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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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What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment sets out several practical points concerning exclusions of pupils and clarifies the role of the Governors’ Disciplinary Committee ( GDC), offering helpful guidance for education law practitioners. These include: The headteacher’s consideration of behaviour. The statutory guidance on suspensions and exclusions provides that the test involves assessing whether conduct is ‘serious or persistent’. In this matter, the permanent exclusion arose from two distinct assaults, which the headteacher characterised as serious incidents. They nonetheless relied on persistent breaches of the behaviour policy as an alternative if the GDC were unconvinced that the assaults in isolation warranted permanent exclusion. The IRP challenged this, contending a headteacher must choose a single basis. The Court held it would be ‘artificial and misleading’ to force such a choice, and that it is...
Clarke v Guardian News & Media Ltd [2025] EWHC 550 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling offers key guidance on how litigation privilege applies to transcripts. In preparing for trial, the defendant commissioned certified transcripts of audio recordings gathered during its inquiries into Noel Clarke. Facing the claimant’s disclosure application, The Guardian contended the transcripts were brought into being for the dominant purpose of conducting the claim and were therefore privileged. The court rejected that contention, confirming that when the underlying conversations are non‑privileged, their transcripts do not acquire privilege simply because they were created for litigation purposes. Additionally, the judgment underscores the strong protection afforded to journalistic sources. The court emphasised that, even where a source has been identified elsewhere, Article 10 rights may still protect information supplied by that source. That protection is not confined to the...
The decision to self-report potential FCPA violations to the government has always been tricky Choosing whether to voluntarily disclose possible FCPA breaches to the authorities has never been straightforward. Doing so invites official investigations and potential sanctions, yet offers incentives such as the chance to earn co-operation credit from the government and, in some cases, avoid prosecution. Opting not to disclose heightens the likelihood of later detection and tougher penalties. However, experts told Law360 that the continuing shake-up in FCPA enforcement, sparked by President Donald Trump’s executive order of 10 February, has injected a fresh degree of uncertainty and hand-wringing into that calculus. James Koukios, co-head of the FCPA and global anti-corruption practice at Morrison Foerster LLP, observed that it has always been a wager whether to self-report, but at least there used to be a playbook and clear rules of...
Financial sanctions systems and controls for financial services firms Sanctions reporting duties for financial services firms Sanctions list screening for financial services firms Controls for trade sanctions and proliferation financing in financial services firms FCA oversight and enforcement priorities regarding sanctions compliance For an overview of the legal and regulatory framework, consult Practice Note: Introduction to UK sanctions compliance for financial services firms......
EU lawmakers want to wrap up talks on a draft EU law that would help national data protection authorities to coordinate cross-border privacy cases Yet civil liberties campaigners caution that a hurried timetable could weaken plans to simplify procedural standards. Poland, stewarding the file, says it can wrap up the dossier before its six‑month term as lead negotiator finishes on 30 June 2025. The next trilogue between the European Parliament, member state governments and the European Commission is set for 10 April, when a ‘political’ deal on the text might be struck. The Commission tabled the proposal in July 2023, choosing not to reopen the core of the EU’s flagship General Data Protection Regulation. It would bolster parties’ procedural guarantees, including a right to be heard, oblige regulators to work together more closely, and accelerate enforcement. After only four months of...
The initial 2025 Statement of Changes contains a range of technical and substantive amendments. This analysis highlights the principal substantive updates, excluding those affecting the Skilled Worker route, which are addressed elsewhere. For details on Skilled Worker revisions, see: HC 733 and Skilled Workers. Restrictions for administrative review The entitlement to administrative review will be withdrawn where the dispute concerns ‘the period or conditions’ of a person’s permission. This arises because the distinct, free, out-of-country process that already deals with this is being extended to include in-country applications as well. In addition, validity rules now clarify that applicants who sought permission from within the UK must be in the UK to lodge an administrative review. The aim is to prevent ‘situations where a person has left the UK and cannot be granted permission to stay’. A further rule stipulates that submitting another...
Mergers The Commission received notifications for: United Group/ Motor Oil ( Hellas)/ Alpha Satellite TV ( M.11807) (standard merger process) M& G FA/ P Capital Partners ( M.11912) (simplified merger procedure) The Commission accepted a request for an Article 4(4) complete referral in Flutter Entertainment/ Snaitech ( M.11785). NOTE— For all live merger investigations before the Commission, see the EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming EU competition developments, see the EU Competition calendar......
The Business and Trade Committee and the SLSC reviewed the following proposed negative SI and made no recommendation to upgrade: Companies ( Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 Latest Commons select committee recommendations Here is the latest report from the Business and Trade Committee: Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 18 March 2025— Select Committees: Reports, Business and Trade Committee Latest SLSC recommendations Here is the latest report from the SLSC: SLSC—20th Report of Session 2024–25, 20 March 2025 Instruments drawn to the special attention of the House The SLSC drew the following Brexit-related instrument to the special attention of the House on the basis that it is politically or legally significant and raises public policy matters likely to interest the House: Draft Genetic Technology ( Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/ Draft Further conclusions are available here......
