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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: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law State accountability and liability Judicial Review Equality and human rights Public procurement Information Law 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 Brexit highlights The inaugural UK– EU summit on 19 May 2025 concluded with a new strategic partnership, deepening the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Core strands include a pledge to pursue a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement, arrangements for UK involvement in the EU internal electricity market, and a deal to connect the UK and EU emissions trading schemes ( ETSs). A fresh Security and Defence Partnership was also settled, with annual summits to follow. See: LNB News 20/05/2025 45. Brexit SIs Persistent Organic Pollutants ( Amendment) ( No 3) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/605: This instrument updates assimilated direct legislation on persistent organic...
In this issue: Insurance types: Cyber UK regulation EU 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: Cyber Aviva to use AI tool to map cyberthreat behaviour On 19 May 2025, Aviva Plc confirmed it has begun deploying artificial intelligence ( AI) to chart the cyber risks to which companies in its portfolio are most exposed. See: Aviva to use AI tool to map cyberthreat behaviour. UK regulation FCA publishes Financial Lives 2024 survey report The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has released its Financial Lives 2024 survey report, setting out findings on the financial resilience of UK consumers. Results show many lack cash reserves: 10% have none, and 21% hold under £1,000 for emergencies. A quarter report difficulties keeping up with financial...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Case management Civil appeals New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Online Procedure Rule Committee minutes Record of the OPR Committee meeting—14 April 2025: The record of the Online Procedure Rule Committee sitting on 14 April 2025 (held in a hybrid arrangement at The Rolls Building and via video-link) addresses a range of matters, including Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) policy briefings, digital tools for Private Family Law, movement on the statutory instrument, the Inclusion Framework, the Pre- Action Model, and reports from sub-committees such as the Property and Possession Working Group. For more information, see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—14 April 2025......
In this issue: Research and development IP Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Advertising of medicines Commercialisation Medical devices Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Research and development New Clinical Trials Regulations will bring UK closer to EU regime Rory Trust, director, and Fraser Campbell, trainee solicitor at Burges Salmon LLP, review the incoming UK Clinical Trials Regulations set to commence in 2026, also contrasting the UK and EU clinical trial frameworks, among other aspects. The legislation has now been enacted and, following a 12-month implementation window, will apply from April 2026. It represents the most substantial overhaul of UK clinical trial rules in two decades. See News Analysis: New Clinical Trials Regulations will bring UK closer to EU regime. MHRA launches major clinical trials overhaul, real-world data consultation and Inclusion and Diversity Plan...
In this issue: Security Debt capital markets Derivatives Technology in banking transactions Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Security Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships ( Annotation) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/573 These Regulations set out particular circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may, or must, annotate entries on the registers of information maintained pursuant to section 1080 of the Companies Act 2006 ( CA 2006), commonly known as the ‘company register’. They commence in part on 9 June 2025, and in full when CA 2006, s 790LA takes effect. See: LNB News 15/05/2025 Huang v Credit Suisse ( UK) Ltd [2025] EWHC 1159 ( Ch) The claimants applied for summary judgment seeking rectification of the land register by removing references to particular charges secured over properties registered in their names. The court...
In this issue: Repairing obligations and dilapidations Easements and covenants Enforcing security and property insolvency Rents and rates Disputes and remedies Neighbour and party wall disputes Residential tenancies Key developments and horizon scanning Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Latest Q& As Repairing obligations and dilapidations Supreme Court confirms section 135 of the BSA 2022 has retrospective reach for claims tied to DPA 1972, s 1 ( URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd) In URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21, the Supreme Court rejected all four appeal grounds. It concluded that the retrospective limitation window in section 135(3) of the Building Safety Act 2022 embraces not only claims brought squarely under section 1 of the...
In this issue: Statutory compliance Property development Transferring property Environment, energy and buildings Easements, rights and covenants Residential property Property taxes Property in Wales Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Statutory compliance Clarification of limitation period in BSA 2022 In URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21, the Supreme Court rejected all four grounds of appeal. It determined that the retrospective limitation in section 135(3) of the Building Safety Act 2022 covers not only claims brought expressly under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972, but also actions that depend on the DPA 1972, s1 limitation framework—even where the claim is not issued under that provision. The Court also held that a claimant’s voluntary remedial...
The tally of Russian parties before the commercial courts had fallen to 27 in 2024. However, Portland, the communications consultancy, now reports a rebound to 60—the most from Russia since its reporting began in 2018—and marks the highest tally recorded since 2018. The firm posits that this could indicate a wider return of Russian litigants, or might simply be a short-lived bulge prompted by several sizeable claims. Illustrations include disputes linked to aircraft marooned in Russia, such as global insurer Chubb’s US$219m claim against a US aircraft lessor. Another possibility is that the uplift reflects matters lodged prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which were held up by sanctions but are only now progressing through the courts, the report notes too......
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Designs Copyright & associated rights General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Clarity and precision requirements for visual and verbal descriptions of trade marks ( Babek v Iceland) The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court dismissed Iceland Foods Ltd’s bid for summary judgment on its invalidity counterclaim against Babek International Ltd’s UK trade mark 907527963, holding the mark remains validly registered under sections 1(1) and 3(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994. Because the sign’s meaning and scope were sufficiently clear and precise, there was no basis to attack the registration under section 47 TMA 1994. The court declined an overly pedantic reading of the registration and relevant case law, preferring a pragmatic approach. Babek’s...
