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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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New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 19 August 2025 Our 19 August 2025 Risk & Compliance forecast monitors forthcoming regulatory developments affecting risk and compliance, helping you prepare for potential impacts and plan for any changes relevant to your organisation. Please review it thoroughly; however, the highlights that should be on your radar are outlined below. New items we’re tracking this month HMRC’s AML supervision fees— A policy paper from HMRC sets out suggested revisions to AML supervision charges under the Money Laundering Regulations ( MLR 2017). The discussion window remains open until 29 August 2025. A summary and proposed next steps will follow. See: AML, CTF and counter-proliferation financing. NCA system priorities— The NCA has issued its ‘ System Priorities’ for addressing economic crime in 2025, designed to help the regulated sector deploy resources efficiently whilst maintaining regulatory compliance. See: AML, CTF and...
Market studies CMA consults on updated draft guidance for markets regime The CMA has opened a consultation on refreshed updated draft guidance outlining its approach to the markets regime under the Enterprise Act 2002. At present, the CMA’s approach to the markets regime is described across a range of guidance papers. The revised draft seeks to bring together and consolidate, in one document, its existing material on market reviews, market studies, market investigations, and the oversight and assessment of remedies. Background On 5 November 2024, the CMA issued a consultation concerning its suite of markets regime guidance documents......
Antitrust CMA consults on updated guidance on the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption The CMA has opened a consultation on its draft revised guidance for the Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption ( PTTSBE). Background The PTTSBE excludes specific integrated ticketing arrangements, agreed by transport operators, from the Chapter I prohibition under the Competition Act 1998. In 2016, following a CMA review, the PTTSBE was extended for a further ten years and is currently set to terminate on 28 February 2026 as scheduled......
Mergers The Commission approved Brose Sitech Sp. acquiring exclusive control over Proseat’s foam, trim and lightweight components operations through a business purchase......
R ( Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 2013 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? Grasping the effect of this judgment will assist practitioners advising clients on challenges to proscription decisions, particularly where the defendant advances an objection which, if resolved in the defendant’s favour, would be fatal to the claim. Such a contention should therefore be determined as a preliminary issue. In that context, the court will also consider whether the issue is liable to arise in other matters, and thus its broader significance. The court remarked that, although nothing prevents an organisation from seeking de-proscription soon after it is first proscribed, the original proscription decision is temporally distinct from a decision refusing a de-proscription application. Once a de-proscription application is lodged, the SSHD has 90 days to determine it. During that period, and then while any...
On 14 August 2025, the LMA issued a warning as the UK and EU prepare to cut the price cap for Russian oil to US$47.60 per barrel in September 2025, down from the US$60 level fixed by the Group of Seven ( G7) industrial countries in 2022. The US, however, has so far yet to confirm if it will align by cutting its own cap, which the LMA said is creating complications for insurers......
Introduction Across the art sector, disagreements surface in many settings. Whether it is inheritance wrangles over rights in artworks, restitution demands, complex provenance questions, or efforts to trace and reclaim looted cultural objects, the case for robust dispute resolution is plain. In a trade where discretion, if not outright secrecy, matters greatly, those embroiled in conflict typically seek to shun publicity for many reasons, not least to safeguard the value of the piece concerned. Numerous art disputes have been decided by courts around the world. While the courts provide an obvious forum, privacy‑minded participants in the art market are not readily drawn to this method of resolution, for rather evident reasons. Against that backdrop, arbitration stands out as a notably useful and practical process. For market participants anxious to preserve discretion and protect asset values, a private forum that avoids public scrutiny holds clear...
US District Judge Margo K. Brodie’s 14 August 2025 Ruling On 14 August 2025, US District Judge Margo K. Brodie dismissed the claimants’ bid to overturn the clause in the arbitration agreement that assigns questions about the agreement’s scope to an arbitrator. She likewise rejected their contention that a term requiring mass claims to be 'batched' in sets of 100 was too opaque for users and prohibited by federal arbitration law. The court determined the claimants were attacking the arbitration agreement overall rather than the specific delegation provision. As a result, the delegation clause had to be regarded as valid and enforceable, with any issues of arbitrability to be resolved by an arbitrator, her decision explained. By way of illustration, the judge observed that the claimants had asserted the delegation clause was procedurally unconscionable because 'the arbitration clause is... riddled with internal...
