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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 proposed legal action came to light after a ‘super-injunction’ in place for almost two years — obtained by the UK government to block reporting of a 2022 data breach — was lifted by High Court judge Martin Chamberlain. The order had also hindered Barings Law’s attempt to mount a group claim on behalf of people affected by the breach during that period. In his written judgment, Judge Chamberlain disclosed that the Manchester-based firm had more than 600 claimants who knew some form of data breach had occurred and were considering bringing a data protection claim. However, Adnan Malik, Barings’ head of data protection, said the firm is now actively working with approximately 1,000 affected individuals at the present time in order to pursue potential legal action......
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Personal insolvency Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Financial institutions Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New content Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service launches five-year strategy to combat economic crime The Insolvency Service has unveiled its 2026–31 investigation and enforcement plan, materially broadening its role in addressing economic crime. It sets three principal aims: enforcing the UK insolvency framework, applying the Companies Act 1985, and tackling company-enabled economic crime. To counter money laundering and complex financial misconduct, it will deploy artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, while deepening cryptoasset expertise. Recent results evidence impact: 77 criminal convictions, more than 1,000 director disqualifications, and £4m in compensation secured in 2024–25. See: LNB News 16/07/2025 55. Personal insolvency Can a bankruptcy petition be determined at a hearing fixed to consider a set-aside application? In what circumstances can a guarantee support a...
In this issue Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Litigation Applications—general Evidence and disclosure Appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR Committee minutes Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—6 June 2025: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee met on 6 June 2025 in a hybrid session at The Rolls Building ( Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference. The minutes confirm a forthcoming CPR 51 pilot enabling non-parties to obtain court documents, arising from the Supreme Court ruling in Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring [2019] UKSC 38. They also record approved amendments to the e‑working pilot, progressing towards a permanent electronic filing system as part of ongoing court modernisation. Further topics included summary assessment of costs,...
In this issue: Security Shipping finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Regulation for banking lawyers Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Security Exercising assigned rights prior to enforcement ( Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company v FW Aviation ( Holdings) 1 Ltd) In Vietjet Aviation, the court differentiated sharply between a lender’s ability to rely on rights assigned under the security instrument—which may arise immediately—and its separate right to enforce the security, which only materialises once an ‘enforcement event’ occurs. It also upheld the wide Argo Fund construction of ‘financial institution’. For further detail, see News Analysis: Exercising assigned rights prior to enforcement ( Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company v FW Aviation ( Holdings) 1 Ltd). Shipping finance Berge Bulk Shipping PTE Ltd v Taumata Plantations Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 876 The court...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 15 July 2025 Our latest Practice Compliance forecast (as at 15 July 2025) is now available. This month we highlight: (1) the Data ( Use and Access) Act securing Royal Assent, (2) new and refreshed ICO guidance following the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), (3) movement in the SRA’s annual AML and sanctions data collection exercise, and (4) updates on reforms to first-tier complaints handling. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 15 July 2025. Financial sanctions OFSI updates UK Financial Sanctions FAQs The Office of Financial Sanctions...
In this issue: Key PI and clinical negligence news Product liability Accidents on the highway Clinical negligence Portal claims Costs and funding Case management Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Key PI and clinical negligence news Mo J publishes proposed amendments to RTA Small Claims Protocol to streamline OIC portal for whiplash claims The Ministry of Justice has tabled notable revisions to the Pre- Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents, concentrating on paragraphs 11.7 and 11.8. Shaped by user input and industry consultation, the proposals would see the Official Injury Claim portal automatically produce the templates currently located in annexes C and D, thereby expediting claims for non-protocol vehicle costs. The...
In this issue: Intellectual property Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Competition in life sciences Medical devices Post-market Disputes and regulatory enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Intellectual property Pfizer targets Moderna’s remaining m RNA safeguards. Law360, London: On 10 July 2025, Pfizer urged an appeals court to strike out excess patent rights supporting Moderna’s m RNA vaccine after a core patent was thrown out. See: Pfizer takes aim at Moderna’s leftover m RNA protections. Judgment Alert: Generics ( UK) Ltd v Astrazeneca Ab [2025] EWCA Civ 903. The judgment in this matter has been released. See: [2025] EWCA Civ 903. Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Government announces regulatory reforms in Life Sciences Sector Plan, ABPI warns on pricing. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) and partner departments set out reforms in a new Life...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it operates Sponsored work Students Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and the EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming changes for business immigration advisers. High Court discharges MOD super-injunction on Afghan data breach after independent review The High Court has lifted a super-injunction that had prevented any disclosure of a major data leak affecting Afghan relocation applicants. The incident, dating to early 2022, saw the unauthorised release of personal data and contact details for more than 33,000 people who had sought to move to the UK...
Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit guidance Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Projects and infrastructure Equality and human rights Judicial review Subsidy control and state aid Information law Central government pensions Other Public Law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information UK- EU Common Understanding—what is on the horizon for the energy sector? At the UK– EU summit on 19 May 2025, the UK government agreed the UK– EU Common Understanding, with specific focus on energy. Part 4, titled ‘strengthening our economies while protecting our planet and its resources’, addresses three energy themes: (1) energy co-operation, notably possible participation in the EU internal electricity market; (2) technical and regulatory engagement on emerging...
