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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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Dormer (a protected party, by his mother and litigation friend Iteen Dormer) v Wilson and others [2025] EWHC 523 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? HHJ Tindal’s judgment delivers a meticulous review of the issues that arise when illegality is advanced as a defence in road traffic personal injury cases. It revisits the ‘blind-eye’ knowledge test concerning whether a vehicle was stolen or unlawfully driven from White v White [2001] 1 WLR 481 ( HL), and traces how that principle has been applied in later decisions. The ruling also considers the scope of the insurer’s defence under RTA 1988, s 151, alongside the Motor Insurers’ Bureau exclusion in paragraph 8 of the Uninsured Drivers Agreement. Clear guidance on assessing credibility where suspected unlawful conduct is relevant. Illustration of how the judge’s evaluation of witness evidence informs factual...
DMF… Applicant and DMG… Respondent [2025] SGHC( I) 12 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision traverses several themes of immediate interest to practitioners. It draws together principles and procedural points of real practical relevance. First, it underscores English law principles on construing contracts, and the correct method for applying those principles to identify the contracting parties (a task the court confirmed is no different for charterparties than for any other agreement). Second, it offers a helpful example of how prior inconsistent positions in earlier proceedings may matter, including whether, and in what circumstances, such conduct could found issue estoppel, amount to an abuse of process, or constitute approbation and reprobation). Third, it confirms that parties cannot sidestep their agreement to arbitrate by asserting the contract is unenforceable or non‑arbitrable on the basis of illegality or public policy; the...
The poorly interconnected islands ENTSO- E’s 2025 Summer Outlook, released today, flags adequacy risks for Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. In practice, this indicates their power systems may fall short of meeting electricity demand due to limited resources or capacity shortfalls. For Ireland specifically, the risk arises from overlapping outages at large dispatchable plants—hydropower, gas and coal—without new dispatchable generation arriving to replace them. To mitigate this, the report notes the Irish sector can turn to non-market resources, such as strategic reserves and capacity mechanisms, to bridge the gap between supply and demand. These findings concern the poorly interconnected islands......
Allianz Commercial warned that the swift expansion of the so-called shadow fleet heightens the likelihood of maritime incidents or oil pollution, which could lead to damages worth billions of dollars. An alternative tanker trade has developed following the sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine......
Key statistics for 2024 Net tax receipts for 2024 came to €107.1bn, a rise of 22.8% (€19.9bn) on 2023. The uplift was mainly propelled by corporation tax (+€15.3bn), income tax (+€2.2bn) and VAT (+€1.7bn). Together, income tax, corporation tax and VAT made up 89% of Revenue’s total net receipts in 2024. Audit and compliance interventions yielded €591m in 2024, down from €787m recorded in 2023. Tax settlements of €28.1m were finalised with 86 taxpayers. In 2024, Revenue concentrated its compliance work on key risk areas: construction, retail, wholesale, social media, digital services, fast food and hospitality tax evasion in the rental sector the categorisation of workers for tax purposes Transfer Pricing MAP...
The IEEPA The IEEPA, passed in 1977, gives the president authority to control importation, yet it does not confer a power to tax, as that was not Congress’s intent, the court declared in its opinion and order. Congress routinely sets boundaries when it expressly grants tariff powers, including in separate legislation just before the IEEPA was enacted, but this law contains no such limits, the court noted. As a result, Trump’s effort to use it to levy China, Canada and Mexico, and later most of the world, would have no bounds, the court said. The court added, ‘the power to regulate is not the power to tax’. It further stated, ‘the Constitution treats the power to regulate and the power to impose tariffs separately because they are not substitutes’. The toymakers ( Learning Resources Inc and Hand2Mind Inc, both led by CEO Richard...
