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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 Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance Life sciences Restructuring and insolvency TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals The European Commission has unveiled its June 2025 infringement package, identifying EU Member States it is pursuing for breaches of obligations under EU law. This round features letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and referrals to the Court of Justice, targeting shortcomings such as the transposition of directives covering drinking water, waste management, air quality, public procurement, and other significant policy areas. See: LNB News 18/06/2025 25. Competition and state aid The Commission has released an updated Code of Best Practices outlining how State aid control procedures should be conducted, refining guidance on the...
In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Trade finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Structured products and securitisation Claims and remedies Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 DBT publish second progress report on Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 implementation The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) has issued its second yearly update on delivering the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. It notes the making of over 20 statutory instruments and flags new Companies House enforcement, including 82,600 registered office address changes and 419 penalty warning notices. The roadmap runs to the close of 2026, with mandatory identity verification due from autumn 2025 and limited partnership reforms to be finalised by the end of 2026. With enhanced powers, Companies House reports identifying £50m of UK property connected to organised crime. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Personal insolvency Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Pensions and insolvency R& I in Scotland International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments DBT publish second progress report on Economic Crime Act implementation The Department for Business and Trade has released its second annual progress report on delivering the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. It records the making of over 20 statutory instruments and sets out new Companies House compliance activity, comprising 82,600 registered office address changes and 419 penalty warning notices. The timeline maps milestones to end-2026, with compulsory identity verification from autumn 2025 and full limited partnership reforms by end-2026. Using strengthened powers, Companies House reports finding £50m in UK property...
In this issue: Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this 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 Court of Protection Court of Protection authorises planned C-section as being in P’s best interests ( Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust v AX) The Court of Protection determined an application concerning AX, a pregnant patient detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 for depression and psychosis. It concluded that a...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—19 June 2025 In this issue: Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance Insurance types EU regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption insurance Cosmetics studios sue Beazley over coronavirus ( COVID-19) business losses Close to 70 cosmetics clinics—covering tattoo parlours and a flotation therapy centre—have brought proceedings against two Lloyd’s of London syndicates overseen by Beazley, seeking compensation for losses allegedly suffered after temporary closures during the coronavirus outbreak. See: Cosmetics studios sue Beazley over coronavirus ( COVID-19) business losses. Insurance types Aviation A data analytics firm reports the Air India flight AI171 crash could leave the insurance market with a US$200m hit, further reinforcing the hardening trend across commercial aviation. See: Air India crash likely to cost insurers US$200m TATA AIG...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales 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 The English court’s authority to grant injunctive relief to safeguard arbitral confidentiality A Corporation v Firm B [2025] EWHC 1092 ( Comm) arose from the claimant’s bid for interim injunctive measures (the “ Application”). It sought, among other things, to bar the first defendant (“ Firm B”)—including any of its branches—from (i) acting for Corporation C in a pending arbitration against Corporation D (the “ Second Arbitration”); and (ii) sharing with Corporation C confidential material from an earlier arbitration between the claimant and Corporation B (the “ First Arbitration”). In deciding the Application, the court applied the American Cyanamid v Ethicon Ltd...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Food safety and hygiene offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Victims and Courts Bill Introduced on 7 May 2025 by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt. Hon. Shabna Mahmood, the Victims and Courts Bill is currently progressing through Committee Stage. Liam Lane, an associate at Peters & Peters, examines the Bill’s central provisions. See News Analysis: Victims and Courts...
In this issue: Data protection Artificial intelligence Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Data ( Use and Access) Bill receives Royal Assent on 19 June 2025 On Thursday 19 June 2025, the Data ( Use and Access) Bill ( DUA) secured Royal Assent, thereby becoming an Act of Parliament. Its parliamentary scrutiny concluded on 11 June 2025, drawing to a close almost eight months of legislative process. Under section 139 of the DUA, most provisions will begin when regulations are made by the Secretary of State appointing commencement dates. A limited set, however, took effect immediately on Royal Assent: section 78, addressing reasonable and proportionate searches for data subject access requests; sections 126–128, relating to the retention of biometric data; and schedule 16, concerning the grant of energy smart meter...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Public children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Online Procedure Rule Committee meeting minutes Minutes from the Online Procedure Rule Committee’s meeting held on 12 May 2025 are now available. Lord Reed and Lord Hodge give evidence to the Lords Constitution Committee On 4 June 2025, the Supreme Court’s President and Deputy President, Lord Reed and Lord Hodge, appeared for their annual evidence session before the Lords Constitution Committee. The discussion covered the court’s judicial work, its responsibility for upholding the rule of law, and its outreach and international activity. They addressed challenges including misinformation, access to justice, and the effects of AI on the legal system. Responding to allegations of ‘judicial activism’ in both the European Court of Human...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Case management Evidence and disclosure Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Minutes OPRC minutes of 12 May 2025: The record of the Online Procedure Rule Committee meeting held on 12 May 2025—run in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building ( Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference—addresses matters such as statutory instruments, plans for consultation, updates from sub-committees on possession and property, the pre-action model, the inclusion framework, and how forthcoming workstreams will be aligned. Further coordination of upcoming workstreams was recorded as a priority. For more, see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—12 May 2025. CPRC minutes of 9 May 2025: The note of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee meeting of 9 May...
