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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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Energyen Corporation v HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd and another company [2025] EWHC 1586 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? The decision furnishes a clear overview of the principles informing the English courts’ handling of the effect of overseas corporate reorganisations, in the setting of challenges to arbitral awards under AA 1996, s 67. It explains the courts’ method for analysing how corporate succession bears upon English law contracts concluded before any restructuring, and the continuing status of the arbitration agreements embedded in those contracts. The strike rate of s 67 jurisdictional challenges to awards has remained consistently low, and that picture is expected to endure following the commencement of the Arbitration Act 2025 (which takes effect on 1 August 2025). The new legislation will underpin updated court rules that will, among other matters, limit parties’...
The new Pensions Commission will probe the disparity in savings between women and men and investigate why workers are not saving more into their private pensions. Government analysis shows nearly one in two working-age people set nothing aside, the announcement said. It will also examine the reasons behind low contributions to private pensions. Set up in 2002 by Tony Blair’s Labour government, the Pensions Commission will deliver its final report in 2027, outlining measures to secure better outcomes for those starting work and for future retirees. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall argued people should be confident of a reasonable income in later life. Yet, she acknowledged, that aspiration remains out of reach for many, particularly those on low wages or the self-employed......
Ireland spent €1.4bn on R& D tax credits in 2023 tax authority According to a departmental report, the expense of the R& D tax credit recorded the biggest rise over the past decade, soaring by 234% since 2013, the department noted......
Access the minutes here: Online Procedure Rule Committee Minutes—9 June 2025. Welcome, apologies and introductory remarks (item 1) Approval was given to the minutes from the 12 May 2025 meeting (see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—12 May 2025). Nothing particular was recorded against the action log. OPRC event update (item 2) It was noted that arrangements for the OPRC event on 16 July 2025 are advancing well. The Civil Procedure Rule Committee ( CPRC) session is planned for the morning, with the OPRC session taking place later in the day. Delegates may attend both. The CPRC session will feature a discussion on alternative dispute resolution, to be led by Lady Justice Aplin. Consultation on the digital justice system (item 3) The OPRC resolved to merge the papers for the consultation on the digital justice system into a single document......
Antitrust The application has been made public in Case C- 341/25 Sintexcal, a preliminary request from Italy asking whether, among other matters, Article 101 TFEU and Directive ( EU) 2019/1 bar domestic rules that set inflexible procedural deadlines for launching competition investigations, which could trigger automatic annulment or place the evidential burden on the enforcement authorities even where no concrete prejudice to rights of defence is shown—see further, application. NOTE— For all live national references before the Court of Justice, see further, Court of Justice national references—ongoing cases tracker State aid The application has been published in Case C- 309/25 Enefit Green, a national reference from Latvia seeking guidance on whether, inter alia, a measure granted to a State-owned company constitutes State aid under Article 107(1) TFEU, particularly in light of the private market operator principle, the notion of economic advantage, and the treatment of public...
Veranova Bidco LP v Johnson Matthey plc and others [2025] EWHC 707 ( Comm) What happened? Veranova Bidco LP v Johnson Matthey plc and others concerned the disposal of shares in a healthcare business. As is typical on a share sale, the parties negotiated: a sale and purchase agreement ( SPA), containing a number of warranties given by the sellers to the buyer about the condition of the target business, and a disclosure letter, identifying the respects in which those warranties did not hold true For further information on disclosure in the sale of a business, see the section below headed ‘ What is a disclosure letter and how does disclosure work?’. Following completion, the buyer discovered that, prior to signing the SPA and disclosure letter, one of the target company’s customers had received an offer to supply a particular pharmaceutical product at a...
A three-judge panel affirmed the conclusions of Michael Tappin KC, who sat as a deputy High Court judge, dismissing Astra Zeneca’s attempt to overturn his ruling that its dapagliflozin patent added nothing beyond an earlier international patent application. Justice Richard Arnold, writing for the court, said specialists reading Astra Zeneca’s claims would have a ‘legitimate reason to doubt’ that dapagliflozin would serve as an effective therapy for diabetes. The row centres on Astra Zeneca’s patent for the dapagliflozin molecule, which lapsed in May 2023. Astra Zeneca had obtained supplementary protection certificates for the compound, due to run until May 2028. A number of generic manufacturers — including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd and Generics ( UK) Ltd — petitioned the High Court to revoke the patent and, by extension, the supplementary protections, seeking to pave the way to market their own...