Fortification post-discharge of injunction; CPR3.1(5) discussed ( Alta Trading UK Ltd & Others v Bosworth & others) Alta Trading UK Ltd & others v Bosworth & others [2025] EWHC 1097 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling supplies straightforward, workable direction for those handling interim injunctions in commercial disputes. Parties applying for interim measures are ordinarily obliged to give a cross‑undertaking in damages, which, where justified, can be strengthened by security. That is the price the applicant chooses to pay for obtaining the injunction. Should the order inflict loss and the court regard compensation as appropriate, the applicant must honour any consequent award. Fortification is usually determined at an early juncture, commonly on limited, provisional material as to likely loss. At that stage, the respondent may struggle to secure any meaningful fortification, not least because a freezing injunction has just been made...
Key deadlines 31 May 2025 - Fund profile return - Every Irish-authorised sub-fund must submit the annual Central Bank of Ireland ( CBI) fund profile return for that year. The CBI Portal deadline for these sub‑fund profile returns has shifted from February to May 2025. In 2025, the CBI refreshed its fund profile guidance and template accordingly. 6 June 2025 - EBA consultations on AML/ CFT RTS - The European Banking Authority ( EBA) is seeking feedback on four draft RTS currently mandated by the EU’s new AML/ CFT package, covering consistent ML/ TF risk assessments, customer due diligence rules, the choice of institutions for direct oversight by AMLA, and penalties. The consultations formally close on 6 June 2025. 30 June 2025 - Exchange traded funds ( ETFs) - ETF management companies should assess the steps set out in the CBI...
Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z [2025] EWHC 927 ( Fam) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision has concrete practical significance, as Knowles J has added three further points to the non‑exhaustive list set out by Mrs Justice Theis in Re Z ( Foreign Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC 304, [2025] 1 FLR 900, a list which was then further developed by the President in Re Z ( Unlawful Foreign Surrogacy: Adoption) [2025] EWHC 339 ( Fam), for consideration by intended parents when they contemplate international surrogacy. Those considerations are expressed as practical questions: what measures have the intended parents taken in relation to estate planning — both before and after a parental order — to secure the child’s future welfare? what steps have the intended parents made regarding future care and financial...
Competition policy CMA publishes annual concurrency report for 2025 The CMA has released its 2025 annual concurrency report. It marks the eleventh in the series, following a baseline report issued in 2014. The publication assesses how concurrency arrangements between the CMA and sectoral regulators functioned over the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025......
Domestic CBI Guidance on Investor Money Requirements On 8 April 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland ( CBI) issued an updated edition of the Guidance on Investor Money Requirements. The update refreshes the 2023 guidance and integrates the Investor Money Requirements questions and answers. It is designed to aid the sector in interpreting and complying with the Investor Money Requirements set out in Part 7 of the Central Bank ( Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 ( Section 48(1)) ( Investment Firms) Regulations 2023 ( S. I. No.10 of 2023). European ESMA 2025 Research Conference—call for papers On 2 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority ( ESMA) announced a call for papers ahead of its 2025 Research Conference, ‘ Understanding investment funds: Developments and risks in the EU fund industry’. ESMA invites submissions from researchers, policymakers and industry experts on...
Domestic CBI updates its position in relation to portfolio transparency for UCITS ETFs The Central Bank of Ireland ( CBI) has updated its UCITS Q& A to outline its revised stance on portfolio transparency for UCITS ETFs. This positive development extends to all UCITS ETFs, as well as UCITS offering ETF share classes, regardless of whether they follow a passive track or adopt an active approach... CBI consultation on Fitness and Probity Regime The CBI has launched the CP160 Consultation Paper on proposed amendments to its Fitness & Probity ( F& P) Regime. This consultation stems from recommendations by Andrea Enria, the former Chair of the European Central Bank Supervisory Board, who carried out an independent review of the F& P regime......
