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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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Original news Mr N ( CAS-49148- R5W6)—18 December 2024 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a complaint concerning the calculation of a transfer value. It was accepted that the figure had been miscalculated. Members’ entitlements are limited to the benefits specified in the rules, and they should not receive any windfall beyond the correctly assessed amount where a transfer value had been lower than it ought to have been for the transferring individual. The trustees were instructed to authorise an additional transfer to address the shortfall. This outcome serves as a reminder that members are only due the benefits contained in a scheme’s governing documentation. What were the facts? Mr N was both a member and a trustee of the Alloy Sales Ltd Executive Pension Scheme (the Scheme). The Scheme was a small self‑administered scheme ( SSAS)......
Original news Dr N ( CAS-93557- F1X2)—24 December 2024 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman has dismissed a complaint about an incapacity pension application and a claim for compensation for extra tax liabilities, which arose when the pension was backdated following a successful appeal. The element of the complaint concerning the original ill-health application was out of time, and there were no grounds to extend the limitation period. The Scheme acted appropriately to correct initial inaccuracies in the information provided about tax charges, and had already compensated the member for a lifetime allowance charge. As a result, the Pensions Ombudsman declined to award compensation for any further tax liabilities. This outcome underlines that the Pensions Ombudsman generally applies a strict three-year limitation period. What were the facts? Dr N was a member of the NHS Pension Scheme (the Scheme) which was administered by NHS Business Services Authority ( NHS...
In this issue: Research and development Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Advanced therapeutics Commercialisation Medical devices Advertising of medicines Intellectual property Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information There will be no Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Research and development Commission updates guidelines on responsible use of generative AI in research On 10 April 2025, the European Commission’s Directorate‑ General for Research and Innovation released the second edition of its guidance on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence ( AI) in research. Targeted at researchers, research organisations and funders, the update complements the EU Artificial Intelligence Act ( EU AI act). It details core principles—reliability, truthfulness, respect and accountability—for AI use. The guidance also calls for transparency about the AI tools employed, safeguards for sensitive data and...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Sources of environmental law ( UK, EU, international) Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Air emissions and climate change Commission launches three ETS-related consultations for 2026 review The European Commission has opened public consultations on the European Union Emissions Trading System ( EU ETS) and the Market Stability Reserve, together with separate consultations on the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund. These reviews consider how the ETS Directive has operated since the 2018 revisions and will inform the 2026 review, with particular attention to aviation, maritime transport and stationary...
In this issue: Governance Healthcare Social housing Public procurement Planning Education Children's social care Highways Local Government finance Social care Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Governance Supreme Court holds that Eq A 2010 terms ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refer to biological sex ( For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers) The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that, for the Equality Act 2010, the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ denote biological sex rather than ‘certificated sex’. It held that holders of Gender Recognition Certificates ( GRCs) are not within the Eq A 2010 definition of their acquired gender. The judgment confirms that trans people remain protected from discrimination via the gender reassignment provisions, and may claim sex...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts International Public procurement Sale and supply of goods Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—16 April 2025 The Advertising Standards Authority issued two decisions on 16 April 2025. A challenge to Fitzdares Ltd over Stuart Broad’s betting promotion was dismissed, as the regulator concluded the retired cricketer did not have a strong pull for under-18s. Separately, Vodafone’s “ The Nation’s Network” claim was upheld in part: the television advert was acceptable given its clear heritage framing, but the website advert breached the CAP Code by presenting an unsubstantiated comparative claim without objective verification. See: LNB News 16/04/2025 30. Agency and...
In this issue: Equity capital markets Corporate governance ( EU) Corporate governance Share capital Public company takeovers ( Schemes) Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Equity capital markets PISCES: FCA provides update on framework for regulated trading platform for private company shares The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has issued an update on its private intermittent securities and capital exchange system ( PISCES) sandbox, following consultation paper CP24/29: Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System: Sandbox Arrangements. The update shares initial themes from stakeholder feedback and how these may inform the final rule set, pending the FCA Board’s approval. The FCA plans technical refinements so PISCES better reflects private market norms, including clearer expectations for core disclosures covering financial...
