act 2010 ( Eq A 2010) by indicating there is an automatic legal entitlement to enter single-sex spaces based solely on...
Re Waldorf Production UK Plc [2025] EWHC 2181 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? What is ‘fair’ to allocate to out of the money creditors? What constitutes a fair share for out of the money creditors? The court will no longer be persuaded that such creditors should receive only a de minimis portion of the restructuring benefits, a stance often adopted since the early plan in Re Virgin Active [2021] EWHC 1246 ( Ch). Following Re Thames Water, the proper exercise is to assess a fair and reasonable division of the restructuring gains by reference to the value contributed by each class of creditor, expressly including out of the money creditors... Negotiations with out of the money creditors The judge confirmed that Re Petrofac does not impose a judicial precondition to sanction requiring the company, in every case, to show reasonable efforts to reach a...
In this issue: Economic crime and corporate transparency Disclosure of beneficial ownership Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Economic crime and corporate transparency Failure to prevent fraud—what are reasonable procedures? The failure to prevent fraud offence under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) functions as a benchmark for corporate compliance. To avert prosecution, companies must evidence proportionate steps tailored to the particular fraud risks they face. In the second instalment of our series, Aziz Rahman of Rahman Ravelli assesses the extent of the reasonable procedures defence, the compliance challenges it creates, and recurring pitfalls. He also stresses the crucial need for continual monitoring and periodic review to reduce fraud exposure and reinforce a company’s position if proceedings are brought. See News Analysis: Failure to...
The Taxonomy Regulation ( EU) 2020/852 establishes a system for identifying which economic activities qualify as environmentally sustainable. It is applied by both financial and non-financial companies, including to support the labelling of investments as environmentally sustainable. The delegated regulation signals a major step in the European Union’s continued refinement of its sustainable finance framework. The Commission seeks to make the regime more practical and less onerous, while still meeting the EU’s climate and environmental ambitions. Through the delegated regulation, the proposed changes to the Taxonomy Regulation aim to lighten administrative demands for financial and non-financial companies, bolster the EU’s global competitiveness, and protect the Regulation’s core aims. For more information on the new delegated regulation, see: Commission adopts Delegated Act to simplify EU Taxonomy reporting rules, LNB News 08/07/2025 17 Background on the Taxonomy Regulation In force since 2020, with reporting...
In this issue: Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Employee benefit trusts Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Budget date confirmed for 26 November 2025 Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced that the Budget will be held on Wednesday 26 November 2025. For details, see House of Commons Written Statement HCWS902. 3 September 2025 Employee benefit trusts HM Treasury publishes policy note and draft regulations on reforming the Money Laundering regime HM Treasury ( HMT) has issued a policy note outlining proposed changes to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 ( MLRs 2017), SI 2017/692, alongside the draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing ( Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 2025. The proposals set out targeted updates to the MLRs 2017, SI...
Ryanair chief Michael O’ Leary has welcomed yesterday’s framework struck with Booking to retail its flights, calling it a win for consumers and for the Irish budget airline. The carrier’s insistence on blocking some online travel agents from reselling its tickets has sparked competition complaints from rivals and a competition investigation in Italy. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels today, O’ Leary said that all major European OTAs, apart from e Dreams in Spain, have now agreed deals with Ryanair that provide direct access to the airline’s inventory. In exchange, they place reservations straight through Ryanair, guarantee customers Ryanair fares, and customers are no longer overcharged. The upside for Ryanair, he noted, is receiving each customer’s own credit card details and email address, allowing the airline to communicate with the customer directly rather than via fictitious emails or fake card details. Ryanair has...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Private children Public children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Division launches consultation on revised court allocation guidance The Family Division has commenced a public consultation on a thoroughly updated set of allocation and gatekeeping guidance for the family courts. Endorsed by the President of the Family Division, the draft draws together public and private law matters into one document, sets out tailored provisions for magistrates’ case allocation, and brings within scope adoption proceedings that were previously only cited in the Family Court ( Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014, SI 2014/840. This rewrite follows the work of the Family Magistrates Working Group, convened in February 2024, to examine existing allocation arrangements. The consultation period runs from 1...
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions OFSI revokes general licence for Evraz North American subsidiaries The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has cancelled General Licence INT/2022/1710676. First granted on 29 April 2022 under Regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( SI 2019/855), it had enabled Evraz plc’s North American subsidiaries to continue operating. See: LNB News 03/09/2025 30. AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing HM Treasury publishes policy note and draft regulations on reforming Money Laundering regime HM Treasury has issued a policy note outlining proposed changes to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, alongside draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing ( Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 2025. The...
In this issue: Corporate Crime cases to watch in the second half of 2025 Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Money laundering Corporate Crime in Scotland Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate Crime cases to watch in the second half of 2025 Leading corporate crime matters for the remainder of 2025 centre on the Serious Fraud Office’s intensified pursuit of illicit funds. Two actions underway could set the boundaries for when the agency may seize money suspected to be the...
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Patents IP and AI Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Copyright & associated rights UK music collective succeeds in stopping mass claim over ‘black box’ royalties. MLex: Judges at the Competition Appeal Tribunal ( CAT) have decided that a planned mass claim accusing a UK music copyright collective of unfairly distributing royalty income cannot proceed to trial. David Rowntree, Blur’s drummer, had sought compensation from the Performing Rights Society ( PRS) on behalf of thousands of songwriters concerning ‘black box’ royalties—funds that cannot be matched and paid to the correct artist. See: UK music collective wins action to halt mass claim over ‘black box’...
