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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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The European Commission has issued a draft delegated regulation to modify the Solvency II Delegated Regulation and establish an updated prudential regime for insurers and reinsurers, enabling both improved capital management and broader investment opportunities, reflecting the changes to Solvency II and the proposed amendments to the Securitisation Regulation......
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In this issue Key developments and horizon scanning Residential tenancies Electronic communications Forfeiture Trespass and adverse possession Disputes and remedies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Neighbour and party wall disputes Easements and covenants Enfranchisement and right to manage Additional Property Disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Latest Q& A Key developments and horizon scanning BPF blog on the proposed ban of Upwards Only Rent Reviews The British Property Federation ( BPF) has issued a Spotlight Series blog featuring insights from its Head of Communications, Dominic Curran, following the government’s 10 July 2025 announcement proposing a prohibition on Upwards Only Rent Reviews ( UORRs). The article sets out what UORRs are and why they exist, assesses the government’s...
In this issue: Criminal liability Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal liability On 24 July 2025, the Joint Committee on Human Rights ( JCHR) issued a report cautioning that the UK’s legal framework is failing to keep products made with forced labour out of the market. It proposes new laws compelling companies to undertake human rights due...
In this issue: Probate Trusts Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Regulatory compliance for Private Client Family businesses and ownership structures Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk® Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Probate Application granted to seal Will of former IRA agent ( Johnson v His Majesty’s Attorney- General) The Chancery Division, on a summons, ordered the Will of Frank Cowley (formerly Freddie Scappaticci) to be sealed pursuant to the Non- Contentious Probate Rules 1987, SI...
HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC) stated in an update that the combined value of tax and National Insurance ( NI) relief on pension contributions increased to £52.5bn in the 2023/24 tax year, up from £50.1bn in the previous corresponding period. These figures are likely to intensify talk of a raid on pension tax relief by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Autumn Statement, which she is expected to present between late October and early November 2025. Tom Selby, Director of Public Policy at investment platform AJ Bell, said that, with Rachel Reeves hemmed in by an ever-tightening fiscal straitjacket, the chancellor faces an ever more frantic hunt for the tens of billions of pounds likely still required to honour her ‘cast iron’ borrowing rules in the budget......
In this issue: Companies and corporation tax Incentivised investment Indirect taxes Individuals and capital gains tax International Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Useful information Companies and corporation tax HMRC trialling the removal of corporation tax payment reminder letters The CIOT has outlined an HMRC pilot starting in July 2025 under which corporation tax return and payment reminders ( CT208) will not be issued to a cohort of companies represented by an authorised agent. The exercise aims to gauge whether withdrawing CT208 affects businesses supported by agents. To track any effect on the management of corporation tax debt, the pilot is scheduled to run until December 2025, but HMRC will stop it early if there is a notable rise in overall corporation tax debt. This sits...
In this issue: Football Governance Act Lending Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Football Governance Act Football Governance Act 2025 comes into force The Football Governance Act 2025 ( FGA 2025) creates the Independent Football Regulator ( IFR), setting out a framework for licensing football clubs, for arrangements governing the allocation of revenues received by organisers of football competitions, and for related purposes. It took partial effect on 21 July 2025, with full commencement to follow on such day or days as the Secretary of State may specify by Regulations. Of particular relevance to finance lawyers advising on deals involving football clubs is FGA 2025, s 46. This provides that a regulated club, or any body that has been a regulated club within the...
Domestic Irish Funds AML/ CFT/ FS sectoral guidelines Irish Funds has refreshed its AML/ CFT/ FS sectoral guidance materials. This sectoral guidance should be regarded as supplementary to the Central Bank of Ireland’s AML/ CFT guidance for the financial sector, and should therefore be read alongside the Central Bank’s guidance... European ESMA publishes its UCITS eligible assets advice to the European Commission ESMA has delivered its recommendations to the European Commission concerning the review of Directive 2007/16/ EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to UCITS, with an emphasis on clarifying specific definitions (the EAD). The EAD, as an implementing directive, sets out detailed clarification on the types of assets a UCITS is allowed to invest in......
In this issue: Disputes and regulatory enforcement Medical devices Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Data protection and life sciences Commercialisation Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Disputes and regulatory enforcement Astellas defeats bid by generics to overturn cancer drug patent protections. Law360 reports that, on 23 July 2025, producers of generic medicines were unable to persuade a London appeal judge to set aside the remaining protections for Astellas Pharma’s leading prostate cancer therapy, Xtandi, as the evidence was held to be ‘tainted with hindsight’. See: Astellas beats generics application to set aside cancer drug patent. Judgment Alert: General Pharmaceutical Council v Ahmed [2025] EWHC 1866 ( Admin). The Administrative Court allowed the General Pharmaceutical Council’s application, under Article 56(5) of the Pharmacy Order 2010, to prolong an interim suspension imposed on the respondent, a registered pharmacist, for a further nine months. The respondent neither attended nor obtained...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Private children Financial provision Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and introducing the work of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. On 16 July 2025, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, and Lord Justice Birss delivered speeches at a session hosted by the Ministry of Justice and The Law Society. The occasion marked 25 years of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee ( CPRC) and unveiled the public engagement activity undertaken by the Online Procedure Rule Committee ( OPRC). The Master of the Rolls set out the statutory basis for the OPRC and the digital justice system. The OPRC’s operations were also highlighted, including its role in drafting rules and...