In this issue: Enforcing security and property insolvency Forfeiture Easements and covenants Disputes and remedies Residential tenancies No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Additional Property Disputes updates Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Enforcing security and property insolvency The treatment of principal secured debt under a mental health crisis moratorium ( Seculink Ltd v Forbes) In Seculink Ltd v Forbes [2025] EWHC 524 ( Ch), the High Court explained how the principal amount of a secured debt is dealt with during a mental health crisis moratorium ( MHCM) under the Debt Respite Scheme ( Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) ( England and Wales) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/1311. The court confirmed that the...
In this issue: Designs Trade marks/passing off General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Designs Court of Appeal finds registered designs valid ( Safestand v Weston Homes) In Safestand Ltd v Weston Homes plc [2025] EWCA Civ 374, the Court of Appeal overturned a ruling of invalidity concerning three of Safestand’s registered designs. It concluded that the challenged designs for builders’ trestles are valid in law. In its 2 April 2025 judgment, the Court accepted Safestand’s argument that each registration represents a single modular product, and not different versions of a complex product; accordingly, the designs were not invalid for failing to portray a single product. Accordingly, Safestand’s appeal succeeded. The dispute concerned builders’ trestles and how the...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Restructuring Personal insolvency Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Industry/sector guides for R& I lawyers No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New Q& As Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes March 2025 enforcement outcomes management information The Insolvency Service has refreshed its enforcement outcomes management information for March 2025. The figures record 95 director disqualifications and eight bankruptcy and debt relief restrictions. See: LNB News 14/04/2025. Restructuring Judgment Alert: Kington S.À. R. L. v Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 475 An appeal was brought against the decision of Mr Justice Leech to sanction a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 ( CA 2006) concerning Thames Water Utilities Holdings...
In this issue: Company law and regulatory Corporate governance Q& As Trackers Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Company law and regulatory PISCES: FCA shares update on framework for regulated trading venue for private company shares The Financial Conduct Authority has issued an update on its Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System sandbox, building on proposals in consultation paper CP24/29 (for background, see News Analysis: Share Incentives weekly highlights—19 December 2024— Regulatory). Final rules are expected in June 2025, with applications to the PISCES sandbox opening shortly afterwards. Prospective operators can access pre‑application support to obtain early feedback on proposed operating models and draft rulebooks. The FCA’s note offers initial insights into stakeholder responses and how these could influence the final rules, subject to approval by the FCA Board. The regulator also plans to propose technical adjustments to ensure PISCES better aligns with private market...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ( PRIIPs) Dispute resolution for financial services lawyers Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Investment funds and asset management UK Mi FID II EU Mi FID II Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Regulation of AI in FS Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Latest Q& As No Weekly Highlights on 24 April...
In this issue Data protection Cybersecurity Lex Talk® Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Key takeaways from the ICO’s final anonymisation guidance On 28 March 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office released guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation under the UK GDPR. Long awaited—with drafts and sector-specific materials appearing periodically since 2021—the Guidance provides practical direction on resolving key questions around lawful use of pseudonymised and anonymised information, particularly for data sharing, advanced analytics and in light of tools available to the ‘motivated intruder’. By Alex Jameson and Steph Ong of Bird & Bird. See News Analysis: Key takeaways from the ICO’s final anonymisation guidance. EDPB issues new blockchain data protection guidelines and signals AI cooperation The European Data Protection Board has adopted guidelines on blockchain data protection and has signalled cooperation on AI......
In this issue: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Planning applications and decisions Planning policy Nationally significant infrastructure projects Planning appeals Flood risk and development When planning permission is required Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Related Documents Planning and Infrastructure Bill The Planning and Infrastructure Bill underwent its second reading on 24 March 2025. Among the headline revisions are a discretion for local planning authorities to refuse future applications from certain parties in specified circumstances, and the creation of a third‑party right to appeal permissions that have been granted. The analysis provides a synopsis of key amendments, drawn from the Amendment Paper dated 9 April 2025. See News Analysis: Planning and Infrastructure Bill—second...
