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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: Cybersecurity Data protection Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Cybersecurity DSIT launches evaluation survey for Software Security Code of Practice implementation The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has begun a formal review of the Software Security Code of Practice, inviting input from both suppliers and users on how implementation has worked in practice. The review covers how organisations access and interpret the Code, the National Cyber Security Centre’s Implementation Guidance, and self-attestation obligations. Participation is open to organisations, whatever their implementation stage, with responses intended to guide future policy design and development. The survey closes on 16 December 2026. See: LNB News 30/06/2025 13. Danish Presidency of Council of the EU publishes presidency programme The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU has issued its programme for 1 July to 31 December 2025, setting out its...
FSB press release – 30 June 2025 In its 30 June 2025 press release, the FSB reported that members were uneasy about any alterations to automatic enrolment. Brought in during 2012, automatic enrolment requires employers to place staff into workplace retirement saving schemes by default. The FSB also voiced concern about Whitehall’s second phase of the Pensions Review. Trailed by the government in June 2025 as launching soon, this stage will home in on pensions adequacy — in other words, whether people are saving enough for a decent retirement, and how the system could better support that aim — across state and occupational pensions, as well as personal wealth......
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Geographical indications General IP Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Copyright & associated rights Sony fails in bid for summary judgment and strike out in long-standing music dispute ( Noel Redding Estate Ltd v Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd) In Noel Redding Estate Ltd v Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 66, a dispute about who owns and may exploit copyright and performers’ rights in the studio albums of the eponymous rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Court of Appeal rejected Sony’s attempt to overturn the High Court’s refusal to grant summary judgment and strike out. The ruling underlines the intricate issues around band members’ IP ownership and exploitation, and provides useful guidance on the rarely encountered transitional provisions governing performers’ rights under the...
Europe is approaching a watershed in the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and copyright law. For the first time, the Court of Justice has been invited to determine how copyright norms apply to generative AI systems, an essential move for steering innovation and safeguarding content across Europe, marking a crucial test case for Europe. Context The applicant, Like Company, is a Hungarian press publisher overseeing multiple online news sites that host protected works. It alleges that Google’s chatbot, Gemini (formerly Bard), powered by large language models ( LLMs), reproduces and condenses large parts of its articles without prior authorisation. According to Like Company, Gemini produced replies mirroring notable segments of its originals, thereby violating its exclusive rights. On 3 April 2025, the Budapest Környéki Törvényszék ( Budapest District Court) referred Like Company v Google Ireland ( Case C-250/25) to the Court of Justice, posing the first...
Brexit highlights In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Judicial review Information law Subsidy control and State aid State security and intelligence State accountability and liability Other Public Law news Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information HM Treasury and European Commission publish joint statement on Withdrawal Agreement payments HM Treasury and the European Commission issued a joint update confirming ongoing progress on the Withdrawal Agreement’s financial settlement after the eleventh meeting of the Specialised Committee on Financial Provisions on 25 June 2025. The UK and the EU exchanged updates on work within the Committee’s remit and reviewed the annual reporting package...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Sector- and industry-specific arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Legal representative for P& ID seeks to appeal critical findings against him to the Court of Appeal In The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 715, Seamus Andrew sought leave to challenge High Court findings that strongly criticised his conduct. The Court of Appeal rejected the application, ruling it was lodged out of time and that permission ought to have been requested at first instance. It also indicated that, even had permission been granted, the appeal would have been...
In this issue: Corporate insolvency process Personal insolvency Document review Restructuring Directors and insolvency Creditor participation Employees and insolvency Partnership insolvency International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts New content New Q& As Corporate insolvency process Contested debt and shift from members’ voluntary liquidation to creditors’ voluntary liquidation ( Noal SCSp v Novalpina Capital LLP (in members voluntary liquidation)) This ruling makes clear that where a company in members’ voluntary liquidation ( MVL) cannot satisfy all liabilities in full, together with interest at the official rate, within the timeframe specified in the directors’ declaration under section 89 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( IA 1986), it must move into creditors’ voluntary liquidation ( CVL). There is no solvency assessment available to alter that timeframe. As the entity is already in liquidation, the liquidator lacks any discretion and is required, by IA 1986, s 95, to effect the conversion from MVL to CVL. No...