In this issue: Immigration Pay Pensions Prohibited conduct (discrimination) Working time and flexible working Data protection and employee information Confidentiality, duties and restrictions: enforcement Financial services and banking: employment issues Issues arising on termination 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 Immigration Home Office announces operational partnership with delivery giants to combat illegal working The Home Office has unveiled an operational partnership with Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to clamp down on illegal working in the UK’s delivery sector. Under the agreement, enforcement is strengthened by enabling delivery companies to receive information, including the locations of asylum hotels, to help identify misuse. The collaboration also introduces tighter security, such as facial...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments of relevance to business immigration advisers. Immigration cases January— June 2025 review Barrister Adam Pipe of No 8 Chambers assesses the standout cases from January to June 2025 for immigration advisers, clarifying their significance. The review addresses case law on ‘global assessments’ in sponsor licence revocations, employing relatives under the Skilled Worker route, Skilled Workers undertaking voluntary roles, deprivation of citizenship, Article 8 ECHR, EEA and EU Settlement Scheme issues, and reported decisions from the Upper Tribunal during the period. See News Analysis: Immigration cases January— June 2025 review. UK immigration control: how it works The Global...
In this issue Corporate governance Equity capital markets Members Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate governance Institutional Shareholder Services ( ISS) Governance has unveiled its 2025 Global Benchmark Policy Survey, a core element of its yearly policy-setting programme that may shape ISS policy changes for 2026. The survey examines issues including shareholder rights in multi-class capital structures and board practices, with an emphasis on director overboarding. It also requests input on non-executive director remuneration and executive pay, as well as UK hybrid equity incentive arrangements. Further sections consider developing governance and risk oversight themes covering artificial intelligence, biodiversity, cyber security, and human rights. The survey closes on 22 August 2025. After responses have been analysed, ISS will open a public consultation to seek feedback on the main proposed policy updates for 2026, with final changes expected later in 2025. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Buildings and building regulations Planning appeals and objections Planning policy Planning obligations Marine planning Green belts Water resource management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Buildings and building regulations Supreme Court clarifies interpretation of building distance requirements under Cremation Act 1902 ( Wathen- Fayed v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and another) The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal in Wathen- Fayed v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. It ruled that, in section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902 ( CA 1902), ‘crematorium’ means a ‘building fitted with appliances for the purpose of burning human remains’—that is, the crematory building. Consequently, the distance requirements in CA 1902, s 5 are to be measured from the building that contains the...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Data protection E-commerce International Public procurement Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—30 July 2025 A single complaint was filed with the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) about misleading savings representations by Origin Sleep UK Ltd, trading as Origin Mattress, during a promotional sale. The ASA upheld the complaint. The challenge was brought by competitor Simba Sleep Ltd. See: LNB News 30/07/2025 4. Agency and distribution Supreme Court delivers judgment on dishonest assistance liability in breach of fiduciary duties case ( Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) and another) The Supreme Court, by a majority, allowed the appeal, confirming that a defendant who dishonestly assists a...
In this issue: Licensing Planning Social housing Education Children's social care Public procurement Governance Social care Local government finance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Licensing Supreme Court clarifies operator liability under PHV licensing regime ( D. E. L. T. A. Merseyside Ltd v Uber Britannia Ltd) The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected Uber Britannia Ltd’s appeal, confirming that private hire operators outside London are not obliged to accept bookings as contracting principals. Philip Kolvin KC of 11KBW, counsel for the First Respondent, welcomed the ruling, saying it definitively protects the ability of operators, drivers and passengers to set their own contractual terms, preserving established industry practice and consumer choice. Josef Cannon KC of Cornerstone Barristers emphasised that section 56(1) imposes liability without prescribing contract form, allowing agency and intermediary models to continue across England and Wales. See News Analysis: Supreme Court clarifies operator liability under PHV licensing regime ( D. E. L. T. A....
In this issue: Reputation management New technologies Internet Data protection Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Reputation management High Court discharges super-injunction in Afghan data breach case ( Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Ltd) In Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Ltd [2025] EWHC 1806 ( Admin), the High Court lifted a super-injunction, a notable juncture where privacy, national security and open justice intersect. The ruling resets the balance between state secrecy and the public’s entitlement to be informed, underscoring the need for democratic accountability when handling sensitive governmental mistakes. By making the ruling public—together with the earlier judgments in the matter—the court signals the limits of...
In this issue: CPR updates Employer's liability Clinical negligence Coroner's inquests Claims involving a fatality Costs Other PI and clinical negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information CPR updates 185th Practice Direction update—online claims—in force 18 July 2025 The Master of the Rolls and the Minister of State for Justice have issued the 185th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules, taking effect on 18 July 2025. It revises CPR PD 51R ( Online Civil Money Claims) and CPR PD 51ZB ( Damages Claims Pilot), and inserts a new fixed costs section within CPR PD 51R. Both pilot schemes are extended by a further 12 months, now running until 1 October 2026. See: LNB News 30/07/2025 24. 186th and 188th practice...
Funding, surplus and investment Government urged to amend Pension Scheme Bill’s reserve powers to allow pension funds access to private markets through investment trusts On 25 July 2025, the Association of Investment Companies ( AIC) published a press note and an accompanying letter, dated 22 July 2025, to Torsten Bell, Minister for Pensions, urging changes to the current Pension Schemes Bill mandation provisions. The AIC asked the government to enable pension funds to invest in private assets via investment companies, also known as investment trusts, which are presently outside the scope of the Bill’s proposed reserve powers. As drafted, the Bill would grant the government reserve powers to require defined contribution ( DC) schemes to allocate a share of their assets to UK private investments. However, the AIC argues that, in its current form, the legislation would stop DC schemes from meeting any...
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