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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: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential tenancies Enforcing security and property insolvency Neighbour and party wall disputes Electronic communications Contractual issues Disputes and remedies Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning Renters’ Rights Bill The Renters’ Rights Bill sets out reforms to the legal framework for rented homes, including ending fixed‑term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies, introducing duties on landlords and others in relation to rented, temporary and supported accommodation, and associated measures. The Bill progressed to House of Lords committee stage (day 3) on 28 April 2025. See: LNB News 12/09/2024. The impact of the Terrorism ( Protection of Premises) Act 2025 on the property...
Laidley (by his Litigation Friend the Official Solicitor) v Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 448 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling concerns the relatively uncommon situation in which a trial judge, invoking CCA 1984, s 63, appoints an individual to serve as an assessor where a party to the proceedings has a mental health issue. It affirms that, in those circumstances, the judge retains a broad discretion over the manner and extent of the assessor’s involvement. As a general position, communications between the court and the assessor do not have to be disclosed, and the trial judge ought not to constrain that discretion by prescribing in advance exactly how the assessor will be utilised. That overarching approach is, however, capable of exception. For example, where the assessor themself supplies further material that amounts to evidence, or initiates a new line of...
In this issue: Cases and decisions Insurance types UK regulation EU regulation International regulation Financial crime and sanctions Cases tracker Dates for your diary Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Makin (by his mother and litigation friend) v The Restaurant Muse Ltd and others This appeal arose from a dispute about policy coverage. The court concluded that: The insured ( Second Defendant) did not meet the policy’s notification requirements by failing to promptly inform the insurer ( Third Defendant) of the incident and ensuing claim. Those notification provisions were conditions precedent to cover, allowing the insurer to refuse indemnity due to the breach. The prior judgment fixing the insured’s liability to the Claimant bound the insurer under the Third Parties ( Rights Against Insurers) Act...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work EU law rights and the EU Settlement Scheme International New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts 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 The3million and ILPA voice concern over closure of Passenger Support Helpline The3million and the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association ( ILPA) have written to Seema Malhotra MP, Minister for Migration and Citizenship, raising objections to the Passenger Support Helpline being shut down. The service operated for a little over three months and ceased on 31 March 2025. Their letter underscores the helpline’s value to travellers encountering carriers unwilling to recognise digital status for boarding. Although the3million and other stakeholders urged that the line be retained, the Home Office ended it citing ‘extremely low levels of contact’. The...
Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments— April 2025 ESMA’s draft RTS and guidelines for liquidity management tools for funds ESMA has released draft Regulatory Technical Standards ( RTS) alongside a final report covering guidelines on Liquidity Management Tools ( LMTs), following an ESMA consultation. Within the draft RTS, ESMA defines requirements for choosing and calibrating LMTs to be applied by UCITS and by AIFMs managing open‑ended AIFs, both to manage liquidity risk and to curb threats to financial stability. The RTS have been drawn up under matching mandates in Article 18(a)(3) of the UCITS Directive and Article 16(2)(g) of the AIFMD. The final draft RTS under the AIFMD are included in Annex IV of the report, with those under the UCITS Directive set out in Annex V. The draft guidelines give direction on how managers should determine and calibrate LMTs having regard to their...
UK developments FCA updates webpage on sustainable finance discussion paper DP23/1 The FCA has refreshed its webpage to summarise feedback on ‘ DP23/1: Finance for Positive Sustainable Change’, first issued in February 2023. Respondents broadly endorsed the significance of sustainability topics and the themes presented in DP23/1. Since releasing DP23/1, the FCA has brought in measures addressing several of those themes, including the Consumer Duty, Sustainable Disclosure Requirements ( SDR) with labelling rules, and the Anti- Greenwashing Rule. As a result, it is not presently looking to propose further rules on the areas explored in DP23/1. Instead, the FCA will continue to champion these themes through other initiatives at home and abroad. See: LNB News 02/04/2025 49. Source: DP23/1: Finance for positive sustainable change | FCA [ Updated] HM Treasury issues guidance on best practice examples for sustainability reporting for 2023-2024 HM Treasury has released guidance on...
