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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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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...
In this issue: Social housing Local government finance Public procurement Governance Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Education Children's social care Social care Healthcare Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing Landlord overpayment and recovery of housing benefit ( Capital Housing v Ealing LBC) Capital Housing v Ealing LBC was determined in the Upper Tribunal by a three-judge panel examining how regulation 101(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 operates when recovering Housing Benefit overpaid to a landlord. That provision permits recovery from the claimant or from the person to whom the payment was made, which includes a landlord receiving benefit directly. Here, a significant overpayment arose after the tenant moved out, yet payments to the landlord continued; the landlord’s appeal against the First Tier Tribunal’s decision failed, the tribunal having upheld the...
In this issue: Building safety Procurement in construction Adjudication Litigation Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety Building Safety Levy ( England) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/ Draft These draft Regulations introduce a levy on specified applications for building control approval made on or after 1 October 2026. Local authorities are appointed as the levy’s collection agents, with set procedures for assessment and recovery, alongside penalties for non-payment. The Regulations are intended to take effect from 1 October 2026. See: LNB News 11/07/2025 9... Care homes, construction defects and commercial loss—guidance from the Technology and Construction Court ( Toppan & Abbey v Simply) In Toppan Holdings Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly) Simply Construct ( UK) LLP [2025] EWHC 1691 ( TCC), the TCC delivered a notable ruling offering further...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Arbitration representation and section 45 of the Arbitration Act 1996 The Commercial Court in Republic of India v CC/ Devas [2025] EWHC 1738 ( Comm) ordered that four threshold questions be resolved before addressing India’s section 45 Arbitration Act 1996 ( AA 1996) application, which challenged an earlier procedural decision of the arbitral tribunal. India maintained that the English-seated tribunal was required to apply Mauritian law exclusively when determining who could represent the claimant companies. The court permitted the directors/shareholders to intervene and concluded that addressing the preliminary points—such as whether the section 45 application was properly made or was in...
Mergers The Commission: granted conditional approval for Munhowen S. A. to obtain sole control of Boissons Heintz S.à.r.l....
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Patents Designs General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Copyright & associated rights AI developers see final iteration of EU code of practice, but key questions remain MLex notes that Open AI, Microsoft, Google and other leading AI firms have received the published final text of the EU AI Act’s Code of Practice for general-purpose models. Yet the guidelines and a data disclosure template are still outstanding, leaving doubt over whether providers will commit before the full package is available. The European Commission is also informally weighing a grace period to ease early compliance, though how long this would last remains unconfirmed. Late amendments made it into the closing draft, with mixed...
In this issue: Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts Data protection International Supplier management Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Agency and distribution Court of Appeal—undisclosed principal doctrine and agency law ( Berge Bulk Shipping Pte Ltd v Taumata Plantation Ltd). On 10 July 2025, the Court of Appeal unanimously rejected an appeal from an order finding that the English court lacked jurisdiction to hear a claim against three New Zealand companies concerning a series of letters of indemnity. The ruling delivers the leading contemporary statement of the rules on undisclosed principals and represents a landmark judgment for agency law more broadly. See News Analysis: Court of Appeal—undisclosed principal doctrine and agency law ( Berge Bulk Shipping Pte Ltd v Taumata...
In this issue: Banking and finance Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Banking and finance EBA consults on prudential framework for third-country branches The European Banking Authority ( EBA) has opened three consultations setting out fresh guidance and regulatory requirements for third-country branches active in the EU and operating in the Union. The package comprises draft guidelines on capital endowment instruments and two draft regulatory technical standards ( RTS) covering booking practices and supervisory cooperation. The initiatives give effect to provisions in the Capital Requirements Directive 2013/36/ EU, as revised by Capital Requirements Directive ( EU) 2024/1619 ( CRD VI). Once...
In this issue: Corporate governance Equity capital markets Company striking off and dissolution Financial services regulation for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate governance Commission adopts ‘quick fix’ amendments to European Sustainability Reporting Standards The European Commission has introduced a Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation ( EU) 2023/2772, the framework that defines the European Sustainability Reporting Standards ( ESRS). These standards set out the disclosures companies must provide to satisfy sustainability reporting duties under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ( CSRD). The targeted ‘quick fix’ measures seek to lessen both immediate and longer-term compliance demands for businesses already reporting under the CSRD for the 2024 financial year (the so‑called ‘wave one’ companies). In line with the ‘ Stop the Clock’...