Technological Aspects of Generative AI in the Context of Copyright The European Parliament’s Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs has issued a briefing titled ‘ Technological Aspects of Generative AI in the Context of Copyright’. This technical note, presented in accessible terms, describes how Gen AI works via the idea of hypersurfaces. If that sounds baffling, the paper compares a hypersurface to a rubber sheet stretched across many dimensions, with each training point tugging slightly, producing a smooth yet intricate terrain that runs close to many original training data points. Gen AI is unlike traditional machine learning: rather than predicting a label or property from inputs (determinism), these models are trained to synthesise fresh outputs through probabilistic sampling across learnt distributions. This is not ‘human learning’ and does not amount to ‘understanding’. Instead, it is statistical...
How is the Insolvency Service changing? Dave Magrath, the Insolvency Service’s director of investigation and enforcement services, is guiding the agency into an expanded role set out in its new strategy to intensify investigations and enforcement. The plan features the hiring of 250 staff to support the Insolvency Service’s widening remit. That remit now reaches into prosecuting a broader array of economic crime offences against both individuals and companies. This expansion, revealed in July 2025, follows the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which introduced over 100 additional offences the service can prosecute under the Companies Act 2006. The agency has also received extra funding to shoulder greater responsibilities. In 2024, the Insolvency Service has helped secure convictions for 77 individuals, disqualified around 1,000 directors, and wound up 41 companies. The government has recently transferred enforcement of coronavirus ( COVID-19) loan scheme cases to the...
Subsidy control The Subsidy Advice Unit has released its finalised reports offering guidance to the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding: the proposed Scottish Investment Zones subsidy scheme—see the final report for further details the proposed Welsh Investment Zones subsidy scheme—see the final report for further details Note— For all decisions referred to the Subsidy Advice Unit under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, see the UK subsidy control—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming UK competition developments, see the UK Competition calendar......
Taxi licensing— A hire of a Private Hire Vehicle ( PHV) is not a contract at the point of booking! ( DELTA Merseyside Ltd & Veezu Holdings Ltd v Uber Britannia Ltd) DELTA Merseyside Ltd & Veezu Holdings Ltd v Uber Britannia Ltd [2025] UKSC 31 What are the practical implications of this case? Local authority licensing officers and lawyers can, definitively, breathe easier: they no longer face the task of deciding whether private hire vehicle operators enter into contracts with passengers—a position the High Court had declared when interpreting LG( MP) A 1976, Pt II, before that declaration was discharged by the Court of Appeal. In the wake of Uber’s appeal being dismissed, Gerald Gouriet KC—who acted for DELTA in the High Court and for Veezu in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court—reflected on the litigation, noting that the path from the High Court to the...
An intergovernmental negotiating committee discussed the convention's second protocol, themed around prevention and resolution of tax disputes, during the second session of its project to draft proposals for the UN General Assembly's consideration in 2027, according to a livestream from the organisation's headquarters. A broad majority supported a flexible protocol designed as a menu, enabling states to opt in or opt out of particular provisions; however, many participants opposed adding arbitration as a method for settling tax disputes. An Indian delegate observed there is frequently 'a clear imbalance' in arbitration between the financial, legal and technical resources of multinational enterprises and those available to developing countries. In UN meetings, individuals are generally not named; instead, speakers are cited by the country or organisation they represent. According to India’s representative, this disparity places administrations with more limited administrative and technical capacity at a...
