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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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R (on the application of Tesco Stores Ltd) v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and another company [2025] EWCA Civ 610 What are the practical implications of this case? The Court of Appeal, in this judgment, returned to Hopkins Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] UKSC 37 and Tesco v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13, underscoring the separation between construing planning policy and putting it into effect in practice. Deciding what a policy issued by a local planning authority or the Secretary of State means is, as a matter of law, a question for the court to resolve. By contrast, deploying that policy when determining applications and appeals is for the decision-maker, and is amenable to challenge only on public law grounds. The Court of Appeal also stressed that construing policy should be...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Zaun Ltd is barred from resurrecting its counterclaim to annul Betafence’s UK re-registered design, having already failed to overturn the EU ‘parent’ design right. Delivering the judgment for a three-judge panel, Justice Richard Arnold explained that UK re-registered designs—though legally distinct from community designs—are of a ‘parasitic nature’ and are, in substance, the same as the community design from which they derive. Consequently, Zaun cannot target Betafence’s design for a second time. The court relied on the principle of res judicata, which prevents a party from relitigating an issue that has already been determined......
The decision in Generics ( UK) Ltd v Astra Zeneca AB [2025] EWHC 1012 ( Pat) highlights the growing divergence between UK patent law and the European Patent Office’s approach, particularly in the aftermath of the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s G 2/21... Reassertion of the plausibility standard At the centre of the dispute was Astra Zeneca’s patent for dapagliflozin, an inhibitor of the sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter protein SGLT2, employed to reduce blood glucose for treating type II diabetes... Although EP1506211 expired in May 2023, Generics UK, Teva and Glenmark pursued declarations of invalidity and the revocation of the related Supplementary Protection Certificates, SPC/ GB13/021 and SPC/ GB14/050. They argued that... the patent did not make it plausible that dapagliflozin is a (selective) SGLT2 inhibitor or is useful in the treatment of diabetes... the patent offered no technical contribution over the prior art ( WO...
The High Court in England and Wales has recently held that texts exchanged on Whats App created a binding agreement valued at almost a quarter of a million pounds. The dispute arose from a demolition job between property developer Jaevee Homes Limited (‘the Developer’) and contractor Steve Fincham, who trades as Fincham Demolition (‘the Contractor’). Although both sides accepted there was a deal for the demolition of Mercy Nightclub in Norwich, they disagreed about precisely when the contract came into being and, as a result, which payment terms applied. When was the contract formed? The Developer contended that the contract was concluded on 26 May 2023, when it emailed its standard sub-contract to the Contractor. The Contractor argued that, on more favourable terms, the agreement had in fact been struck more than a week earlier, on 17 May 2023, through a Whats App text...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorships: sponsors Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments 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 Immigration White Paper heralds significant changes to UK immigration system The government has issued its long‑awaited White Paper on lawful migration, ‘ Restoring Control over the Immigration system’, setting out major reforms across the system, with the stated objective of cutting net migration and reasserting control. In the employment context, this includes lifting the skill threshold for Skilled Worker back to the Tier 2 graduate standard and turning all Points‑ Based System routes into ten‑year pathways to...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Cybersecurity Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO consults on draft updated guidance on encryption The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has now opened a consultation on its refreshed draft guidance for encryption. Participants are invited to outline who they are and the nature of their organisations, set out their thoughts on encryption within data protection law, comment on the encryption scenarios presented in the guidance, and add any further observations. Submissions are requested by 24 June 2025. See: LNB News 14/05/2025 40. House of Lords pushes for AI and copyright transparency measures in Data ( Use and Access) Bill On 12 May 2025, the House of Lords reviewed amendments sent by the House of...
In this issue: Data protection Confidential information Cybersecurity Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Parliament considers Data Bill amendments in final legislative stages As of 8 May 2025, the Data ( Use and Access) Bill is in its final parliamentary stage. Backed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT), it brings wide reforms to data regulation, including new rules on customer data access, privacy standards, and establishing an Information Commission. The Bill also spans electronic trust services, biometric data retention, and information sharing for public services. Introduced in the House of Lords in the 2024–25 session, it has completed its first passage through both Houses. See: LNB News 08/05/2025 38. DSIT opens user engagement for 2026 UK Business Data Survey DSIT has launched a user...
