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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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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......
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency The June 2025 issue of Corporate Rescue and Insolvency is now accessible via Lexis +® UK (subscription required). This edition features the following new articles: Restructuring plan round-up: key developments in the High Court (2025) 3 CRI 63 by Caroline Platt, senior associate and Rob Gray, associate, at Freshfields LLP Norwich Pharmacal Orders: marking the boundaries (2025) 3 CRI 65 by James Morgan KC and Zachary Kell, barristers practising at Radcliffe Chambers Reframing the rule in Ex p.......
The conference opened with remarks from Robert Pickel, Chair of the P. R. I. M. E. Finance Foundation; Professor Yael Diamant, senior legal counsel at De Nederlandsche Bank and Professor of Financial Networks and European Property Law at Tilburg University; and Dr. Hab. Marcin Czepelak, Secretary- General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Their contributions framed a day devoted to substantive debate on legal change, market dynamics, and the resolution of global financial disputes... ‘ View from the Derivatives World: Key Takeaways from the 39th ISDA AGM’ The opening panel gathered experienced market practitioners to assess shifts across derivatives and the wider financial system. Guided by Rick Grove (chief executive officer and partner, Rutter Associates LLC ( New York); P. R. I. M. E. Finance Expert and Advisory Board Member), the discussion surveyed headline outcomes from the 39th International Swaps and...
The Serious Fraud Office ( SFO) says its refreshed approach is designed to help UK Plc steer through new legislation that lowers the bar for prosecuting companies over fraud and bribery. It seeks to recruit the private sector as the first line of defence against financial crime, the authority added. Michael Gallagher, the specialist prosecutor’s chief investigator, said the SFO is providing firms with complimentary data-sharing, trend insights and analysis, plus events and training on mitigating risks so they do not breach anti-bribery rules. The organisation, he noted, aims to balance the carrot with the stick as part of the UK’s growth agenda. The SFO, in particular, is often seen as purely an investigative and prosecuting body, Gallagher said. That remains accurate, but it is not our only purpose. We also prioritise preventing harm to the public. We also place emphasis on UK...
On 1 March 2025, the updated Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration Centre of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (the CCL Arbitration Rules 2025) took effect. This version adds provisions aligned with international best practice and the frameworks of leading arbitral institutions. Nonetheless, the regulation seems unfinished: gaps remain that should be closed to secure predictable and efficient CCL-administered arbitrations. This article examines the key changes on scrutiny of awards, residual appointment of arbitrators, procedural calendars, and time limits. Scrutiny of the award In step with institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce ( ICC) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre ( SIAC), the CCL Arbitration Rules 2025 create a scrutiny process for arbitral awards. This acts as a quality control tool, aimed at lowering annulment risk by ensuring the award’s formal and substantive robustness. Scrutiny is not mandatory; it depends on the parties’...
Judge Robin Knowles decided Mozambique may add Safa's widow and sons to its proceedings, and that the High Court should remain the venue for the ongoing case, even if ultimately Lebanese law must be applied in full. The French- Lebanese tycoon had passed away before the judge delivered his decision backing the south-east African state in its landmark action linked to the 'tuna bond' corruption scandal......
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New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 17 June 2025 Our Risk and Compliance forecast, dated 17 June 2025, monitors anticipated regulatory developments linked to risk and compliance, enabling you to prepare for any shifts that could affect your organisation. This helps you plan for potential changes relevant to your operations. Please examine it thoroughly; priority points that merit attention are highlighted below. New items we’re tracking this month No additional entries are under review this month......
The Littlewoods Pensions Trust Limited: Determination notice What are the practical implications of this case? The Determination adds a further route that can support pensions ‘endgame’ strategies. It serves as a marker for future TPR actions to unlock surplus that would otherwise be locked away at wind‑up. The ruling is immediately relevant to schemes encountering surplus that becomes trapped on winding‑up. That extends to certain schemes yet to begin winding‑up, though prospective legislative shifts for ongoing arrangements could benefit them in time. Whether any surplus is trapped turns on the scheme’s own rules, and the problem is most commonly seen in schemes established before 1970. Plenty of schemes can only aspire to having surplus at all. Sponsors and trustees may worry about ever reaching full funding, while others are finely tuning contributions to avoid overshooting the goal. Measures that prevent surplus becoming trapped could lift...
Competition policy CMA updates its procedural complaints guidance The CMA has issued an update to its website guidance explaining how to escalate procedural matters to the Procedural Officer in CMA cases. First published in 2014, this guidance sets out the Officer’s remit, scope and the process for bringing procedural concerns and raising issues with the Procedural Officer in Competition Act 1998 investigations. The latest revision incorporates the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA) and the functions of the Office for the Internal Market. Under the existing guidance, the Procedural Officer will determine disputes, for example in relation to the confidentiality of material the CMA proposes to publish in mergers and markets cases, where the parties have been unable to settle the point with the CMA’s senior responsible officer. Once the CMA has taken the relevant decision, parties have five working days to raise...
The court allowed targeted amendments to the application dealing with misfeasance and breach of fiduciary duty, on the footing that these did not introduce fresh causes of action and that it was appropriate to exercise its discretion to permit them. By contrast, the court declined permission for an amendment advancing new causes of action concerning unlawful distribution of capital, because it lacked discretion to grant such permission (and, had it possessed it, would have declined to use it). Written by Martin Young, senior associate at CMS Cameron Mc Kenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. Ley and another (as joint liquidators of CL Realisations 2020 Ltd) v Suttle and another [2025] EWHC 796 ( Ch). What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment offers practical guidance on the outer limits of permissible amendments to heads of claim in the insolvency sphere, and on the...