See Q& A: Where a trust of a life policy otherwise falls within the definition of an 'excluded trust' set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3A of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, does it lose that excluded trust status if it opens a non-interest bearing bank account in order to pay insurance premiums for the policy? It is assumed that the operation of the bank account is for no purpose other than to pay premiums In broad terms, all UK express trusts must register with the Trust Registration Service ( TRS), even where there is no UK tax charge, unless they fall within an exclusion expressly listed in the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/692, Sch 3A. However, those...
Thomas and another (as trustees in bankruptcy of Roderic Alexander Innes Hamilton) v Jones and another [2025] EWHC 756 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? In most claims under IA 1986, s 423, the chief difficulty for a claimant is proving that the person who entered into the transaction intended to put assets beyond a creditor’s reach; that subjective purpose must be established. In the great majority of matters there is no direct ‘smoking gun’; instead, the claimant relies on the court drawing proper inferences against the defendant from other objective or established facts. In this dispute, the clear judgment of Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Prentis proceeds by assembling a series of discrete findings of fact which, though not conclusive individually, together create a picture from which the court could infer that Mr Jones had the requisite...
At a fintech event on 29 April 2025, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves unveiled new legislation, saying it would make the UK a leading destination for digital asset businesses to invest and innovate. A Treasury statement explained that, under the fresh rules, crypto exchanges, brokers and intermediaries will be brought within the regulatory perimeter—clamping down on bad actors while nurturing legitimate innovation. The Treasury added that crypto companies with UK customers must also meet clear benchmarks for transparency, consumer protection and operational resilience—just as firms in conventional finance do. Reeves further noted that the UK will use the forthcoming UK– US financial regulatory working group to continue engagement with US counterparts, aiming to enable stronger collaboration on digital securities between the two countries......
For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 As many employers have self-contained, lockable toilets and no transgender employees, a significant number are pausing for the Equality and Human Rights Commission ( EHRC) to publish summer guidance before laying down internal rules on who may use which facilities, lawyers noted. However, organisations that must offer changing areas for staff, or operate from older premises with banks of cubicles, urinals and shared sinks — typically larger public sector bodies — cannot simply wait to see what becomes standard practice. Missteps risk tensions at work and potential employment tribunal claims, specialists cautioned. Much turns on the make-up of the workforce and whether your staff are likely to be affected, said Audrey Williams, partner at Keystone Law. She added that the Supreme Court’s conclusion that transgender people do not have a legal...
Background On 15 March 2023, following a judge-alone trial, the appellant was convicted of a single offence of collecting or creating a record of information liable to be useful to a terrorist, contrary to section 58(1)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000 ( TA 2000). She was thereafter sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. The Crown’s case was that the impugned material consisted of a series of handwritten notes produced by the appellant, arranged in a coded fashion to deliberately obscure their meaning and thereby enhance their effectiveness. The material concerned the recovery of both munitions and explosives from Kevin Nolan and the related surveillance operations undertaken by MI5, and was said to be capable of providing practical assistance to terrorists when deciding where future munitions or explosives should be stored, which individuals ought to be selected for that role, whether any person had...
Judge Neil Cadwallader has directed four cryptocurrency exchanges to provide Einar Knobel with any data they hold connected to the alleged fraud. The platforms are Binance, Paxful, Hong Kong-based Hit BTC, and Bybit, a Seychelles company. A High Court application dated 11 April 2025, recently made public, granted Knobel a Norwich Pharmacal order, a disclosure procedure aimed at third parties suspected of being entangled in wrongdoing. Cadwallader stated there is a good arguable case that wrongdoing occurred, involving theft and fraud committed against the claimant as reflected in the High Court filing itself......
Annual Funding Statement 2025 TPR issued its warning within the Annual Funding Statement 2025 — the inaugural statement under the new DB funding code and funding framework — highlighting that swings in financial markets may materially influence investment approaches or hinder a corporate backer’s capacity to step in and address deficits. It reported that 54% of DB pension plans hold a surplus large enough to secure an insurance buy-out of their liabilities. Furthermore, 76% of DB schemes show a surplus on a 'low dependency' basis, suggesting they are unlikely to need the employer to step in and cover funding shortfalls in future......
