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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: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation The office-holder Financial institutions Daily and weekly news alerts Corporate Rescue and Insolvency ( August 2025) Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Companies House announces mandatory ID verification timeline starting November 2025 Companies House confirmed that compulsory identity checks under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) begin on 18 November 2025. Prospective directors must verify before incorporation or appointment, and existing directors will do so with their next confirmation statement. Persons with significant control have a 12-month transition to complete checks. The regime captures around 6–7 million people, who must finish verification by November 2026. Verification will run via GOV. UK One Login or through...
In this issue: JCT contracts Building safety Adjudication Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers JCT contracts A quick guide to the Employer’s power to instruct under the JCT Design and Build Contract Within the JCT suite, the Employer’s right to instruct is routinely assumed, even overlooked by many. Yet, this topic can be more nuanced than it initially seems. In this piece, James Ladner, legal director, and Fiona Fingland, associate, at Pinsent Masons, explore the foundations and breadth of the Employer’s instruction power under the JCT Design and Build Contract, the curbs on that authority, and what follows when the parties do not handle instructions as the contract requires, in accordance with its stated terms and procedures fully. See News Analysis: A quick guide to the Employer’s power to instruct under the JCT...
In this issue: Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Medical devices Intellectual property Post-market Data protection and life sciences Advertising of medicines Lex Talk® Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework NICE and MHRA to align under 10‑ Year Health Plan, speeding access to medicines The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ( NICE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) have established a joint information‑sharing arrangement to hasten NHS patients’ access to new medicines in England. As a component of the government’s 10‑ Year Health Plan for England, pharmaceutical companies are invited to engage early with both organisations to facilitate parallel decisions on licensing and value. The agencies indicate this joined‑up route should see medicines ready for NHS use at the point they obtain a UK licence, with access times expected to fall by three to six months. To access the...
Although the parties’ contract stated that US courts would have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes relating to the arbitration, the Second Circuit concluded that the Convention’s language—addressing annulment only by the competent authority of the country where the award was made, or whose law governed it—does not resolve whether a Convention signatory with secondary jurisdiction may hear a vacatur claim. Put differently, the treaty is silent on whether a non‑seat country can entertain a set‑aside challenge. There are several key points for arbitration practitioners to note: Federal district courts lack subject‑matter jurisdiction to consider petitions seeking to vacate foreign arbitral awards. The New York Convention is directed at the recognition and enforcement of awards outside the seat, and is not designed to let one country reappraise or invalidate another’s awards. US federal courts possess limited jurisdiction and cannot set aside foreign...
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 Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Commercial Court refuses appeal and orders indemnity costs In V and another v K; K v V [2025] EWHC 1704 ( Comm), Mr Justice Calver in the Commercial Court refused the claimants permission to appeal the earlier rejection of their sections 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ( AA 1996) challenges, citing procedural missteps and lack of merit. They did not seek permission at the hand‑down hearing, so the lower court lacked jurisdiction to grant leave. Nor did they file grounds of appeal at that hearing. An...
In this issue: Residential tenancies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Enforcing security and property insolvency Disputes and remedies Key developments and horizon scanning Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk® Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Residential tenancies An end to unmeritorious tenancy deposit claims ( Lowe v The Governors of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse) The Court of Appeal in Lowe v The Governors of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse [2025] EWCA Civ 857 upheld the refusal of a substantial claim under the tenancy deposit regime. The central question was whether a prescribed information certificate that, first, contained a mistake and, second, lacked a signature nevertheless complied with section 213 of the Housing Act 2004 ( HA 2004) and the related 2007 Order. Applying the Mannai principle and adopting a purposive reading of the statutory scheme, the court held that the certificate was sufficient to meet those...
In this issue: Data protection, cybersecurity and AI Financial sanctions Lex Talk® Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection, cybersecurity and AI ICO issues new guidance on secure document disclosure to reduce data breaches The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has issued new guidance to support organisations in securely disclosing documents with significant volumes of information, especially when dealing with Freedom of Information ( FOI) and subject access requests ( SARs). It highlights the danger of unintentionally revealing concealed personal data—such as metadata, hidden rows, columns, worksheets and active filters—and provides practical actions, checklists and how-to videos to help organisations detect and remove this material. The advice also suggests converting files into simpler formats, steering clear of ineffective redaction approaches, and employing tools such as Microsoft Document...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—7 August 2025 In this issue: Vicarious liability Road traffic collisions Incidents overseas Product liability Clinical negligence Costs CPR updates AI and legal technology developments in litigation Further PI and clinical negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Vicarious liability Vicarious liability, akin to employment and true independent contractors Liability for the conduct of individuals engaged by, or acting for, others has been closely examined and broadened by recent Supreme Court authorities ( Various Claimants v Barclays Bank Plc, Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society and BXB v Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses). Yet, notwithstanding that development, the High Court affirmed the ongoing relevance and status of genuinely...
In this issue: Social housing Highways Education Children's social care Social care Environmental law and climate change Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing When is a residential letting agent not a person managing a licensable HMO? When it is a ‘let-only’ arrangement ( Cetin v Epping Forest DC) An appeal before the Upper Tribunal in Cetin v Epping Forest District Council determined that a residential letting agent engaged on a ‘let only’ basis to let a single room in an HMO, who collects one instalment of rent on the day the letting is agreed and then has no further role, is not a ‘person managing’ the HMO for the purposes of section 263(3) of the Housing Act 2004. Accordingly, the agent does not assume the...
