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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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The Economic Miracle of Great Britain: Using DB pension surpluses more productively The SMF, in its briefing paper ‘ The Economic Miracle of Great Britain: Using DB pension surpluses more productively’, argued that PPF protection be lifted to 100% of benefits for all members, in order to overcome any trustee scepticism about the government’s proposed reforms. These recommendations arrive as the government proposes relaxing the rules that permit DB pension scheme surpluses to be ‘extracted’ and redeployed by corporate sponsors. The SMF’s paper further explained that one factor which could potentially hold back trustees from extracting surpluses is concern that the PPF currently pays only 90% of a scheme’s promised pension to members below normal retirement......
In this issue: Horizon scanning ESG and sustainability: employment concerns Status and worker classifications Immigration Recruitment Pay Protected characteristics Equality claims before the employment tribunal Maternity, parents and carers Working time and flexible working Data protection and employee information Employee obligations and restrictions on competition Employment Appeal Tribunal Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish materials Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk® Employment: a Lexis® Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Key employment law changes— April 2025 The Lexis+® Employment team have assembled a round-up of the key employment law changes coming into force in April 2025......
In this issue: New technologies Information technology Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information New technologies How new EU Product Liability Directive will affect tech and AI Law360, London: The EU has moved decisively to update its liability regime by adopting Directive ( EU) 2024/2853 (the EU Product Liability Directive) in October 2024, with effect from 9 December 2026. See: How new EU Product Liability Directive will affect tech and AI. Information technology DSIT unveils Cyber Security and Resilience Bill policy statement and scope The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has outlined the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, scheduled for introduction to Parliament in 2025. The measure will...
The public prosecutor’s office has levied sanctions following a joint, coordinated probe, conducted with Germany’s federal criminal police office, into deceptive environmental assertions—labelled ‘greenwashing’ by German regulators and authorities—against the firms in question ( DWS Group Gmb H & Co KGa A and DWS Investment Gmb H). Fines, the prosecutor’s office said, relate to breaches of the German Capital Investment Code. These provisions forbid businesses from misrepresenting their holdings as being greener than they actually are. The German authority added that DWS’s asset managers promoted products that......
In this issue: Patents Trade marks/passing off Copyright & associated rights Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Patents Astra Zeneca keeps generics off shelves ahead of appeal Law360, London: On 31 March 2025, in Astrazeneca AB v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals [2025] EWHC 748 ( Pat), Astra Zeneca’s counsel persuaded the Court of Appeal ( Co A) to revisit a ruling that would have let Glenmark introduce its generic version of a billion-dollar diabetes medicine, under terms allowing shipment of stock already loaded onto lorries so long as retail sales did not proceed in the interim. See: Astra Zeneca keeps generics off shelves ahead of appeal. UPC likely to lure patent holders with UK IP in play Law360, London: The Unified Patent Court ( UPC) has now reaffirmed its authority to hear cases...
Antitrust AG opinion on jurisdictional issues in Dutch cartel damages actions Advocate General Kokott has issued her Opinion in Joined Cases C-672/23 Electricity & Water Authority of the Government of Bahrain and Others and C-673/23 Smurfit Kappa Europe and Others, arising from two Dutch references seeking guidance on the scope of Article 8(1) of Regulation ( EU) No 1215/2012 (the Recast Brussels Regulation). The matters address whether Dutch courts may assert jurisdiction over follow-on damages claims linked to EU cartels involving numerous undertakings, some located in Amsterdam and others elsewhere... Background Case C-672/23 relates to claims brought by the Electricity & Water Authority of Bahrain and others ( GAB), operators of high-voltage networks in the Gulf States, seeking compensation in the wake of the Commission’s 2014 infringement decision against multiple undertakings for participation in the power cable cartel. The action is pursued not only against the...
In this issue: Accounts and reports Corporate governance Equity capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Accounts and reports Changes in financial thresholds for company sizes With effect for financial years commencing on or after 6 April 2025, the Companies ( Accounts and Reports) ( Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1303 (the Regulations) revise sections 381–384B of the Companies Act 2006 ( CA 2006), lifting by around 50% the turnover and balance sheet thresholds used to determine whether a company falls within the micro-entity, small, medium-sized or large categories for reporting and audit obligations under CA 2006 and for other purposes. This update to the qualifying thresholds means many companies will benefit from a lighter-touch approach to financial and non-financial reporting. The Limited Liability...