Attached are the Strategy Statement 2025–2027 and the 2025 Work Programme. The press release follows. Strategy is built on six key outcomes– Children, Democracy, Trust, Irish Culture and Media, Diversity and Inclusion, and Public Safety On 24.04.25, Coimisiún na Meán published its first three-year strategy, setting out the organisation’s vision for a vibrant and healthy media landscape in Ireland. Executive Chair, Jeremy Godfrey, expressed confidence that this strategy will support the creation of a media landscape that benefits all of society. The Strategy Statement 2025–2027 is accompanied by a 2025 Work Programme, which outlines priority projects across Coimisiún na Meán’s remit of online safety, media sector development and regulation. Children — a media landscape that protects the rights, wellbeing and development of children, and supports their safe engagement with content Democracy — a media landscape that sustains democracy and democratic values, underpins civic discourse, and reduces the impact of...
The General Court has delivered its judgment in Case T–263/23 Symrise AG v Commission, an annulment action challenging the Commission’s February 2023 decision instructing an inspection of Symrise’s premises. The Commission suspected Symrise of involvement in anti-competitive practices in the fragrance industry, contrary to Article 101 TFEU. The General Court rejected the action in its entirety. Background Symrise AG operates in the manufacture and sale of fragrances and fragrance ingredients within the EEA and globally. In February 2023, the Commission adopted a decision under Article 20(4) of Regulation 1/2003 (the Contested Decision) requiring Symrise and its subsidiaries to submit to an unannounced inspection. That decision relied on information indicating that several fragrance manufacturers may have engaged in anti-competitive behaviour — including exchanging sensitive business information and co-ordinated conduct via the International Fragrance Association ( IFRA) — to distort competition in the supply of consumer...
UK developments FCA updates webpage on sustainable finance discussion paper DP23/1 The FCA has refreshed its webpage to summarise views submitted on discussion paper ‘ DP23/1: Finance for Positive Sustainable Change’, which it originally issued in February 2023. The regulator reports that respondents were broadly supportive of the significance of sustainability issues and of themes set out in DP23/1. Since releasing DP23/1, however, the FCA notes it has already brought in measures touching several themes, including the Consumer Duty, Sustainable Disclosure Requirements ( SDR) and associated labelling, plus the Anti‑ Greenwashing Rule, and is therefore not presently minded to propose further rules on DP23/1’s themes at the present time. Instead, the FCA will keep advancing the DP23/1 themes via other initiatives, operating within the UK and through international work too. See: LNB News 02/04/2025 49. Source: DP23/1: Finance for positive sustainable change | FCA [...
Domestic Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman published annual Overview of Complaints On 26 March 2025, the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman ( FSPO) issued its annual ‘ Overview of Complaints’, presenting statistics on complaints received and closed by the FSPO during 2024 throughout the year. In total, 6,185 complaints were lodged in 2024 during that year. A significant contributor to the volume in this period was the number linked to ‘disputed transactions’ in the banking sector. Almost a third of all banking complaints involved conduct grouped as ‘disputed transactions’, a 12% rise in this category since 2023. Conduct cited within this grouping includes fraudulent transactions, unauthorised withdrawals, failure to provide accurate account information, failure to implement security measures and non-receipt of funds. Overall, the banking sector accounted for the largest share of complaints at 55% of all cases (3,404). This...
Pension Bee warned the existing framework for moving pension savings between providers is creaking, undermined by antiquated procedures, uneven standards, exploitation and weak regulatory oversight. The savings firm said it commissioned a survey of 160 financial advisers, which found 82% believe poor pension switching experiences for customers are damaging the reputation of the financial services industry at present according to the provider today......
Digital markets CMA sets out how it will implement the 4Ps to support growth and investment under the new digital markets competition regime. The CMA has released guidance explaining its approach to meeting its four strategic objectives—pace, predictability, proportionality, and process (4Ps)—within the new digital markets competition regime created by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA). The 4Ps are intended to bolster growth, encourage investment, and strengthen business confidence across the UK’s competition and consumer frameworks......
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