A copy of the minutes can be viewed here: the Minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. Welcome, apologies and introductory remarks (item 1) The minutes from the 10 February meeting were reviewed and received formal approval. Statutory instrument (item 2) Members recorded that the statutory instrument ( SI) conferring rule-making powers on the OPRC was debated on 17 March 2025. They observed that, if approved, the OPRC could begin making rules after the parliamentary process was completed in due course. After the meeting, the Online Procedure Rules ( Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/536, were made and took effect on 30 April 2025. It was further noted that the Renters’ Rights Bill might face a possible delay in its passage. The legislation is expected to raise demand across the courts and tribunals system, and continued digitalisation is vital to help the courts...
In this issue: UK antitrust EU antitrust EU mergers EU Foreign direct investment EU State aid Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK antitrust Court of Appeal denies permission to appeal from the CAT’s judgment affirming the CMA’s finding of excessive and unfair pricing for an NHS thyroid medicine; restores the CMA’s original fine in full The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Cinven Capital Management ( V) General Partner Ltd & Ors v CMA, a challenge to the CAT’s ruling of 8 August 2023 that upheld the CMA’s decision identifying breaches of the Chapter II prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 concerning the supply of liothyronine tablets (a vital medicine used to treat thyroid hormone deficiency). CMA’s 2021 decision On 29 July 2021, the CMA adopted an infringement decision concluding that Advanz Pharma abused a...
Mergers Government publishes its response regarding consultation on updating the media mergers regime, and (2) the government publishes 2025 strategic steer setting out priorities for the CMA The Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) has released the government’s reply to the November 2024 technical consultation on reforming the media mergers regime, acting on a recommendation from Ofcom. The government will move forward with the proposals consulted upon. In its view, the package achieves a balance: preserving the public interest in a digital era while backing a media sector that is competitive and sustainable. In line with this, the government will revise the definition of ‘newspaper’ in section 44(10) of the Enterprise Act 2002 to expressly include print newspapers, periodic news magazines and online news publications......
In this issue: Key DR developments Cross-border disputes Litigation Case management Applications—specific Evidence and disclosure Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Consultation SRA launches consultation on 2025/26 business plan: The Solicitors Regulation Authority ( SRA) has opened consultation on its 2025/26 Business Plan. Proposed changes affect regulatory fees: the individual practising certificate would rise from £164 to £190, while compensation fund contributions would drop from £90 to £70. These adjustments respond to a 40% surge in monthly investigations, increasing case complexity, and emerging risks in the high‑volume consumer claims market. For further detail, see: LNB News 09/05/2025 32— SRA launches consultation on 2025/26 business plan. Announcements Cabinet Office announces major civil service relocation and reform programme: Led by the Rt Hon Pat Mc Fadden MP, the Cabinet Office has set out plans to move thousands of Civil Service roles, including senior leadership posts, from London to 13 regional locations across the UK. The...
In this issue: SAYE Corporate Governance Employment issues New and updated content Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas SAYE Change in bonus rates for Save As You Earn ( SAYE) share option schemes HMRC has set revised bonus rates and an updated early leaver rate for Save As You Earn ( SAYE) schemes, which will apply to new invitations issued from 23 May 2025. This update follows HMRC’s 2023 introduction of an automatic SAYE bonus rate mechanism linked to the Bank of England base rate (see: Share Incentives weekly highlights—1 June 2023— SAYE Schemes). After the Bank of England altered its base rate, HMRC has confirmed the following SAYE figures: Three-year SAYE savings contract bonus: 0.7 multiplied by one monthly contribution Five-year SAYE savings contract bonus: 1.9 multiplied by one monthly...
In this issue: Aviation finance Derivatives Regulation for banking lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Aviation finance Celestial Aviation Trading Ireland Ltd v Volga- Dnepr Logistics BV [2025] EWHC 1156 ( Comm) The Commercial Court refused the defendant’s bid to amend an interim payment order that compelled payment of US$202m to the claimants in respect of the defendant’s liabilities under guarantees, together with £50,000 on account of their costs. The defendant instead asked to vary the order, proposing that its duty to pay would only commence once particular licences had been obtained, citing concerns about potential breaches of UK and US sanctions given that its ultimate owner is a designated person. The court concluded there was no principled justification for altering the order, noting that the sanctions ramifications were likely appreciated when the original order was granted, and that the defendant had delayed in applying for...