In this issue: Building safety Litigation Standard form construction contracts Building regulations Infrastructure projects Procurement in construction Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety First ever building liability order and information orders awarded under Building Safety Act 2022 (381 Southwark Park Road v Click) In 381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Ltd v Click St Andrews Ltd ( In Liquidation) [2024] EWHC 3569 ( TCC), the TCC issued the first—and, to date, only—decision granting a BLO under section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ( BSA 2022), alongside the first Information Orders under BSA 2022, s 132. Jefford J delivered the decision ex tempore at a consequential hearing, following the earlier trial in 381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Ltd v Click St Andrews Ltd [2024] EWHC 3179 ( TCC). The Information Orders were directed at multiple parties, including the trial...
Howden Re, a London-headquartered insurer, stated on 28 March 2025 that the regions most affected by the magnitude-7.7 earthquake were expected to have 'very low insurance penetration'. By 31 March 2025, the death toll had climbed to 1,700. The US Geological Survey estimated the total could reach 10,000 in Myanmar alone, with economic losses potentially overtaking the nation’s gross domestic product, which was about US$66.7bn in 2023. Andy Souter described the situation as 'a significant human tragedy'......
The provisions include The measures impose tougher supply chain responsibilities on operators of essential services and relevant digital service providers. By widening obligations beyond the existing Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018, SI 2018/506 ( NIS), the new Bill would draw more businesses into the UK’s cybersecurity oversight and scrutiny, covering further sectors and their supply chains. The reforms would enable regulators to name designated critical suppliers, placing them under requirements akin to those for essential services, and would place comparable duties on certain small digital services that underpin the delivery of essential services. On 1 April 2025, Kyle said the Bill will require regulated organisations to strengthen their cyber defences, adding that ‘ensuring the security of the vital services which will deliver growth is non-negotiable’. Framing growth as central to the cybersecurity overhaul aligns with the government’s present focus on positive economic...
Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility On 31 March 2025, the bank reported that as much as €5m of protection had already been placed via the Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Guarantee Facility. The scheme allows insurers operating in Ukraine to transfer exposure to the global reinsurance market, thereby making cover available for threats that would otherwise be uninsurable. The EBRD noted in a statement that, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, most international reinsurers exited the market, sharply curtailing local Ukrainian insurers’ reinsurance capacity......
UT rejects appeal against FTT decision that educational services were not VAT exempt ( St Patrick’s International College Ltd & others v HMRC) St Patrick’s International College Ltd and others v HMRC [2025] UKUT 101 ( TCC). One appellant delivered tuition in English as a foreign language, and it was accepted that this supply fell within the VAT exemption. Even so, VATA 1994, Sch 9 Pt 1, Group 6, Note 2 bars a provider that satisfies the supplier condition in Note 1 solely by reason of offering English as a foreign language from treating its remaining, unrelated educational activities as VAT exempt. It was argued that Note 2 conflicts with the EU measures from which Group 6 in VATA 1994, Sch 9 Pt 1 originates. The Upper Tribunal reviewed the High Court’s ruling in HMRC v Pilgrims Language Courses Ltd [1998] STC 784 and...
On 24 March 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland ( Central Bank) released its inaugural Insurance Quarterly Newsletter (newsletter) for 2025. It features several significant pieces for Irish (re)insurers, such as the Central Bank’s yearly Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report, discussion of asset‑intensive reinsurance, and updates to the Consumer Protection Code (with the Business Standards). The Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report The Central Bank published its Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report on 28 February 2025 (report). It set out the Central Bank’s perspective on principal trends and risks across the financial system and came with a Dear CEO letter describing the Central Bank’s updated supervisory approach. The newsletter draws out the report’s central themes, notably the Central Bank’s Supervisory Priorities for 2025. proactive risk control and leadership that puts consumers at the centre within firms ensuring firms remain resilient amid a...