What are the practical implications of this case? As noted earlier, Indian courts have, as a rule, avoided restraining arbitrations seated abroad, yet this ruling carves out a troubling precedent. India’s declared ambition to advance arbitration and be internationally acknowledged as an ‘arbitration hub’ has taken a marked blow. The court endorsed the broad remit of a civil court under section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ( CPC 1908) to support the issue of an injunction qua the arbitral process. At the same time, it accepts that such authority should be invoked only in exceptional situations where the proceedings are plainly vexatious or oppressive. In this matter, the arbitrator’s omission to disclose was treated as a material circumstance, prompting a finding that the arbitral proceedings offended Indian public policy and were therefore fit to be injuncted. A further...
Mergers The Commission approved: the formation of a joint venture by Alba NGM Co- Invest S. L. P. S and Mirova Energy Transition 6 S. L. P. ( M.12053) following a phase I review—see further, Midday Express the purchase of joint control of SG Global Midco Limited by Bain Capital Credit L. P.......
Tradeinn Retail Services S. L. Case C‑76/24 What are the practical implications of this case? Under Article 10(3)(b) of Directive ( EU) 2015/2436, an unauthorised third party may not use a trade mark by offering or placing goods on the market, by holding stock for those ends under the sign, or by offering or providing services beneath it. The Court of Justice confirmed that storing goods bearing an infringing trade mark in one state constitutes an offence where the intention is to market those goods in the state in which the trade mark is registered. What was the background? PH owns two German trade marks, ED and a device, registered for, inter alia, ‘diving equipment, diving suits, diving gloves, diving masks and breathing apparatus for diving’. From Spain, Tradeinn Retail promoted diving accessories for sale on its website and via Amazon.de using PH’s trade marks. Items...
Norman Hay v Marsh Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 58 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision highlights the crucial difference between a claim on a liability policy and a claim against a broker for negligently failing to arrange that protection. It also reinforces two procedural fundamentals: where factual questions on causation require determination at trial, the court will not grant summary disposal; and allegations of negligence and causation must be pleaded with particulars stated clearly and in sufficient detail. What was the background? The facts were tragic. Mr Kelsall, an employee of IMP, a subsidiary of Norman Hay, travelled to the US in November 2018. He hired a car and opted not to purchase insurance. On his return to the airport, he drove on the wrong side of the road and was involved in a collision, resulting in his death and causing serious injury to a third...
What are the practical implications of this case? The decision underscores that courts ought not to be overly reluctant to impose penalties in committal proceedings arising from Family law orders. It is widely recognised that these disputes carry heightened emotional strain and may affect the wider family dynamic more acutely than other proceedings that might prompt a committal application. For that reason, courts have, historically, hesitated to order sanctions such as a custodial term in this arena, especially where the child’s best interests underpin the order in respect of which the committal proceedings have arisen. In this matter, the mother persistently defied the court’s directions and, at the appeal hearing, made plain her ongoing refusal to comply. The appellate court declined to endorse Mr Justice Nicklin’s approach in Oliver v Shaikh, namely that, where there is tension between signalling the court’s...
HMRC has charged a tax accountancy firm with the failure to prevent tax evasion in connection with an alleged fraud involving research and development repayments HMRC has brought a case against a tax accountancy practice, alleging failure to prevent tax evasion linked to purported research and development repayment fraud. It marks the first occasion the authority has hauled a company before the courts over whether its tax evasion compliance programmes were adequate. Alongside the corporate action, six individuals have also been charged, among them a former director of the firm. After criticism from lawmakers about limited enforcement, HMRC has deployed the offence, signalling a willingness to test the law in court rather than depend on its deterrent effect, according to Reuben Vandercruyssen of Hogan Lovells LLP. He said the matter indicates a tougher stance on financial crime, with HMRC opting to pursue...
DAZN Ltd v Coupang, Corp [2025] EWCA Civ 1083 What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment is notable for clarifying that valuable, high‑profile sports rights can be transferred informally where the parties’ exchanges are clear enough. The principal contractual communications were brief emails, only a few lines long. Yet the earlier Whats App messages and telephone calls showed that both sides intended to be legally bound. This remained the case even though they expected to draft and sign a formal written document later, since that prospective ‘long‑form’ agreement was not a prerequisite to concluding a binding, interim contract......
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