The government has published an implementation roadmap explaining how it will ready itself to put the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB) into practice. GOV. UK Press release: Implementing the Employment Rights Bill roadmap. It confirms that certain measures will come into force swiftly following Royal Assent of the ERB, including: the repeal of the majority of the Trade Union Act 2016 and the Strikes ( Minimum Services Levels) Act 2023 safeguards against dismissal for participating in industrial action For other measures, the roadmap details the principal actions needed before they can commence, namely: consultation with employers, workers, trade unions, and other stakeholders (stakeholders) to determine the most effective route to achieve the intended changes issuing guidance to support stakeholders and allowing time for people to familiarise themselves with it; this may comprise guidance or statutory Codes of Practice developed by...
In this issue: Residential property Property development Transferring property Easements, rights and covenants Environment, energy and buildings Property in Wales Property taxes Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Residential property Supreme Court tweaks Etridge English land law, from time to time, yields truly landmark rulings from the apex court. Looking ahead, Waller- Edwards v One Savings Bank Plc [2025] UKSC 22 could very well stand among them. Drawing on the distinguished line of three celebrated House of Lords authorities— Barclays Bank v O’ Brien, CIBC Mortgages v Pitt, and Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge—it deftly deploys settled doctrine in a fresh manner. See the News Analysis by Marc Beaumont of Windsor Chambers for further detail: The Supreme Court tweaks Etridge ( Waller Edwards v One Savings Bank plc). Social housing programme with new regulatory framework The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG), under Deputy Prime...
Statement follows. Inquiry into City of Dublin Education and Training Board ( CDETB) The DPC has today issued its final decision ( Decision), following an investigation into a personal data breach at the CDETB. Acting of its own volition on an own-volition basis, the DPC opened the inquiry in July 2019. It concerned a breach notified by CDETB in November 2018, after the organisation discovered that its webserver had been retaining the personal data of student grant applicants who uploaded information in support of their grant applications via CDETB’s website, as well as the discovery of malware on the webserver. The data processed covered approximately 13,000 data subjects, identifiable by email address, who had submitted supplementary forms through the CDETB website during the years 2017 and 2018. Personal data at risk as a result of the security incident included data subject identity details (name,...
State aid Court of Justice annuls General Court’s order regarding French port tax aid complaint; case referred back The Court of Justice has delivered its judgment in Case C 628/24 P, Communauté d’ Agglomération du Boulonnais v Commission, on appeal from the General Court’s order in Case T 582/23. That order had declared inadmissible an application seeking to annul the Commission’s decision refusing a complaint about alleged unlawful State aid stemming from tax exemptions for French port operators under national law. Upholding the appeal, the Court of Justice set aside the General Court’s order and remitted the case for further examination... Background The dispute concerns claims of unlawful State aid via tax exemptions for French port operators established in national legislation. CAB, a local authority in northern France, lodged complaints with the Commission in 2020 and in April 2023, contending that aid granted to the Société d’...
What are the practical implications of this case? The decision provides welcome clarity on the reach of Ch A 1989, ss 37(1) and 38(1)(b), in scenarios familiar to many practitioners. It also reiterates the procedural protections that require public law orders—other than emergency protection orders—to be made only after respondents are duly notified, including being served with the evidential material on which the local authority depends. The Court of Appeal examined the text of the pertinent provisions of Ch A 1989 together with the Family Proceedings Rules 1991—operative when those provisions took effect and later superseded by the Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955—and the relevant authorities, setting out the reasons for a restrictive reading of Ch A 1989, s 37. What was the background? Baby E arrived in December 2024 and was, for a period, cared for by her mother’s sister ( A), A’s partner ( B), and...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Oil and gas Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Latest Q& A Key developments and materials Access secured to six market-leading energy law titles We are pleased to share that we have widened our Lexis+ Legal Research portfolio, having obtained an exclusive licence from Globe Law and Business to host six pre-eminent energy law titles. We are in the process of embedding links to these works within the appropriate Practical Guidance materials across the Energy module on Lexis+......