Background R v Layden [2025] UKSC 12. Under CAA 1968, s 7(1), if the Court of Appeal allows an appeal against a conviction, it may direct that the defendant be tried again where the court considers this to be required in the interests of justice. CAA 1968, s 8 provides additional rules and associated procedural requirements for any retrial, including, in particular, that the defendant must be proceeded against on a fresh indictment (a document that sets out the charges) and that, absent the leave of the Court of Appeal, arraignment cannot occur after two months have elapsed from the date of the retrial order. Arraignment is the court procedure by which the defendant is identified, the indictment is read to them, they are asked to plead guilty or not guilty, and the plea is recorded. Section 8 then supplies a process enabling the...
State aid General Court rejects challenge to Commission’s approval of Polish COVID‑19 aid for LOT In the field of State aid, the General Court delivered its judgment in Case T‑398/21, Ryanair and Ryanair Sun v Commission, concerning the challenge to the Commission’s decision of 22 December 2020 endorsing aid for Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA ( LOT) in the context of the COVID‑19 pandemic ( SA.59158). The General Court dismissed the action. Background On 19 March 2020, relying on Article 107(3) TFEU, the Commission adopted a Temporary Framework to bolster the economy in response to the COVID‑19 outbreak. That framework was subsequently revised and prolonged on six occasions, before coming to an end in June 2022......
Antitrust CMA fines 10 car manufacturers and 2 trade bodies £77.7m for illegal ELV recycling cartel The CMA has found that 10 car makers ( BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen) and 2 industry associations ( ACEA and the SMMT) broke Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 by engaging in restrictive, collusive arrangements concerning end-of-life vehicle ( ELV) recycling and associated advertising activities. The CMA imposed total fines of £77.6m on parties......
Fenchurch Law Ltd Fenchurch Law Ltd has stated that the limitation window for business interruption claims connected to the coronavirus pandemic ends in March 2026. The firm issued this alert after several landmark test cases concluded in the Court of Appeal, with outcomes largely in favour of policyholders. Joanna Grant, managing partner at Fenchurch, cautioned that for some businesses the road ahead could be lengthy, and urged brokers to start conversations with clients now, well before the liability period expires. Five years of often-intense......
Refer to the Q& A: Which options are open to an individual who aims to pass their residuary estate, in a tax‑efficient manner, on trust for a spouse for life, followed by a flexible charitable benefit with the trustees choosing the charitable recipients? Would the estate qualify for the residence nil rate band? Charitable Will trusts Practice Note: Will drafting—gifts to charities, particularly the section entitled ‘ Charitable Will trusts’, explores ways in which a person may place assets on trust for charity. Although charitable trusts are, in principle, treated as relevant property for IHT, legislation intervenes to exempt property held solely for charitable purposes, whether for a limited period or otherwise......
Two lenders challenge Court of Appeal ruling on fiduciary duty First Rand Bank and Close Brothers are contesting a Court of Appeal judgment holding that motor dealers owed customers a fiduciary duty and required consent before accepting lender commissions for arranging finance. Mark Howard KC of Brick Court Chambers, for First Rand, argued the appellate court committed an “egregious error” in its October 2024 conclusion that dealers, acting as credit brokers, had to disclose commission arrangements. In filings, Howard described the outcome as a “novel finding” that “came as a very considerable surprise to the industry”. The decision, which favoured three motorists — Marcus Johnson, Andrew Wrench and Amy Hopcraft — sparked suggestions that motor finance providers could face a flood of claims over historic agreements. Lenders might be required to reimburse consumers where such payments are deemed...
Antitrust Commission fines 15 car manufacturers and 1 trade association €458m for end-of-life vehicle recycling cartel The Commission adopted an infringement decision against 15 car makers ( Mercedes- Benz, Stellantis, Mitsubishi, Ford, BMW, Honda, Hyundai/ Kia, Jaguar Land Rover/ Tata, Mazda, Renault/ Nissan, Opel, General Motors, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo) and one trade association (the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) for taking part in a prolonged cartel relating to end-of-life vehicle ( ELV) recycling ( AT.40669). The Commission levied penalties totalling €458m. Mercedes- Benz received full immunity under leniency programme for disclosing the cartel and ultimately not fined......
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