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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: EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals The Council of the EU has set its position on the 2026 EU draft budget, fixing commitments at €186.24bn and payments at €186.49bn, excluding appropriations for special instruments outside the multiannual financial framework ( MFF). It adopts a cautious, realistic stance built on three principles: (1) ensuring the sound delivery of policies and programmes; (2) sustaining the ability to respond to ongoing crises; and (3) safeguarding sufficient margins beneath MFF ceilings for unforeseen needs. See: LNB News 09/07/2025 37. Commercial MLex notes that France’s €3 minimum postage for book orders under €35 falls within Directive 2006/123/ EC, the EU Services Directive, and could be permissible as a cultural measure, according to Advocate General Maciej Szpunar in an opinion dated 3 July 2025. The measure, which Amazon...
Campaigners have applauded the amendment to the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB), laid before Parliament on the evening of 7 July 2025. They argue contracts intended to safeguard trade secrets have instead been deployed to mask unlawful conduct and mute victims of sexual harassment within workplaces and across sectors. Employment lawyers have long publicly backed tighter limits on unethical NDAs, yet privately worry about an outright prohibition in non‑commercial disputes and its broader ripple effects. On 8 July 2025 they cautioned that ministers should carefully weigh unintended effects of any ban and significantly boost funding for the tribunal system to handle a likely increase in harassment claims. David Greenhalgh, a partner at Excello Law, warned the reform 'may work counterintuitively' and prove 'detrimental in the short term for victims' if employers see no value in settlements that lack...
Right Support Management Ltd v The London Borough of Hillingdon [2025] EWHC 1680 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling signals a novel treatment of applications for relief from sanctions and is of lasting procedural interest, not least because it addresses the penalty in CPR 3.14. Owing to the harsh effect of that provision—which restricts a defaulting party, even if ultimately successful, to recovery of court fees only—the court on appeal determined that relief should have been granted, notwithstanding a cost budget filed and served more than two years late. The outcome turned on a suite of considerations, many directed to the conclusion that, in this setting, the delayed budget had only a modest effect on the litigation, the parties, or other users of the court. In practical terms, the appellate tribunal displaced the rules-based sanction in favour of a...
In this issue: Research and development Medical device Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Data protection and life sciences Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Research and development Commission launches strategy to boost life sciences in Europe The European Commission has unveiled a Life Science Strategy to make Europe the most attractive global base for life sciences by 2030, while tackling long-standing structural barriers that have suppressed competitiveness and restricted patient access to cutting-edge therapies. With support exceeding €10bn per year, the plan seeks to speed innovation, improve market entry, and strengthen public confidence across the full life sciences value chain. See: LNB News 04/07/2025 32. Government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England outlines regulatory priorities The government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England signals a regulatory reset to position the NHS as a world leader in digital health and life sciences. Reforms will accelerate clinical trial...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies AI and Copyright–where are we now? TMT analysis: ‘ Right now, how UK copyright rules apply to training AI systems remains contested’. Framed at the outset of the government’s December 2024 consultation on Copyright and AI, this line barely conveys the intensity of opinion and the frictions now visible between technology and creative sectors. Suggested fixes tabled for the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025 ( DUAA 2025) failed to survive into the enacted text, leaving unresolved how the UK will reconcile the clashing priorities of two influential camps presently at odds. Authored by Aaron Cole and Patricia Wade, Ashurst LLP. See News...
On 4 July 2025, the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed challenges by Apple, Visa, Mastercard and Sony to the validity of commonly used funding arrangements that calculate a funder’s fee or return as a multiple of their outlay or costs in class actions and class action claims, a ruling expected to lift spirits across a funding sector seriously rocked by the Supreme Court’s PACCAR judgment and its effects. Macfarlanes LLP partner Malcolm Hitching said the outcome is significant because it recognises that collective proceedings are a necessary part of the legal landscape, that consumers do need protection, and that the Competition Appeal Tribunal is there to provide that protection. He observed that, had the Court of Appeal reached the opposite view, it would have been difficult to see how a funder could actually provide funding to a collective group of...
