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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: Spring Statement 2025 Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts International Supplier management New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Spring Statement 2025 Spring Statement 2025—key Commercial announcements On 26 March 2025, as part of the Spring Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out the government’s programme to restore stability, ramp up investment, and stimulate economic growth. The initiatives revealed are intended to move the government closer to meeting the principal milestones in the Plan for Change, released in December 2024. See: LNB News 26/03/2025 52. Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Meta settles UK lawsuit over use of personal data for advertising MLex: Meta Platforms has concluded a UK claim and agreed to stop using personal data belonging to Tanya O’ Carroll, a campaigner who contended the firm’s targeted advertising practices were not compliant with the United Kingdom General Data Protection...
Domestic The Central Bank ( Amendment) Bill 2025 initiated before Dáil Éireann On 18 February 2025, the Central Bank ( Amendment) Bill 2025 (the Bill) was brought before the Dáil. Dubbed the ‘right to be forgotten’ bill, it proposes changes to the Central Bank Act 1942 so that financial service providers do not treat cancer survivors differently, ensuring they are not unfairly disadvantaged because of past diagnoses once specified post-treatment thresholds are met. The initiative echoes a measure laid before the Dáil in October 2022, which subsequently fell with the dissolution of the Dáil on 29 January 2025. During the intervening period, Insurance Ireland introduced a voluntary code of practice for underwriting mortgage protection insurance for cancer survivors, effective from 6 December 2023. The new private member’s bill seeks to protect the privacy of cancer survivors by removing the obligation to disclose a cancer...
In this issue: Sanctions and export controls AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Sanctions and export controls OFSI annual review reveals £25bn of Russian assets frozen The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has published its 2023–2024 annual review, stating that £25bn in Russian assets have been frozen since February 2022, with 396 enforcement cases recorded. It sets out OFSI’s first proactive monetary penalty, the exercise of its disclosure power, and its inaugural counter-terrorism designation. Staffing has risen to 135 and 564 further designated persons were added to the sanctions lists. The review signals bolstered enforcement capacity and wider international co-operation. See: LNB News 21/03/2025 20. OFSI issues penalty to HSF Moscow for Russia...
In this issue: Accounts and reports Corporate governance Directors' and members' issues Environmental, social and governance issues Equity capital markets Partnerships Tax for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Accounts and reports FRC publishes update on company size threshold amendments Responding to the Government’s revisions to UK company size thresholds, which take effect on 6 April 2025, the Financial Reporting Council ( FRC) has revised pertinent existing publications. In addition, the FRC has issued a summary paper setting out the amendments to help reporters understand the updated framework. See: LNB News 21/03/2025 16. Corporate governance Home Office updates statutory guidance on modern slavery in supply chains The Home Office has issued a refreshed edition of its statutory guidance on transparency in supply chains under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015....
In this issue: Spring Statement 2025 Taxation Funding, surplus and investment Trustees, governance and administration Pension scams and liberation New content Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Spring Statement 2025 Spring Statement 2025— Chancellor silent on pensions with only fleeting reference to investment reform and removal of regulatory barriers as part of economic growth agenda During the Spring Statement 2025 on 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, gave scant attention to pensions, defying expectations in parts of the pensions sector. Her only nod to pensions was to state that government’s growth plan involves boosting investment, overhauling the pensions framework, creating a National Wealth Fund, and stripping away regulatory obstacles across all industries, as part of its broader economic growth agenda. Published alongside the...
Thatchers Cider Company Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 5 What are the practical implications of this case? The main practical implications for trade mark owners are the following: seek protection for the mark you plan to use, and for packaging, aim to register the whole packaging as a trade mark rather than only the word mark. Thatchers’ success here was largely because it held a trade mark registration for the packaging, which included the lemon elements. If the dispute had been assessed solely by comparing the THATCHERS and TAURUS word marks, Thatchers would most likely not have succeeded linked to this is the point that infringement claims can be successfully advanced under TMA 1994, s 10(3), although it remains uncertain whether other cases will adopt the same reasoning as this one......
Da Silva v Brazil Iron Ltd [2025] EWHC 606 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment is noteworthy, as the High Court examined whether obstacles in securing funding overseas could make England and Wales the proper forum for hearing the claim, even though Brazil bore the closer, real and substantial connection with the action. The court concluded that this was an exceptional case: not simply a disparity in the availability of funding between two jurisdictions, but a genuine risk that substantial justice would not be achieved in the foreign forum. The conclusion was supported by several factors, notably: the probable value of the claim (comparatively low) the anticipated number of claimants (comparatively few) Both had to be weighed against the comparatively high complexity of such claims. In Brazil, although CFAs existed, the conditional fee model used in this...
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In this issue: Spring Statement 2025 Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Useful information Spring Statement 2025 Spring Statement 2025— Key Criminal Justice announcements In the Spring Statement 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined a suite of criminal justice initiatives. These include boosting the number of prosecutions for tax fraud, creating a scheme to compensate those who report tax non-compliance, and clamping down on tax evasion arising from...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Key developments and materials Spring Statement 2025— Key Energy announcements Delivered to Parliament on 26 March 2025, the Spring Statement 2025 saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out economic projections alongside refreshed tax and public spending plans, following the Autumn Budget 2024. For a recap of the principal Autumn Budget 2024 measures affecting energy and environmental policy, see LNB News 30/10/2024 68. Although the Spring Statement 2025 contained only limited energy‑specific changes, we highlight the principal announcements relevant to the sector......