In this issue: Pension Protection Fund Trustees Scheme governance Investment The Pensions Regulator Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Protection Fund PPF postpones 2025/26 levy invoicing with update due in autumn The Pension Protection Fund ( PPF) has paused invoicing for the 2025/26 levy year, with a further progress update expected in the autumn. In January 2025, it set out levy rules projecting a £45m total—half the 2024/25 figure—and included the option of a zero conventional levy if the Pension Schemes Bill advances sufficiently. The Bill, which would give the PPF greater latitude over whether to impose a levy and at what level for eligible schemes, is scheduled for parliamentary debate in autumn 2025. The PPF will watch the Bill’s passage before confirming the final position on the 2025/26 levy. While billing is on hold, mean scores will...
In this issue: New content Corporate governance Trackers Useful Information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas New content New Q& A When a CSOP company faces a takeover, can there be a partial rollover of its CSOP options, and might that be extended only to selected CSOP option holders rather than universally? Corporate governance Zegona Communications CEO receives £129m bonus Reports note that the CEO of Zegona Communications plc received a £129m bonus last year, together with annual pay and benefits approaching £2m, making him the highest‑paid chief executive of a London‑listed company. Zegona’s operations chief also took home a total package worth £66m. The awards followed Zegona’s purchase of Vodafone’s Spanish business last year. As set out in Zegona’s annual report, the awards arose under the company’s long‑standing management share incentive scheme, intended to deliver ongoing...
According to TPR’s press release, the sum recovered acts as compensation for monies removed from Dundee-based packaging firm Discovery Flexibles Ltd ( Discovery Flexibles) while its pension scheme was in deficit. The monies exited Discovery Flexibles via management charges and dividends, or as loans to other companies, across the period 2008 to 2019. TPR confirmed that extracting monies from Discovery Flexibles caused ‘material detriment’ to its pension scheme — the Danapak Flexibles Retirement Benefits Scheme (the Scheme). Discovery Flexibles was transferred to new owners in 2019. In the press release, Gaucho Rasmussen, Executive Director of Regulatory Compliance at TPR, stated that this case reflects their commitment to protecting savers and safeguarding the integrity of the pensions system......
In this issue: Trusts Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals tracker Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Insolvency—private client Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Trusts Of DIA launches call for views on UK trust services market development Trusts Of DIA launches call for views on UK trust services market development The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes ( Of DIA) has opened a call for views on uptake of trust services— including electronic...
In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Equity capital markets Environmental, social and governance issues Members Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Companies House announces mandatory ID verification timeline starting November 2025 Companies House confirms that identity checks required by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 will begin on 18 November 2025. New directors must be verified for incorporation or appointment; existing directors will verify at their next confirmation statement. People with significant control ( PSCs) have a 12‑month transition window. Around 6–7 million individuals must complete verification by November 2026. Verification will run via GOV. UK One Login or through Authorised Corporate Service Providers, and acting as a director without verification will become an offence once the regime starts. See: LNB News 05/08/2025 29. Equity capital markets FCA publishes Handbook Notice No 132 The Financial Conduct Authority has issued...
In this issue: Pay Protected characteristics Prohibited conduct Prohibited conduct protection at work Equality of terms (equal pay) Individual rights arising from union membership ESG and sustainability: employment issues Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Pay DBT publishes 2025 LPC remit for minimum wage recommendations The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has released a policy paper outlining the Low Pay Commission’s ( LPC) remit for 2025. In shaping its recommendations on National Minimum Wage ( NMW) and National Living Wage ( NLW) rates from 1 April 2026, the LPC is tasked with ensuring the NLW remains at least two-thirds of median earnings, while taking into...
In this issue: Regulated activities Authorisation, approval and supervision Accountability, culture and social governance Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Dispute resolution for financial services lawyers Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance Fintech and cryptoassets Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Regulated activities FCA releases Handbook Notice No 132 The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has issued Handbook Notice No 132, setting out amendments to the FCA Handbook approved by the FCA board on 26 June, 30 June, 10 July, 18 July and 31 July 2025. See: LNB News...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies General-purpose AI rules under EU AI Act start to apply on 2 August The European Commission has put the principal governance arrangements for the EU AI Act in place ahead of the 2 August 2025 implementation deadline. The European AI Board, made up of EU Member States, is now in operation. By 2 August, Member States must appoint national competent authorities to implement, oversee and enforce AI system requirements, investigate compliance, nominate notified bodies for pre-market approvals, and create regulatory sandboxes. The Commission has also set rules for a Scientific Panel of independent specialists and opened applications for both the Panel and the EU AI Act...
In this issue: Statutory compliance Property development Residential property Transferring property Property insolvency Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Statutory compliance Remediation contribution orders can be retrospective The Court of Appeal heard Triathlon Homes v Stratford Village Development Partnership & Others together with Adriatic Land 5 Ltd v Leaseholders of Hippersley Point in March 2025 ( Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership and other companies ( Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, intervening) [2025] EWCA Civ 846). The shared issue across both matters concerned whether key provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 ( BSA 2022) operate with retrospective effect. In Triathlon, Lords Justices Newey, Nugee and Holgate unanimously rejected the appeal by Stratford Village...
Mergers The CMA has set out the schedule for the slot-release process for the IATA summer 2026 season, pursuant to commitments made by IAG to the European Commission concerning its purchase of bmi ( M.6447)......
In this issue: Competition and state aid Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Environment Insurance and reinsurance Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Competition and state aid State aid— Court of Justice rules on an Italian reference, declaring renewable energy State aid inadmissible. In Case C-514/23, Tiberis Holding, the Court considered questions from Italy on whether a national scheme encouraging electricity generation from renewable sources is compatible with the EU internal market. See News Analysis: EU Competition law—daily round-up (01/08/2025)... State aid— European Commission opens a call for evidence on technical updates to the ETS State aid guidelines. The Commission is seeking views on planned revisions to the Emissions Trading System State aid guidelines ( ETS Guidelines), with feedback invited until 5 September 2025. As...
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