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In this issue: Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Food safety and hygiene offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Corporate Crime in Scotland International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls UK sanctions regime review lacks detail on beefing up meagre enforcement Proposals from the UK government to merge sanctions lists and accelerate action on civil-law infringements are likely to be welcomed as objectives, yet the refreshed approach sidesteps the problem of uneven enforcement. The newest review of the sanctions framework gives little clarity on how to make improvements: ministers talk about boosting the deterrent effect of enforcement, but there is no clear reference to additional resources for investigators. See News Analysis: UK sanctions regime review lacks detail on beefing up meagre...
Mergers The CMA has cancelled and reissued the IEO dated 15 May 2025 relating to the completed purchase by SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited—see the case page for details. NOTE— For all current mergers before the CMA, see the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates— For forthcoming UK competition developments, see the UK Competition calendar as referenced there too......
In this issue: Building safety Litigation Standard form contracts Energy Environmental issues Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Building safety Supreme Court holds retrospective effect of section 135 of the BSA 2022 applies to claims dependent on section 1 of the DPA 1972 ( URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd) The Supreme Court has rejected all four grounds of appeal in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21, confirming that the retrospective limitation in section 135(3) of the Building Safety Act 2022 ( BSA 2022) extends beyond claims brought squarely under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 ( DPA 1972). It also captures claims that turn on the DPA 1972, s1 limitation period, even where they are not advanced under that provision. The Court further held that remedial expenditure a claimant chooses to incur may, in tort, be recoverable. Mathias Cheung, a...
In this issue: Risk & Compliance forecast Financial Sanctions Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Risk & Compliance forecast New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 20 May 2025 The latest Risk & Compliance forecast, dated 20 May 2025, is now available. This edition covers: (1) the ICO’s consultation on encryption guidance; (2) HM Treasury’s proposed package of amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations; (3) OPBAS’s forthcoming targeted review of SARs; and (4) progress in the Crime and Policing Bill widening corporate criminal liability. See News Analysis: New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 20 May 2025. Financial Sanctions FCDO announces West Bank sanctions and pauses Israel trade talks Announced by Hamish Falconer MP and the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ( FCDO) has imposed fresh sanctions on three individuals, two illegal settler outposts and two...
In this issue: Wills Probate Trusts Powers of attorney and advance decisions Court of Protection Spouses, civil partners and cohabitants UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Charity and philanthropy Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 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& As Useful information Wills Law Commission publishes recommendations to reform Wills Act 1837 The Law Commission of England and Wales has issued its final report, ‘ Modernising Wills Law’. Volume I presents the recommendations, while Volume II sets out a draft Bill to repeal and...
In this issue: Status and worker categories Immigration Pensions Protected characteristics Diversity and gender pay gap Whistleblowing Employee rights to be informed and consulted Union status and obligations Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Status and worker categories Court of Appeal follows Court of Session authority on causation in part-time worker discrimination claims In Augustine v Data Cars Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 658, the Court of Appeal rejected a part-time minicab driver’s appeal under the Part-time Workers ( Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 ( SI 2000/1551). The challenge concerned a fixed ‘circuit fee’ charged to all drivers, irrespective of working time. He contended this was detrimental treatment arising from his part-time status. The...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment and non-sponsored work Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Ho C Library briefing on 2025 Immigration White Paper The House of Commons Library has issued a research briefing outlining proposals in the government’s 12 May 2025 immigration white paper, ‘ Restoring Control over the Immigration System’. Drawing on the white paper, linked documents/announcements and relevant Parliamentary answers, it sets out the principal reforms, anticipated commencement dates, and which groups could be touched by settlement changes. See: LNB News 21/05/2025 30. UKCISA publishes response to Home Office...
In this issue: Highways Public procurement Education Social care Planning Children's social care Local government finance Governance Pensions Social housing Licensing Environmental law and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Highways Supreme Court confirms that section 10(1) of Dartmoor Commons Act confers a public right of access which extends to wild camping as a form of open-air recreation ( Darwall and another v Dartmoor National Park Authority) In Darwall and another v Dartmoor National Park Authority, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal by Mr and Mrs Darwall, finding that section 10(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 ( DCA 1985) confers a public right of access that includes wild camping as a type of open-air recreation. Hannah Brown, senior solicitor, and Matthew Mc Feeley, partner, at...
What is the purpose of the FJC guidance? The guidance aims to help judges and legal representatives manage the increasing incidence of covertly made recordings by parties to proceedings. A recurring friction, especially in private law cases about children, arises where one side (often without representation) claims they are recording for their own and the children’s safety, while the other alleges harassment or invasions of privacy. The court must then weigh those competing concerns against the volume and reliability of any such material, the expense of evaluating it, and the overarching welfare of the child. Practitioners may likewise struggle with how to respond when a client produces secret recordings said to support their position. Judges must balance privacy complaints with claims of protection, the scale and soundness of the material, the expense of scrutiny, and children’s welfare overall. Issued roughly two years after an...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Financial sanctions Other practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 20 May 2025 The latest Practice Compliance forecast, dated 20 May 2025, has been published. This edition covers: (1) HM Treasury’s proposed suite of amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations; (2) OPBAS’s planned targeted appraisal of SARs; (3) movement in the Crime and Policing Bill that widens corporate criminal liability; and (4) the SRA’s draft business plan and budget consultation for 2025–26. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 20 May 2025. Financial sanctions FCDO announces West Bank sanctions and pauses Israel trade talks The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ( FCDO), via Hamish Falconer MP and the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, unveiled sanctions on three...
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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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