In this issue: Probate Powers of attorney and advance decisions Trusts UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Budgets and Finance Bills Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Probate English court declines registration of Italian succession judgment ( Sidoli v Sidoli) Private Client analysis: The court concluded that the Foreign Judgments ( Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 ( FJ( RE) A 1933) does not, or generally does not, allow registration of decisions from foreign courts concerning succession. It accordingly refused to register an Italian judgment on succession, finding it came within the FJ( RE) A 1933, s 4...
In a letter to Parliament dated 26 June 2025 and made public on 7 July 2025, HMRC said its projection follows a parliamentary consultation and a May 2025 National Audit Office ( NAO) report that found the scale of tax avoidance and evasion among the wealthy could be far greater than the NAO had previously believed. HMRC will channel increased investment into bolstering offshore non-compliance inquiries, particularly suspected tax fraud by wealthy individuals, companies they control and other connected bodies. It also expects added headcount to deliver an overall 20% rise in decisions to bring charges against alleged tax cheats. The letter set out penalties imposed for offshore evasion and non-compliance since the 2018–19 tax year, totalling more than £125m. The overwhelming majority by volume (around 6,000 separate penalties) and by value (circa £38m) related to failures to file tax returns, HMRC said. HMRC also...
Ferguson v Royal Borough of Greenwich [2025] Lexis Citation 1619 What are the practical implications of this case? It should be noted that the rules and practice directions considered were those in force before the major changes commencing on 1 October 2023, not the later regime. The judgment clarifies CPR 45.24, which permits the court to confine costs to fixed ‘ Portal costs’ ( CPR 45.18 and 45.19) where a claimant unreasonably breaches the relevant Protocol; yet it was held inapplicable here. The court’s central rationale was that, even had the claimant initially followed the EL/ PL Pre- Action Protocol for Low Value Claims, the case would inevitably have exited the Portal because of the defendant’s conduct, namely: denial of liability; allegations of contributory negligence; and failure to make any offers to...
In this issue: LIBOR and benchmarks Lending Security Sustainable finance Real estate finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Regulation for banking lawyers Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information LIBOR and benchmarks LMA publishes recommended forms for euro exposure drafts with EURIBOR fallbacks The Loan Market Association ( LMA) has issued recommended-form versions of single-currency euro exposure drafts that embed €STR-based fallbacks. The templates include the International Swaps and Derivatives Association ( ISDA)/ Bloomberg EURIBOR-€STR Spread Adjustment, streamlined temporary fallbacks, and drafting for Central Bank Rate Adjustment. The LMA has also updated its Users Guide to explain the two-tier waterfall framework, how the reference rates clause operates, and the requirements for Italian law compliance. These updates will apply across all LMA documentation that references euros. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Cybersecurity Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO launches consultation on revised cookies and tracking guidance The Information Commissioner’s Office has opened a consultation on a new chapter within its refreshed guidance on storage and access technologies, prompted by the Data ( Use and Access) Act 2025. Covering cookies, tracking pixels and comparable tools, the chapter explains how consent must be obtained under PECR and the UK GDPR. Feedback is invited until 26 September 2025 to ensure the final text effectively supports compliance. See: LNB News 09/07/2025 48. Financial sanctions HMRC announces record compound settlement for Russian sanctions breach HMRC has finalised its largest compound settlement for a Russia...
The latest updated KCSIE 2025 guidance can be found here. Below are four essential points to be aware of today. Possible further updates The present edition mentions signposting towards forthcoming relationship, sex and health education guidance expected this summer. Therefore, a small potential additional tweak to KCSIE 2025 could appear before September. No changes are proposed, merely signposting currently. Annex F likewise notes that later versions may reflect the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill’s passage into law, insights from the Casey Audit, and the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy. Could that mean an update part-way through the year?......
Asset Management & Investment Funds— Irish Practice Developments- June 2025 Key deadlines 30 June 2025 — Exchange traded funds ( ETFs): ETF management companies should assess measures set out in CBI letter on primary and secondary market trading arrangements for ETFs (discussed here) and, where suitable, embed requisite amendments to frameworks and practices by the close of Q2 2025. 28 June 2025 — The European Union ( Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023: These regulations transpose the European Accessibility Act (( EU) 2019/882), aiming to enhance accessibility for people with disabilities across a range of consumer products and services, including websites, ATMs, smartphones, consumer banking services, e-books, and telecommunications. ......