In this issue: UK mergers UK antitrust UK subsidy control UK competition policy EU antitrust EU mergers EU State aid EU market studies New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Caselex UK mergers Government consults on further changes to the draft Enterprise Act 2002 ( Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) ( No 2) Regulations The Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) has published a consultation on proposed further amendments to the Enterprise Act 2002 ( Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 (the Regulations). Through changes to the Enterprise Act 2002, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 introduced a foreign state intervention ( FSI) regime for newspapers and periodic news magazines, preventing foreign state ownership, control, or influence over these...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications Networks and network connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Access secured to six market-leading energy law titles We are pleased to share that we have expanded our Lexis+ Legal Research service by obtaining an exclusive licence from Globe Law and Business to host six market‑leading energy law titles. We are currently integrating links to these works within the relevant Practical Guidance in the Energy module on Lexis+. In the meantime, the titles are available directly via the following links: The AIPN Joint Operating Agreement: A Practical Guide Carbon Capture and Storage Energy and...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—17 July 2025 In this issue: Risk & Compliance forecast Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Risk & Compliance forecast New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 15 July 2025 The latest Risk & Compliance forecast, dated 15 July 2025, is now available. This month’s coverage includes: (1) Royal Assent for the Data ( Use and Access) Act, (2) new and refreshed ICO guidance following the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), (3) updates on the Employment Rights Bill, and (4) amendments to Part I of the JMLSG AML Guidance. See News Analysis: New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 15 July 2025......
In this issue: Town and village greens and commons Heritage and natural environment Buildings and Building Regulations Localism Housing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Town and village greens and commons Rectification of village green register ( Cotham School v Bristol City Council) The claim, brought under CPR Part 8 and section 14(b) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 ( CRA 1965), sought to amend the village green register by removing land used for school sports and informal public recreation. Registration had been made despite the village green inspector’s recommendation to the contrary. Six grounds were advanced, including statutory incompatibility and that use was disputed and not as of right, owing to signage on the land and the claimant’s statements challenging unrestricted public access. The judge determined the land failed to meet the...
In this issue: Probate Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals tracker Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Digital assets and cryptoassets Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International 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& A Useful information Probate ICAEW launches consultation on 2026 probate registration fee increases The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has opened a consultation on probate registration charges for 2026. It proposes a 5% uplift to offset inflation and satisfy Legal...
The dispute centres on Ballmann’s bid to obtain internal EDPB materials—the coordinating body for EU data protection regulators—used in drafting a binding ruling that obliged the Irish privacy authority to decide against Meta’s Facebook over alleged ‘forced consent’ for online ads. Represented by the Austria-based privacy organisation NOYB, Ballmann contended that the EDPB’s refusal to disclose the papers underpinning its December 2022 binding decision breached her right of access to the file under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Meta joined the proceedings to back the EDPB’s stance in turning down the access application, supporting the decision to reject the request......
In this issue: e Privacy Data protection Cybersecurity Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content e Privacy PECR 2003 reform—rules relating to electronic marketing and cookies in the UK The Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025), which received Royal Assent in June 2025, introduces a suite of amendments to the Privacy and Electronic Communications ( EC Directive) Regulations 2003 ( PECR 2003), SI 2003/2426. The updates address fines, cookie provisions and breach notification timeframes, and also import the Data Protection Act 2018 definition of direct marketing. Oliver Yaros and Ana Hadnes Bruder, partners, together with Reece Randall, Ellen Hepworth, Alasdair Maher and Katie Steval, associates, and Laura Taylor, trainee, at Mayer Brown International LLP, review the developments. See News Analysis: PECR 2003 reform—rules relating to...
Capital Housing Association Ltd v Ealing London Borough Council and another [2025] UKUT 125 ( AAC) What are the practical implications of this case? This was an atypical appeal, initially set before a three-judge UT panel on the footing that it raised a point of law of special difficulty, or an important issue of principle and practice, namely the proper interpretation of the HB Regs ( SI 2006/213), regs 88 and 101. Regulation 101 addresses recovery of housing benefit overpayments, while reg 88 imposes a duty—both on tenants and on any party to whom the benefit was paid—to notify the authority of a change of circumstances. Who is the correct recovery target under reg 101 may hinge on how changes were notified pursuant to reg 88, and the panel expected a detailed analysis of the prescribed methods by which reg 88...
Berge Bulk Shipping PTE v Taumata Plantations [2025] EWCA Civ 876 The facts Three New Zealand timber companies (the Exporters) were pursued in the High Court of England and Wales by a disponent shipowner, Berge Bulk, for in excess of US$4.4m together with certain unquantified indemnities and costs. Berge Bulk said the Exporters were undisclosed principals to letters of indemnity issued in its favour but left entirely unpaid by the insolvent charterer, TPT Shipping. The letters of indemnity contained an express English jurisdiction clause. In particular, Berge Bulk maintained that the Exporters had engaged TPT Forests as agent; TPT Forests then in turn appointed TPT Shipping as sub‑agent; and TPT Shipping, acting as agent, issued the letters of indemnity. It was common ground that TPT Forests acted for the Exporters. The live question ultimately concerned the capacity in which TPT Shipping had...
PMI’s statement expressed frustration that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House address on Tuesday evening omitted any reference to the pledged second stage of the government’s pension review. This next phase aims to determine what employees should contribute to their pensions to secure a reasonable retirement income. It is expected to result in tangible changes, including widening automatic enrolment rules. Many had assumed the review would be unveiled during the annual Mansion House speech, yet it went unmentioned. Industry observers had widely expected detail at this juncture, given earlier commitments, but the absence of update drew criticism......
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