In this issue: Horizon scanning Tax Prohibited conduct protection at work Diversity and gender pay gap Maternity, parents and carers Bribery, modern slavery, tax evasion and fraud Employment Tribunals 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 Government responds to WEC report on miscarriage and bereavement leave The UK Government has issued its reply to the Women and Equalities Committee ( WEC) report urging statutory bereavement leave for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks. In its reply, the Government accepts that more should be done to support parents affected by losses before 24 weeks, and states that the WEC’s report was invaluable in drawing attention to both the emotional and...
Last month, President Donald Trump unveiled plans to pare back US involvement in cross-border bribery prosecutions, imposing a six-month halt on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA). The US has historically been a key engine behind corporate anti-bribery actions worldwide, and the shift has sparked concern about its effect on international efforts... Jason Williams, who leads the SFO’s fraud and corruption division, said it is too early to judge the full ramifications. He added that the present uncertainty could create openings for the UK and Europe. Speaking at an event today, Williams suggested the pause might even quicken some SFO work: with the Department of Justice not pursuing FCPA matters or advancing related enquiries, the SFO can shape and run its own cases and push ahead......
In this issue: Spring Statement 2025 Probate UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families International Question of the 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 Spring Statement 2025 Spring Statement 2025—key points On Wednesday 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, presented the government’s Spring Budget. There were no fresh measures for Private Client tax advisers—disappointing for those with clients likely to be affected by the planned reforms to business property relief and agricultural property relief from April 2026. Nor was there any sign of a rethink on the proposal to levy an IHT charge on pensions on death. By contrast, tackling non-compliance took centre stage, with announcements of new...
R (on the application of The Ramblers’ Association) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and others [2025] EWHC 537 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling carries weight whenever reliance is placed on the statutory presumption of highway dedication in section 31(1) of the Highways Act 1980. In considering whether the public has actually enjoyed a route for a complete 20-year term, the enquiry is not confined to literal, physical passage; it extends to the public having the benefit of being able to use the way. Accordingly, proof of uninterrupted, day-to-day use throughout the whole period is unnecessary. A mere lack of seamless continuity, or pauses in use, does not, of itself, displace the presumption. The proper test is whether, looked at across the entire 20 years, the level and nature of use would put a...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Applications—specific Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR updates 182nd Practice Direction update—in force 20 March 2025: Effective 20 March 2025, the 182nd Practice Direction ( PD) took effect in full. It also brings revisions to the Online Civil Money Claims pilot under CPR PD 51R, allowing litigants in person to submit general applications, closely mirroring the route available to legal representatives. Further minor tweaks include added signposting to aid navigation and usability. For more detail, see: LNB News 20/03/2025 48—182nd Practice Direction update—in force 20 March 2025. Civil Procedure Rule Committee Minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee—7 February 2025: The CPR Committee ( CPRC) met on 7 February 2025 in a hybrid...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation Financial institutions International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Spring Statement 2025—key Restructuring & Insolvency announcements During the Spring Statement 2025 on 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out a number of measures pertinent to Restructuring & Insolvency professionals, covering action on phoenixism, reform within the public sector, fostering business growth, changes to business rates, and the stock of outstanding tax debt. Refer to: LNB News 26/03/2025 51. Corporate insolvency processes Insolvency Service reports closure of Manchester tech firms over debit subscription scam Per the Insolvency Service, the High Court in Manchester has wound up Affinity Technology Solutions Limited and RCSR Tech Limited following an inquiry into unauthorised direct debit subscriptions. The firms allegedly took £29.99 a month for online...
In this issue: Key developments and materials New technologies Information technology Internet Fintech Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management 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 Key developments and materials Spring Budget 2025—key TMT announcements In the Spring Statement 2025 on 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiled a number of measures pertinent to TMT professionals, including £42m for three AI Exemplar projects, and the roll-out of fresh digital tools—such as voice biometrics and AI for customer services—under the Plan for Change. See: LNB News 26/03/2025 42. New technologies Will the UK crypto industry gain a genuine option between the Consumer Duty and...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Students Business, investment and non-sponsored work Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note, our Immigration calendar highlights key upcoming changes of interest to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Immigration, Nationality and Passport ( Fees) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/363 updates the Immigration and Nationality ( Fees) Regulations 2018 ( SI 2018/330), raising charges for immigration and nationality applications and for travel documents. It also revises the Passport ( Fees) Regulations 2022 ( SI 2022/660). Implementation is phased: from 9.00 am on 9 April 2025, then on 10 April 2025, with full effect from 1 May 2025. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential property Property development Transferring property Insurance Property in Wales Property in Scotland Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning Spring Statement 2025 The Spring Statement 2025 from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined planning reforms intended to release housing supply. A range of built environment bodies have published their reactions. See: LNB News 26/03/2025 50 and LNB News 27/03/2025 54. Residential property Upper Tribunal clarification on the statutory test for a ‘self-contained part of building’ in right to manage claims In The Courtyard RTM Co Ltd v Rockwell ( FC103) Ltd [2025] UKUT 39 ( LC), the Upper Tribunal ( UT) examined the statutory meaning of a...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials Implementation of the Environmental Principles Policy Statement in England From November 2023, UK ministers—and officials acting for them—have been obliged to give due consideration to an Environmental Principles Policy Statement ( EPPS) when shaping policy, one of four cornerstones of environmental governance created by the Environment Act 2021 ( EA 2021). On 27 February 2025, the Office for Environmental Protection ( OEP) presented to Parliament and released its review of the early operation of this...
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