In this issue: Leasing property Transferring property Property taxes Key developments and horizon scanning Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Leasing property Relief from forfeiture—residential sub-tenants of mixed-use building Derwent Lodge Estates Ltd v Signature Living Hotel Ltd (in administration) [2025] Lexis Citation 964 centred on an appeal from a District Judge’s decision setting the terms of relief from forfeiture for residential sub-tenants (the Appellants) of part of a mixed-use property after the head lease had been forfeited. The appeal was rejected, the court confirming, among other points, that the District Judge had lawfully exercised her discretion by granting relief via vesting a fresh lease of the entire building in the Appellants on terms matching those of the...
What is the background to the TMO4+ grid connection reforms? TMO4+, short for ‘ Target Model Option 4 Plus’, is an extensive suite of reforms led by NESO (originally initiated by its predecessor, National Grid Electricity System Operator ( NGESO)), and supervised—and now approved—by Ofgem, reshaping the process for securing connections to the electricity transmission and distribution networks in GB. The TMO4+ package developed from earlier ‘ TMO4’ proposals (‘first ready, first connected’) put forward by NGESO as its preferred option in the Connections Reform: Final Recommendations Report ( December 2023). That work aimed to deliver the ambition set by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) and Ofgem of grid ‘transmission connection dates being offered to customers on average no more than 6 months beyond the date requested for viable, net zero aligned...
In this issue: Risk & Compliance forecast Data protection Financial sanctions Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Risk & Compliance forecast New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 15 April 2025 Our updated Risk & Compliance forecast (as at 15 April 2025) is available now. This edition highlights, among other matters, the Serious Fraud Office’s new business plan, developments on the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill trailed in the King’s Speech, the Employment Rights Bill, and draft ICO guidance on deploying storage and access technologies. See News Analysis: New Risk & Compliance forecast as at 15 April 2025. Data protection Key takeaways from the ICO’s final anonymisation guidance On 28 March 2025, the UK Information...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Injunctions Enforcement Litigation New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Key DR developments Artificial intelligence CTJ issues refreshed AI guidance and unveils Copilot Chat for judges: The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary ( CTJ) has released updated guidance on the use of artificial intelligence, replacing the December 2023 version. The revision widens the glossary of AI terminology and introduces fresh sections on misinformation, bias, and the quality of datasets. It also brings Microsoft Copilot Chat to judicial office holders via e Judiciary accounts, and confirms that litigants are accountable for AI-generated material put before the courts. For further detail, see: LNB News 15/04/2025 23— Courts and Tribunals Judiciary publishes updated AI guidance and...
In this issue: Cases and decision Insurance types EU Regulation International Regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content New Q& A No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decision WTGIL Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2025] EWCA Civ 399. This dispute addresses the VAT treatment of a component within a niche motor insurance product targeted largely at motorists aged 17–25. A defining aspect of the cover is the compulsory installation of an in‑car electronic unit that captures and transmits driving data. The appeal to the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) followed the Upper Tribunal’s refusal of WTGIL Limited’s (formerly Ingenie Limited) challenge to a First‑tier Tribunal ruling. The First‑tier Tribunal had concluded that Ingenie could not reclaim input VAT arising from the supply and fitting of telematics devices (“ Devices”) in vehicles of...
In this issue: New technologies Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information No Weekly Highlights on 24 April 2025 New technologies Commission opens consultation on AI in science strategy and guidelines The European Commission has started a consultation on a new European strategy for artificial intelligence in science, together with guidelines for responsible AI use in research. The initiative aims to harmonise AI uptake across Member States and establish a European AI research council. It sets out detailed guidance for researchers, research organisations and funders on using generative AI responsibly, addressing transparency obligations, data protection and research integrity. The consultation is open until 5 June 2025. See: LNB News 10/04/2025 43. Commission updates guidelines on...
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