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Know-how/ R& D Patents Designs IP and technology Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off In Iconix v Dream Pairs [2025] UKSC 25, the Supreme Court confirmed that confusion arising after a purchase can constitute an actionable trade mark infringement, and need not be examined only in a further transaction. The Court also dismissed the contention that external, post-sale factors must be ignored when comparing a mark with a sign. Although it identified those submissions as legal errors, the Supreme Court still allowed the appeal. It held the Court of Appeal erred in branding the trial judge’s findings irrational, and had no proper basis to replace the judge’s multifactorial assessment on similarity and the likelihood of confusion with its own. This ruling entrenches post-sale confusion as a recognised head of infringement, and underscores the limits on appellate...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Status and worker categories Immigration Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals Settlement Industrial Relations Law Reports ( IRLR)— August 2025 Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Government tables amendments to the Employment Rights Bill for consideration at Lords Report Stage On the evening of 7 July 2025, the government laid before Parliament the newest changes to the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB). Spanning 64 pages, the paper sets out proposals from ministers and from external sources. The non-government suggestions are expected to fall, and therefore are unlikely to appear in the eventual Act. Scrutiny of the amendments is due at the House of Lords Report Stage commencing on 14 July, with further...
In this issue: Data protection e Privacy Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Tik Tok’s initial challenge of UK data protection fine rejected by court MLex reports that Tik Tok’s first bid to overturn an appeal seeking to restore a £12.7m penalty from the UK privacy regulator, imposed in April 2023 for the misuse of children’s data, has failed, according to court records dated 4 July 2025. The First-tier Tribunal, which hears matters involving regulators, has therefore cleared the way for the dispute to proceed to a hearing focused on the core allegations of unlawful processing of children’s data, although a hearing date has not yet been confirmed. See News Analysis: Tik Tok’s initial challenge of UK data protection fine rejected by court......
In this issue: Practice and procedure Emergency procedures Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 2 of 2025 The second Practice Direction Update to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 ( FPR 2010) in 2025 has now been published. It revises FPR 2010, PD 36ZA and introduces a further Practice Direction, FPR 2010, PD 36ZI, which will take effect on 14 July 2025. The new Practice Direction, FPR 2010, PD 36ZI, augments FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, r 36.2 ( Transitional Arrangements and Pilot Schemes) to support a pilot for notifying the police whenever the court makes, varies, or extends a relevant non-molestation order. Under the pilot, notification to the police will be delivered by automated...
In this issue: Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance Insurance types UK Regulation International Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance Top court to hear appeal in COVID-19 insurance furlough case The UK Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal in a disputed case where insurers effectively kept state furlough funds intended for businesses during the coronavirus ( COVID-19) pandemic. See: Top court to hear appeal in COVID-19 insurance furlough case. Insurance types Professional indemnity Lawyers warn that companies replacing employees with artificial intelligence ( AI) tools could encounter hurdles claiming under standard negligence policies if consumers are left out of pocket. See: AI risks leaving UK businesses exposed to insurance gaps. UK Regulation PRA publishes letter on...
In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Decision to prosecute and alternatives to prosecution Criminal procedure and evidence 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 Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Money laundering International Other corporate crime news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Home Office announces nationwide operation targeting illegal working in gig economy The Home Office has rolled out a nationwide operation to tackle unlawful working within the gig economy, with delivery riders singled out for particular attention. Positioned as part of the government’s ‘ Plan for Change’, the...
In this issue: Public Law case law quarterly Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Information law State security and intelligence Subsidy control and State aid Other Public Law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public Law case law quarterly Public Law case law quarterly— Q2 2025 The Public Law case law quarterly sets out summaries and commentary on significant rulings compiled each quarter by the Lexis+® UK Public Law team. Standout coverage in this instalment reviews the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, confirming that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 ( Eq A 2010) denotes biological sex. The issue further surveys Supreme Court judgments...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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