Full press release follows: Commission urges IRELAND, LATVIA and PORTUGAL to fully transpose EU rules accelerating permitting procedures for renewable energy projects Today, the European Commission chose to send reasoned opinions to Ireland ( INFR(2024)0231), Latvia ( INFR(2024)0237) and Portugal ( INFR(2024)0245) because they have not fully transposed into national legislation the provisions of the revised Renewable Energy Directive on simplifying and accelerating permitting procedures in law......
Mergers The CMA initiated its phase 1 inquiry and published its invitation to comment in relation to the anticipated acquisition by Rebids U. K....
Insurance industry insiders fear cautious watchdogs will not go far enough to make the country genuinely internationally competitive, meaningfully so on the world stage, when set against long-established captive insurance centres such as Guernsey and Luxembourg. Captives—dedicated insurance vehicles formed to underwrite a parent company’s risks—are an appealing mechanism for businesses aiming to manage risk financing on their balance sheets more effectively. They provide more bespoke cover, lower premiums and more direct access to wholesale reinsurance markets, too. Yet the UK’s stringent regulatory posture has historically largely treated these entities, for the purposes of solvency and capital adequacy, as equivalent to full commercial insurers. Observers worry the UK’s captive regime could be strangled at birth if the government’s new framework proves comparatively too capital‑intensive against rival centres and benchmarks. Before Brexit, Britain’s regulators were criticised for gold‑plating EU...
J PMorgan Chase Bank NA v VTB Bank PJSC The 5 June ruling of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales in this case stands as a landmark statement on the authority of the English courts to grant anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions, at a time when cross-border banking conflicts routinely span numerous legal systems. Emerging from intricate demand guarantee arrangements and concurrent Russian litigation, the judgment firmly reasserts English jurisdictional precedence where parties have agreed to exclusive arbitration clauses. Central to the decision is a judicial insistence on the sanctity of bargain amid an international banking landscape marked by sovereign intrusion and simultaneous suits. The dispute traces back to JPMorgan Chase’s issuance of a demand guarantee for VTB Bank, expressly governed by English law and containing exclusive London Court of International Arbitration ( LCIA) provisions....
On 14 July 2025, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS) launched consultation on the second edition of its standard for secured lending valuations of multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential properties with cladding. The refreshed standard is for RICS members undertaking valuations for secured lending......
Under new guidance from the Commission pursuant to the EU DSA, online service providers must implement age-assurance measures that are proportionate to the level of risk their services present to minors. In parallel with the guidance, the Commission has introduced a prototype age-verification app that confirms whether a user is over 18 before accessing adult content, without exposing personal information such as precise age or identity. The recommendations centre on four areas: addictive design cyberbullying harmful content unwanted contact from strangers Although not exhaustive, a Commission official indicated they set a demanding bar for compliance. The official emphasised these are practical recommendations for all platforms, not just Very Large Online Platforms ( VLOPs), intended to steer providers of every size in addressing the harms and risks their services may pose to minors. See: LNB News 25/06/2025 2, LNB News...
On 17 July 2025 the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) issued a ‘list of upcoming DWP ad hoc statistical releases’ featuring an ‘analysis of under-saving for retirement in the working-age population’ scheduled for release on Monday, 21 July 2025. The DWP is also due to unveil two further reports. The first will consider the typical pension contribution rates under automatic enrolment and the proportion of people saving at statutory minimum levels. The second will analyse the disparity in average retirement savings between men and women. The DWP is poised to publish the reports amid expectations that the government will commence its review of pension adequacy before Parliament rises for the summer recess on Tuesday, 22 July 2025......