Chuhan v Dechert LLP [2025] Lexis Citation 1273 What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling indicates that fixtures integral to an employer’s premises, without any closer nexus to the business’s operations, are unlikely to constitute “equipment” for the purposes of EL( DE) A 1969. Illustratively, the judge contrasted a door in solicitors’ offices—which was not equipment—with legal texts, computers and telephones. This approach marks a distinction between the fabric of the building and the tools or materials used to carry out work. Although a County Court decision by a Circuit Judge is not binding precedent, it serves as a reminder that an employee injured by a defective workplace item that is not “equipment” will not fall within the protection of EL( DE) A 1969. Previously, such an individual might instead have pursued a claim for breach of the Workplace ( Health, Safety and...
Performance Leads Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 660 ( TC) Performance Leads Ltd ( PL) operated two sites that located and collected details on people looking for financial guidance. That data—the ‘lead’—was passed to its clients, being IFAs, so that those advisers could reach out to those particular individuals. For each lead supplied, PL was paid a fee by the IFAs. PL itself never communicated directly with the end customer at any stage whatsoever......
Moffat and another v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 663 ( TC) The taxpayers disposed of their shares in CM Ltd. That company owned CYBC Ltd, which ran a pier in Chelsea providing houseboat berths alongside services and maintenance. Owners paid CYBC Ltd annual mooring fees and compulsory maintenance charges, the latter billed on an estimated-cost basis and covering: Utility connections Concierge service Nightwatchman patrols Some owners also obtained a formal mooring licence. The company additionally supplied optional services—such as boat repairs, renovation and leak remediation—charged separately at an hourly rate. The shareholders claimed entrepreneurs’ relief on the share disposal; following an enquiry, HMRC rejected the claims. Penalty assessments were then issued under Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007 on the footing that the claims had been made carelessly. The taxpayers appealed......
Background on the case The Arbitration Tribunal constituted under the EU– UK TCA issued its definitive decision on the EU– UK sandeel dispute on 2 May 2025. The clash arose after the UK introduced a prohibition on catching sandeels within its North Sea waters to protect the marine environment, while the EU argued that such conservation steps would unfairly and disproportionately harm fishing communities in the EU. This marks the first dispute referred to the Arbitration Tribunal pursuant to the TCA. Consequently, the matter sheds light on how the TCA should be applied, particularly regarding what counts as the best scientific advice and how the principle of proportionality operates. In the end, whilst underlining the procedural need to have due regard to proportionality, the tribunal upheld the ban and concluded that, in substance, the UK’s fisheries management approach was robust. In reaching that view, the panel...
Although considerable attention has focused heavily on the Competition and Markets Authority’s ( CMA) bolstered direct enforcement toolkit, the DMCCA 2024 likewise broadens and fortifies further the core foundations of consumer protection law in the UK in several important ways. In this piece, we explore the fresh rules on unfair commercial practices, setting out in detail the operative tests, key risk points and practical approaches designed to achieve compliance in practice. What has changed The DMCCA 2024 restates and revises the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, SI 2008/1277 ( CPUTR 2008). It preserves the split between practices that are per se unfair—and therefore unlawful—and those that are only unfair where they influence a consumer’s commercial choices. However, the range of commercial practices falling within each limb has been materially enlarged under the DMCCA 2024. Prohibited practices The following behaviours are always treated as unfair,...
Competition policy Commission proposes simplification to speed up defence investments in the EU The Commission has tabled a package, set out in a Defence Readiness Omnibus ( Omnibus), to cut regulatory hurdles and accelerate defence investment, strengthening the EU’s ability to respond to security risks. The initiative seeks to enable Member States and industry to scale up capabilities and infrastructure to address evolving security threats......
Candy v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2025] UKFTT 416 ( TC) What are the practical implications of this case? The clearest consequence of the ruling concerns taxpayers seeking to recover overpaid SDLT who have missed the 12‑month amendment period in section 44. In defined circumstances, it opens a route to reclaim genuine overpayments within a four‑year window. That does not mean paragraph [34] displaces the requirement in section 44; the FTT confirmed as much. HMRC may still contest such claims, subject to the particular facts. The effect of the decision reaches beyond SDLT to overpayment relief in general. The tribunal’s attention to the full suite of materials around the legislation, in order to reach its view, emphasises the breadth of interpretation available for the overpayment provisions and their purpose. Crucially, the judgment should not be treated as a shortcut to ignoring the guidance in...
Mergers The CMA opened its phase 1 investigation and issued an invitation to comment in relation to the anticipated acquisition by Omnicom Group Inc. of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc—see the case page. Note—for all live mergers before the CMA, see the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Private actions High Court dismisses toy maker’s damages claim but finds MGA abused dominant position and issued unjustified patent threats The High Court delivered its judgment in Cabo Concepts Ltd & Licence World Ltd v MGA Entertainment ( UK) Ltd & MGA Entertainment, Inc [2025] EWHC 1451 ( Ch), an action for damages initiated by Cabo alleging that a rival toy maker breached competition law and advanced unjustified threats of patent infringement proceedings to stop the roll-out of a competing product. The court held that MGA Entertainment abused its dominant position and made unjustified patent threats in...
On 11 June 2025, the Association of British Insurers ( ABI) urged a clear, long-range framework to guide investment in climate resilience. With support from Flood Re, the government-backed reinsurer, the industry can offer affordable home cover to households exposed to flooding. That scheme is scheduled to leave the market in 2039. By that point, the ABI hopes that upgrades to infrastructure and the planning system will enable insurers to assume enough of the risk themselves while keeping policies affordable for customers. ‘ The funding signalled as stated by the ABI......
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