In this issue: Probate Powers of attorney and advance decisions Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals tracker Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Insolvency—private client Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Private Client in Scotland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Probate Agreement to waive forfeiture rule following assisted death On 16 June 2025, the High Court approved an order on the executor’s application, supported by those who might otherwise benefit under the forfeiture rule, in the estate of the late David Walter Peace. Mr Peace died at the...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Banking and finance Commercial Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Financial services Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Danish Presidency of Council of the EU publishes presidency programme The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU has released its programme for 1 July to 31 December 2025, setting out priorities and direction under the banner ‘ A strong Europe in a changing world’. The presidency intends to reinforce the EU’s ability to act independently amid mounting global volatility, with a spotlight on security, competitiveness and the green transition. Forthcoming legislation will focus on...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—3 July 2025 In this issue: Insurance types UK regulation EU regulation International regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Insurance types Aviation — A survey released on 25 June 2025 finds aviation underwriters regard escalating geopolitical volatility as their primary concern for 2025–30. See: Geopolitical instability tops aviation insurers' concerns. Marine — An analyst report dated 24 June 2025 notes carriers have raised rates for vessels navigating Middle Eastern waters, reflecting potential market losses linked to the Iran– Israel conflict. See: Insurers hike marine premiums due to Iran- Israel war. UK regulation ABI supports government’s industry strategy — The Association of British Insurers has openly endorsed the ten‑year industrial strategy intended to boost business investment and growth in the UK. See: ABI supports government’s industry strategy. EU regulation EIOPA launches consultation on revised supervisory review guidelines under Solvency II — The...
Antitrust CMA consults on modified commitments from AJBA parties to strengthen competition on UK– US air routes The CMA is seeking views on revised undertakings proposed by American Airlines, International Airlines Group ( British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus), and Finnair to address continuing competition concerns arising from the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement ( AJBA). The CMA’s probe considers whether the AJBA curbs competition on four transatlantic routes: London– Boston London– Chicago London– Dallas London– Miami Background Between 2009 and 2010, the European Commission examined the AJBA and identified concerns about competition on six transatlantic routes. The Commission closed its case in July 2010 after accepting commitments from the parties, which included making slots available at Heathrow or Gatwick to rivals. These commitments were due to expire in July 2020. In advance of that deadline, and anticipating Brexit, the CMA...
Surrey County Council v R (on the application of BC) [2025] EWCA Civ 719 What are the practical implications of this case? The practical effects for practitioners are set out below and are as follows: a reiteration of the court’s stance that deciding whether a young person sits within the ‘child in need’ category, and whether accommodation is required by reference to section 20, are questions entrusted to the professional judgement, appraisal and evaluation of a social worker as part of their role in this case where a social worker’s expert judgement concludes a young person’s needs are fully capable of being met through non-statutory early help rather than statutory provision, that assessment is ever susceptible to challenge only on Wednesbury grounds (as was the position in this case) the child’s age dictates the weight to be given to their views. Here, BC was seventeen, so...
The Upper Tribunal ( UT) authorised the FCA to withdraw the penalty it had levied on Nailesh Teraiya, former chief executive of Indigo Global Partners Ltd, through a ruling on preliminary points dated 27 June 2025. The panel referred to steps by Skat, Denmark’s tax authority, to recoup about £71m in losses arising from a significant tax scandal. The FCA informed the tribunal that it was no longer in the public interest to press on with the sanction against Teraiya, alleged to have joined a sham trading arrangement to secure ‘repayment’ of €91.2m from Denmark, because Skat had indicated the fine might hinder its ability to recover further losses from Teraiya and others. Skat secured judgments against the trader in Dubai in January 2025, holding Teraiya jointly and severally liable for roughly £71m in total......
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Data protection Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions FCDO releases fresh Russia sanctions guidance for non- UK businesses. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has issued new guides on complying with UK Russia sanctions for non- UK firms operating abroad. They set out overarching compliance principles plus country-specific notes for businesses in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Armenia. The materials are designed to help overseas businesses grasp UK sanctions obligations and embed risk management processes. See: LNB News 27/06/2025 36. NCA, OFSI and the FCDO issue a Red Alert on a Russian oil sanctions-evasion network. It warns financial institutions about a complex scheme using blue companies that interface with Western...
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