Both organisations said the amended claim introduced fresh and additional accusations and widened the overall breadth of the authors’ case and claims, and Open AI contended that whereas the authors had previously asserted only that infringement arose from their works being fed into Open AI’s large language model, they now contend that Chat GPT’s outputs also ground infringement. In a motion to dismiss dated 14 July 2025, Open AI said the authors’ theory had ‘radically changed’ and that they had walked back earlier statements to the court indicating a primary focus on the input side of the process. ‘ Plaintiffs allege that even outputs comprising “summaries” of text “are themselves derivative works, ineluctably based on original unlawful copied work”,’ the filing stated. ‘ But the accusations concerning outputs effectively stop there. The complaint does not attach or even quote a single sentence from any...
Mergers Commission issues SO for potential breaches of Articles 4, 7 and 8 EUMR in Vivendi/ Lagardère merger The Commission has sent a statement of objections to Vivendi S. A., setting out its preliminary view that Vivendi failed to meet the notification requirement ( Article 4 EUMR) and the standstill obligation ( Article 7 EUMR), and did not respect the conditions and obligations linked to the Commission’s 9 June 2023 decision clearing the Vivendi/ Lagardère ( M.10433) deal ( Article 8 EUMR). Both companies are French global media and entertainment groups. Vivendi operates in: television and cinema ( Canal+Group) book publishing ( Editis) magazines ( Prisma Media) video games ( Gameloft) advertising ( Havas Group) Lagardère S. A. is active in: book publishing ( Hachette) travel retail ( Lagardère Travel Retail) press and radio ( Europe 1) live...
Latest progress The Bill won third-reading approval in the Commons on 10 June 2025 by 306 votes to 174, clearing its final Commons obstacle, thereby completing its journey through that House. A Commons Library briefing issued on 5 June 2025 identified the main report-stage flashpoints and now serves as the peers’ baseline analysis considering the report stage. The Lords took receipt of the Bill on 12 June 2025 and granted it a second reading on 25 June 2025, paving the way for rigorous scrutiny. A total of four committee-stage days are timetabled: 17 July 2025, 24 July 2025, 2 September 2025 and 4 September 2025, on those dates. On 12 June 2025, Wild Justice lodged a judicial review contending that Part 3 unlawfully weakens habitats protection, with the Office for Environmental Protection joining as an interested party. See: LNB News...
Master trusts TPR has imposed financial penalties of £50,000 each on NOW: Pensions Ltd and NOW: Pension Trustee Ltd for failing to properly report ‘significant’ matters connected to their omission to send out information to pension members. Alongside its press release, TPR also published a regulatory intervention report (under section 89 of the Pensions Act 2004) explaining how it used its powers following the decision of its Determination Panel to act thereafter. Under the regulator’s ‘significant event regime’, master trusts, which are occupational pension schemes used by many unconnected employers, must notify TPR of any system failures that significantly affect the running of their services......
In this issue Easements and covenants Key developments and horizon scanning Enforcing security and property insolvency Trespass and adverse possession Disputes and remedies Residential tenancies Repairing obligations and dilapidations Rent and rates Property Disputes in Scotland Additional Property Disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Easements and covenants Interference with rights to light—claimants receive a substantial award based on negotiating damages ( Cooper v Ludgate House) It was no surprise that the court refused an injunction in Cooper v Ludgate House [2025] EWHC 1724 ( Ch). The loss of light was not at the severe end of the spectrum, and the harm an injunction would inflict on the developer—and on the public interest, which both parties agreed was...
In this issue: Cases and decisions Insurance types Contractual considerations— Duty of fair representation UK regulation EU regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Desai v Wood The Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) rejected the appeal by Dilip Desai and Paresh Shah, upholding the finding that sums paid by Royal & Sun Alliance Ltd ( RSA) to the defendant in the underlying action, Boscolo Ltd (in liquidation), under a professional indemnity policy are beneficially the Company’s, notwithstanding its later voluntary liquidation. The court held there was no implied term or trust in the Design Contract requiring the proceeds to be held for the appellants. It also confirmed that, absent express contractual wording or statutory provision, third parties acquire no...
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