The Irish Tax Appeals Commission ( TAC) has just released its 2024 Annual Report, offering detailed insight into the activities and trends within its area of responsibility. TAC serves as Ireland’s initial appellate forum for challenges to Irish tax assessments. Set out below are key highlights from the report together with our observations on related trends across its caseload. The publication also charts developments through the year against its remit. Key statistics 1,711 appeals were concluded in 2024, with a combined value of €355m; this marked the sixth consecutive year in which TAC finalised more appeals than it received over the period. At year-end 2024, 711 appeals remained pending, a significant 38% decrease from the 1,141 open at the close of 2023, the lowest volume on hand since TAC’s inception. In 2024, 1,281 appeals were received, representing the second-lowest annual intake since...
Manolete Partners plc v Brown and others [2025] EWHC 522 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling confirms that although directors and other fiduciaries must exercise due care when preparing and maintaining a company’s books and records, that responsibility is not without boundaries. It makes plain that expectations around compiling and retaining corporate records have limits. The court sets a firm boundary, turning chiefly on the timing of a director’s resignation and identifying which obligations persist thereafter. In doing so, it clarifies which duties remain in force and which fall away once a director steps down. The decision will be of particular interest to claimants who might otherwise too readily lean on the claimant-friendly approach in Re Mumtaz Properties Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 610, [2011] All ER ( D) 237 ( May). Here, the court...
JM Kamau Ltd v The Pensions Regulator [2025] UKFTT 484 ( GRC) What are the practical implications of this case? At the case management stage, the matter was designated a lead case under the Tribunal Procedure ( First-tier Tribunal) ( General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009, SI 2009/1976, r 18. The designation concerned the question whether, where a notice under the Pensions Act 2008 ( PA 2008) is delivered to the proper address but never comes to the attention of the individual to whom it is addressed, that person can maintain that the notice was not “issued” for the purposes of PA 2008. The resulting implications for the Tribunal’s jurisdiction are those identified in paragraph 34 of the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Philip Freeman Mobile Welders Ltd. v. The Pensions Regulator [2022] UKUT 62 ( AAC). In essence, if the notice has not been issued, the time limit for...
Domestic Deputy Governor of the CBI Mary- Elizabeth Mc Munn speech at the Institute of Bankers On 3 April 2025, Mary- Elizabeth Mc Munn delivered her inaugural address in her new capacity as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland ( CBI), setting out her views on how regulation and supervision support the best interests of consumers and the wider economy. Deputy Governor Mc Munn noted that the CBI has shifted to a more integrated supervisory model in recognition of these factors, to secure effective and efficient execution of supervisory priorities. She said that simplifying regulation is an agenda the CBI welcomes, underscoring the importance of up to date and proportionate frameworks that achieve their intended outcomes. The central message was that the public is entitled to expect stability, resilience and...
On 29 May 2025, Employment Appeal Judge Akhlaq Choudhury indicated that the claimant’s employer would not automatically have known whether its rule to wear a mask was discriminatory towards individuals sharing the claimant’s philosophical belief in bodily autonomy. He noted that the worker himself was entirely neutral about whether others who held the same belief could or should wear a mask. The appeals judge concluded that there was no sufficiently close and direct link between the act of refusing to wear a mask and the belief itself that could give rise to any shared disadvantage......
Raising the minimum skill level to RQF6 The uplift in the minimum skill threshold for sponsoring Skilled Workers is set to be a significant shift. Our analysis indicates that 171 roles would cease to meet the Skilled Worker visa criteria (see the full list below). The Technical Annex to the White Paper projects a 23% drop in Skilled Worker visa applications—around 17,000 fewer applicants. Sponsors should calm concerns among existing sponsored staff in these roles: their current leave will not be cut short and they will remain eligible to extend. It also appears they may change employers, and undertake supplementary work, in roles below the new RQF6 benchmark. Given the sizeable contraction in qualifying roles, sponsors must reassess pipeline hiring and ensure enough Undefined Certificates of Sponsorship ( Co S) are on hand, noting the Home Office expects precise vacancy particulars and frowns on...
On 28 May 2025, the ABI announced that its refreshed 'salvage code of practice' now more closely aligns with modern vehicle technology, thereby helping to ensure that dangerous cars and parts are not put back on the road......
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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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