In this issue: Share plan reporting New and updated content Trackers Useful Information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Share plan reporting HMRC requires share plan reporting even for tax-exempt short-term business visitors On 10 July 2025, HMRC amended ERSM140030 (see: Trackers below) to set out its position on share plan reporting for short-term business visitors ( STBVs). EP Appendix 4 ( PAYE82000) does not lessen or remove ERS reporting duties. Consequently, if a UK company or UK branch is a responsible person under section 421L of the Income Tax ( Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ( ITEPA 2003), any events that are reportable under ITEPA 2003, s 421K must be returned, regardless of how many UK workdays are in point. Where an STBV qualifies for UK income tax exemption under a double tax treaty on...
In this issue: New technologies Information technology 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 New technologies MLex: Open AI, Microsoft, Google and other major AI players noted today’s release of the EU AI Act’s code of practice for general‑purpose AI models, yet accompanying guidance and a data disclosure template are still outstanding, leaving uncertainty over whether providers will commit without the complete picture. With guidance and the template still awaited, it is unclear if firms will sign up before seeing the entire package. The European Commission is informally considering a grace period to ease early compliance, though timeframe has not yet been determined and confirmation is pending. A handful of last‑minute edits also entered the concluding text, yielding mixed outcomes on a pivotal copyright element. See: AI developers view the final iteration of the EU code of...
In this issue: Trade in goods Anti-dumping Free Trade Agreements Customs Daily and weekly news alerts Trade in goods UK upgrades Developing Countries Trading Scheme to boost global trade ties On 10 July 2025, the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) unveiled fresh measures within the Developing Countries Trading Scheme to make commerce with 65 developing states easier. Changes cover looser rules of origin, help for exporters and broader access to services. The objective is to stimulate partners’ economic growth, cut costs for UK shoppers and firms, and bolster robust global supply chains, overall resilience. See: LNB News 11/07/2025 50. Anti-dumping EU Trade Directorate imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese wood flooring imports The EU’s Directorate- General for Trade and Economic Security has introduced anti-dumping tariffs on multilayered wood flooring arriving from China, taking effect 14 July 2025. The action stems from...
In this issue Protected characteristics Whistleblowing Sickness and absence Data protection and employee information Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk® Employment: a Lexis® Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Protected characteristics Equality Network urges UN expert to review UK trans rights concerns The Equality Network has sent a letter to the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Graeme Reid, co-signed by 16 other LGBTI+ equality and human rights organisations, calling for intervention on trans rights in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025] IRLR 537. Dated 14 July 2025, the correspondence asks Mr Reid to write to the UK Minister for...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills International Taxes management and litigation Stamp and transfer taxes Individuals and income tax Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Legislation Day is on 21 July As noted in last week’s Tax weekly highlights, Legislation Day falls on Monday 21 July 2025. The government will release draft clauses for the forthcoming Finance Bill, reflecting previously announced measures, together with explanatory notes, tax information and impact notes, replies to consultations, and other supporting papers. As ever, we will produce commentary on the draft text and any documents unveiled on Legislation Day 2025. See: LNB News 01/01/0001 3155. International Court of Appeal rules on the interpretation of the UK- Japan DTT ( Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company v FW...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning; UK, EU and international regulators and bodies; regulated activities; authorisation, approval and supervision. Accountability, culture and social governance; prudential requirements; operational resilience; financial crime and sanctions. Consumer protection; conduct standards; complaints, compensation and claims management; investigations, enforcement and discipline. Capital markets and derivatives regulation; dispute resolution for financial services lawyers; sustainable finance and ESG. Banks and mutuals; UK Mi FID II; consumer credit, mortgages and home finance; insurance regulation. Payment services and systems; fintech and cryptoassets; regulation of AI in financial services. Lex Talk® Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community; Financial Services Enforcement Database; daily, weekly and intraday news alerts; new and updated content; dates for your diary; latest Q& A. Key developments and horizon scanning Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 ( Commencement No 10 and Saving...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Air emissions and climate change Brexit Energy efficiency of products Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Sources of environmental law ( UK, EU, international) Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials Defra publishes EIP annual progress report for 2024–25 The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ( Defra) has released the 2024–25 annual progress update to the Environment Improvement Plan ( EIP), covering April 2024 through March 2025. It charts progress across ten environmental goals, noting a £2.65bn commitment to flood...
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