In this issue: Banking and finance Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Banking and finance European Parliament publishes proposed amendments to shorten EU securities settlement cycle to T+1 The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has unveiled draft changes to Regulation ( EU) No 909/2014, introducing a shorter settlement timetable for securities trades. Under the proposal, most transactions concluded on trading venues would settle on the next business day ( T+1) rather than the existing two-day cycle, with commencement targeted for 11 October 2027. The package carves out specified securities financing transactions and designates the European Securities and Markets Authority to supervise settlement efficiency throughout the transition. The reform seeks to lessen counterparty risk and harmonise EU markets with prevailing global practice. See: LNB News 03/09/2025 16......
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—4 September 2025 In this issue Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Restructuring Personal insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New content Key R& I law developments DBT updates overseas entities register guidance on trust information access The Department for Business and Trade has refreshed its Register of Overseas Entities guidance to explain new routes for accessing trust information, in force from 31 August 2025. Under the Register of Overseas Entities ( Protection and Trusts) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 ( SI 2025/231), people may seek formerly non-public trust details from Companies House, paying £55 per entity. A legitimate interest must be shown for requests covering multiple entities or those involving under‑18s. Companies House may set terms on how the data is used and can decline requests on...
In this issue: Data protection Cybersecurity Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection ICO launches consultation on Distributed Ledger Technologies guidance The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has opened a consultation to collect input on its draft guidance for Distributed Ledger Technologies. Framed as a survey, it examines organisational impact, opinions on the guidance, and broader remarks. The consultation remains open until 7 November 2025. See: LNB News 28/08/2025 29......
In this issue: Children's social care Planning Social housing Local government finance Social care Public procurement Education Healthcare Governance Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Children's social care When is a fact-finding hearing needed to inform risk assessment? ( G ( A Child: Scope of Fact- Finding)) In G ( A Child: Scope of Fact- Finding), the Court of Appeal considered whether refusing to order a fact-finding hearing about allegations that a mother caused the fatal injuries to an older child seven years earlier was erroneous, where the purpose was to inform the risk assessment and overall welfare evaluation in proceedings about her new baby. The majority concluded it was not, and that the assessment of risk could take into account a broad...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Leasing property Transferring property Easements, rights and covenants Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& A Key developments and horizon scanning Law Commission’s 14th programme of reform On 4 September 2025, the Law Commission unveiled its 14th Programme of Law reform. The newly announced workstreams cover agricultural tenancies, commercial leasehold, deeds, management of housing estates and ownerless land. New projects The Law Commission already has a project examining the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The fresh commercial leasehold initiative will contain two sub-projects: issues arising under the Landlord and Tenant ( Covenants) Act 1995, and rights of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, so far as the law...
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In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Nature and biodiversity protection Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change ‘ Bigger than we thought it was going to be’—the ICJ Advisory Opinion clarifies states’ legal obligations relating to climate change On 24 July 2025, the International Court of Justice ( ICJ) delivered its inaugural advisory opinion ( AO) on climate change. The AO has been widely acclaimed as a watershed for both international environmental law and climate litigation, converting climate ambition into binding legal duties and ushering in intensified scrutiny of governmental and corporate behaviour. Authored by Estelle Dehon KC, of...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Intellectual property International Supply of goods and services Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA Rulings—3 September 2025 Four challenges were lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) over travel sector ads that made absolute environmental claims about cruise ships—using phrases such as ‘eco-friendly’, ‘the world’s cleanest marine fuel’ and ‘a strong focus on sustainability’. The ASA upheld all complaints and instructed that the ads be withdrawn or revised, signalling a firm clamp-down on green claims within the cruise market. See: LNB News 03/09/2025 15. CAP extends advertising code scope to cover non- UK based licensed operators The Committee of Advertising Practice ( CAP) has widened the reach of its Code to deliver consistent oversight of online advertising. From 1 September 2025, the rules extend to...
The meeting followed closely after the DOJ released its new white-collar enforcement strategy in May 2025 and, in June 2025, respectively, its guidance on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA), underscoring the SFO’s revitalised drive for assertive corporate enforcement. That direction has been evident since Ephgrave assumed leadership of the SFO in September 2023, publicly pledging to accelerate investigations, and to cultivate influence and leverage through partnerships at home and abroad. Although the SFO and DOJ have long co-operated, the DOJ’s pronouncement suggests a further, welcome step towards Ephgrave’s aim for the SFO to become the preferred, default collaborator in practice. The manual explicitly envisages bringing in suitable foreign law enforcement bodies, including the SFO, at an early stage in investigations and matters touching US interests, where relevant. It instructs that, prior to opening a fresh FCPA case, US...
In this issue Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Sector- and industry-specific arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Freezing order discharged due to failure to serve arbitration claim form At the return hearing for a without-notice worldwide freezing order ( WWFO) in AAA v BBB (a company incorporated and registered in Curaçao) [2025] EWHC 1647 ( Comm), High Court examined the effect of the service period for the arbitration claim form having expired before the WWFO was granted. The court concluded claimant had not taken all reasonable measures to serve the claim form within the one‑month deadline. As a result, the conditions for granting a retrospective extension of time for service were not satisfied. Accordingly, the WWFO was discharged by the court on the return...
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Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
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