In this issue: Immigration Protected characteristics Prohibited conduct Whistleblowing Performance, conduct and discipline Bribery, modern slavery, tax evasion and fraud Employment Tribunals Employment Appeal Tribunal Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Immigration New clause in Bill to expand right to work scheme to ‘gig economy’ workers The government has inserted an additional clause into the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to widen the reach of the existing right to work scheme, bringing within scope alternative working arrangements that until now fell outside its remit. At present, the statutory framework under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 requires employers to conduct right to work checks only for individuals engaged as employees on conventional contracts, in order to obtain a statutory excuse against a civil penalty if a worker is later found to lack the necessary immigration permission......
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Confidential information Consumer protection Contracts Public procurement Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—14 May 2025The Advertising Standards Authority received two complaints about paid promotions for unlicensed, nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes by Golden Vape and UKVAPINGSTORE. The regulator upheld both complaints. See: LNB News 14/05/2025 13. ASA report reveals 43% non‑compliance with influencer advertising rules The ASA has issued its 2024 Influencer Ad Disclosure monitoring report, analysing over 50,000 pieces of content on Instagram and Tik Tok from 509 UK‑based accounts. It identified 57% compliance, with 34% of influencer ads lacking any disclosure and 9% using inadequate labels. The ASA will share findings with platforms and influencers and continue enforcement through AI‑powered...
The broker, part of the WTW Group, said its Fin Tech Plus solution is built to address the hurdles financial technology firms encounter as they grow and manage shifting regulation. The product offers options for comprehensive cyber cover, according to the statement, and is issued via a single proposal form and consistent wording that Willis said would streamline the insurance process. Trenton Mc Nee, Willis’ fintech and digital assets industry lead for Great Britain, said the new product reflects Willis’ commitment to innovation and its alignment across the global network. Willis said fintech specialists in the UK and US created the solution during 2024, and the broker said it will adapt to the requirements of businesses at different stages and with varied business models......
In this issue: Intellectual property Post-market Competition in life sciences Commercialisation Data protection and life sciences Advanced therapeutics Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Intellectual property Patenting AI innovations in healthcare—navigating European patent law Jack Severs (partner) and Joe Spencer (associate) of Gill Jennings & Every LLP explore what is considered patent-eligible in European AI healthcare. See News Analysis: Patenting AI innovations in healthcare—navigating European patent law. Dapagliflozin— UK court reaffirms plausibility standard despite G 2/21 In Generics ( UK) Ltd v Astra Zeneca AB, the High Court of England and Wales delivered a thorough restatement of the UK tests for inventive step and sufficiency, anchored in the idea of ‘plausibility’. Ian Jones, partner at Gill Jennings & Every LLP, assesses the ruling. The...
In this issue: Public procurement Governance Children’s social care Highways Social housing Planning Healthcare Social care Education Licensing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Public procurement Cabinet Office clarifies Procurement Act 2023 guidance on pipeline notices Each procurement above £2m in a contracting authority’s pipeline will require its own pipeline notice. Under the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023), the first of these must appear by 26 May 2025. The Cabinet Office’s updated guidance confirms this as a practical step, ensuring later notices for each procurement can be cross-referenced to the relevant pipeline entry on the central digital platform, Find a Tender. See: LNB News 14/05/2025 18. Cabinet Office seeks feedback on Procurement Act 2023 The Cabinet Office has launched a new stakeholder survey within its...
FTT determines VAT zero-rating did not apply to construction of mental health unit ( NHS Ayrshire & Arran Health Board v HMRC) NHS Ayrshire & Arran Health Board v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 502 ( TC). The NHS Board requested non‑statutory clearance that zero‑rating would apply to the construction services and to the materials used in creating a ‘bedroom wing’ for the National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service ( NSAIS), a secure mental health unit, within the grounds of a hospital......
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Designs Anti-counterfeiting Patents Confidential Information General IP Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Copyright & associated rights Copyright and AI reform omitted from Data ( Use and Access) Bill The Data ( Use and Access) Bill concluded its passage through the House of Commons on 7 May 2025. The government declined amendments aimed at tackling artificial intelligence ( AI) and copyright, which sought stronger safeguards for creatives whose works might be used to train AI models without consent. It explained that work in this space continues pending the outcome of its consultation on copyright and AI, which closed on 25 February 2025, and that attempting reform now would be premature and risk fragmented legislation. See: LNB News 08/05/2025...
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