Our Practice Compliance forecast as at 17 June 2025 This forecast tracks proposed regulatory developments relevant to law firm compliance, enabling you to prepare for changes that may affect your organisation. Please examine it closely; priority points to keep in view are outlined below. New items we’re tracking this month SRA firm anti-money laundering and sanctions data requirements — In July 2025, the SRA will undertake its annual AML and sanctions data collection exercise. All regulated firms must submit details of work within the scope of the MLR 2017, their interaction with the sanctions regime, and any suspicious activity reports sent to the National Crime Agency. See: AML, CTF and counter-proliferation financing. Updates to existing items we’re tracking JMLSG ......
High Court judge Robert Bright directed Tecnimont to disclose its communications with Italy’s sanctions authority, dismissing the contention that compliance would in any way contravene Italian law. Bright J observed that Italian law recognises “the necessity for confidential documents to be provided for litigation where significant rights are engaged”, which is both pertinent and material because, under English law, disclosure is required unless there is a genuine risk of prosecution. “ I am satisfied there is no real risk that Tecnimont will face prosecution in Italy, and that the significance of the document to the issues at trial means it must be produced,” he said. Bright J also rejected Tecnimont’s claim that any material in the document would be of “limited value”, calling that “an invitation to conjecture”. “ I cannot rule out that the messages exchanged might contain something important,” the judge added. “ The only way to...
Bayerische Landesbank & Others v Rus Chem Alliance LLC ( Rev1) [2025] EWHC 924 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? The key authorities in this field are Uni Credit Bank Gmb H v Rus Chem Alliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30, where, among other points, the Supreme Court approved the issue of ASIs in the circumstances ( Uni Credit 1), and Uni Credit Bank Gmb H v Rus Chem Alliance LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 99, where, among other matters, the Court of Appeal held that the English courts can set aside a final injunction ( Uni Credit 2). Building on the Court of Appeal’s steer in Uni Credit 2, Mr Justice Foxton delineates the ambit of the English court’s discretion, under CPR 3.1(7), to discharge ASIs and related orders or declarations. The judgment confirms that the English courts possess...
A copy of the minutes can be accessed here, for reference: Online Procedure Rule Committee minutes of meeting 12 May 2025. Welcome, apologies and introductory remarks (item 1) Agreement was reached on the minutes from the 14 April 2025 meeting, as presented (see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—14 April 2025). The action log recorded continued coordination and preparation for forthcoming consultations and events. Statutory instrument (item 2) Confirmation was given that the Online Procedure Rules ( Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/ 536, took effect on 30 April 2025, with thanks recorded for the OPRC’s assistance throughout. Attention then moved to the forthcoming Statutory Instrument ( SI), targeting advice to ministers by September to achieve agreement on which categories of proceedings should be covered in due course. Consultation planning and scheduling (item 3) The OPRC considered the approach to consultation. Particular stress was placed on...
Mergers The Commission granted clearance for: Xerox Holdings Corporation to acquire sole control of Lexmark International II, LLC ( M.11879) following a phase I investigation—see further, Midday Express KKR & Co. Inc. and Stonepeak Partners LLP to obtain joint control of Assura plc ( M.11986) after a phase I investigation—see further, Midday Express Stonepeak and Repsol SA to take joint control of Pecos Renewables North America LLC ( M.12014) subsequent to a phase I investigation—see further, Midday Express The Commission also received notifications for: HIG Capital/ Kantar Media ( M.11901) (simplified merger procedure) First Reserve/ Fortress/ IES ( M.12048)...
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Greensill [2025] EWHC 1380 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? In practical terms, this case is a reminder that only in rare and compelling situations will concurrent proceedings in another jurisdiction justify a stay of English disqualification proceedings. The courts have repeatedly emphasised that it is seldom in the interests of justice to make a disqualification application await the outcome of other civil litigation, whether because of the perceived danger of inconsistent judgments, or at all. That position was clearly demonstrated in Re Rex Williams Leisure plc [1994] Ch 1 at paragraph 16 by Sir Donald Nicholls VC at first instance, and then again in the Court of Appeal at [1994] Ch 350, where Hoffmann LJ held that the Vice‑ Chancellor was entirely correct in his conclusions and described as quite absurd the...
Global Data Plc stated the loss would cover the US$75m to US$80m price of the aircraft, with the balance stemming from liability exposures under the Montreal Convention 1999 and domestic law. The firm said TATA AIG General Insurance Company Ltd and New India Assurance Co Ltd were the aircraft’s main insurers, yet most of the exposure has been transferred to the home and overseas reinsurance markets. Global Data also notes that Indian reinsurer General Insurance Corp of India ( GIC Re) is probably on the hook for around 5% of losses......
Tik Tok's obligation to suspend transferring data to China from Europe following an order from Ireland's privacy watchdog has been suspended by an Irish court today. An Irish judge stated the pause will continue until early October, when Tik Tok is scheduled to attend a hearing on its challenge to the Data Protection Commission’s ruling that the platform breached EU data protection rules and incurred a €530m penalty in total......
On 12 June 2025, the European Banking Federation ( EBF) stated that the European Banking Authority’s ( EBA’s) draft rules, set to be applied across the EU by the central Anti- Money Laundering Authority ( AMLA), are vague and inconsistent. In a statement responding to the EBA’s recent consultation on proposed AML risk assessment rules, the EBF warned that delegating guidance to national supervisors could fuel fragmentation and add to compliance burdens. It further argued that the draft provisions, which will ultimately give effect to the EU-wide EU Anti- Money Laundering Regulation, do not provide clear risk indicators or explain the weighting to attach to them, leaving banks without the certainty they need......
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