Antitrust CMA issues fines sports broadcast production companies £4m concerning collusion on rates of pay for freelancers The CMA has issued its infringement decision and imposed a £4m fine on five companies active in the production and broadcasting of sports content, after they shared sensitive information about fees paid to freelance staff, including camera operators and sound technicians... Between March 2014 and October 2021, the following organisations were found to have participated in 15 separate bilateral infringements of competition law: Sky UK Limited ( Sky) BT Group Plc ( BT) IMG Media (including Premier League Productions ( IMG)) ITV plc ( ITV) British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC) In every case, the conduct concerned the disclosure, receipt, or exchange of competitively sensitive information relating to pay for freelance workers who support the production and broadcasting of sports content in the UK......
Is the ‘ Consumer Duty’ on UK financial services firms a panacea that helps curb over-regulation or a source of legal uncertainty and added stress? It all depends on the respondent and the lens through which the issue is viewed. Feedback to a recent consultation on a prospective regulatory regime for cryptoassets reveals a split across the sector on whether the Duty, which obliges financial firms to deliver good outcomes for consumers, is sufficient on its own to remove the need for detailed, rules-based requirements. The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) faces demands to prove to ministers that it is genuinely committed to slimming down regulation. In a January 2025 letter outlining a raft of fresh initiatives to bolster economic growth, the FCA pledged to make sure future regulatory consultations ask whether the Consumer Duty could serve in place of...
The LTAF is aimed at the UK institutional and wealth markets This enables the Aegon subsidiary to provide clients with exposure to private credit spanning a broad range of asset types. The scope includes corporate lending, fund financing, insured credit, renewables, and asset-backed finance. Jill Johnston, Head of Institutional Business at Aegon Asset Management, said in a statement that this asset class could potentially offer superior returns relative to public markets while also further enhancing diversification......
In this issue: The Pensions Regulator Funding, surplus and investment Contracting-out Trustees Disclosure requirements Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers The Pensions Regulator HM Treasury Action Plan includes pledges from TPR HM Treasury has issued an Action Plan outlining the next steps in its approach to regulation and the oversight of regulators. It includes commitments from regulators to back the programme. The goal is a regime that boosts innovation and economic growth, while ensuring accountability for the quality of new rules and for how independent regulators apply and enforce them. The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) makes four specific commitments: TPR will review the capital reserves master trusts must hold, aiming to safely free up millions of pounds for schemes by the end of 2025/26 TPR will develop an innovation framework and...
In this issue: Practice Compliance forecast Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Practice Compliance forecast New Practice Compliance forecast as at 18 March 2025 Our latest Practice Compliance forecast (as at 18 March 2025) is now available. This month we cover: (1) the introduction of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025; (2) the government’s JFT developing a new Fraud Strategy; (3) the ICO’s plan to issue refreshed guidance on data breach reporting; and (4) the SRA’s application window for specified solicitors to remain on the roll. See News Analysis: New Practice Compliance forecast as at 18 March 2025. Financial sanctions How UK Supreme Court may assess Russia sanctions cases Law360, London reports that in January 2025 the UK Supreme Court heard two...
In this issue: New technologies Information technology Internet Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies CAA publishes UK SORA and updates drone pilot competence standards The Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA) has issued the UK Specific Operations Risk Assessment ( SORA) as an Acceptable Means of Compliance to UK Regulation ( EU) 2019/947, Article 11, effective 23 April 2025. It immediately adds Remote Pilot Competence standards within Acceptable Means of Compliance/ Guidance Material, and updates CAP 722B. A digital UK SORA Application Service for Operational Authorisation applications will launch in April 2025. Existing Operational Authorisations remain valid, with a transition for Operating Safety Case updates. See: LNB News...
Lynch v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 300 ( TC) The appellant took part in a promoted tax avoidance arrangement spanning the 2010–11 to the 2013–14 tax years. The planning was disclosed pursuant to DOTAS. Participants made claims to deduct interest relief for borrowing to finance an investment in a partnership interest (sections 383, 398 of the Income Tax Act 2007 ( ITA 2007)). It was ultimately accepted that this element of the planning was ineffective. The arrangements comprised a series of steps whereby a limited partnership bought and sold qualifying corporate bonds ( QCBs). HMRC contended that, notwithstanding the failure of the arrangement as a whole, steps produced income chargeable as interest. HMRC opened enquiries and issued formal discovery assessments, comprising a charge to income tax on interest characterised as discount (sections 369, 371, 381, Income Tax ( Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 ( ITTOIA...
In this issue: Trade in goods Anti-dumping Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trade in goods Commission launches Steel and Metals Action Plan under Clean Industrial Deal The European Commission unveiled an Action Plan for Steel and Metals on 19 March 2025, within its Clean Industrial Deal. The package outlines actions to back the EU’s steel and metals industries via trade defence, measures to curb carbon leakage, and lower energy costs. Funding comprises €150m from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (2026–27), €600m through Horizon Europe, and a goal to mobilise €100bn via a new Industrial Decarbonisation Bank......
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Companies and corporation tax International Funds Real estate tax Employment Taxes Individuals and income tax Energy and environment Anti-avoidance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Spring Statement 2025 The Chancellor of the Exchequer is set to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 26 March 2025. Finance Bill 2025 to receive Royal Assent Royal Assent for the Finance Bill 2025 is expected on 20 March 2025, at which point it will be enacted as the Finance Act 2025. This comes after the Bill’s second and third readings in the House of Lords on 19 March 2025 and the usual bypassing of the committee stage. The House of Lords made no...
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—20 March 2025 In this issue: Cases and decisions Types of insurance Jurisdiction and applicable law Intermediaries and market practice UK regulation International regulation Cases tracker Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Warranties, representations and the Insurance Act 2015 ( Lonham Group Ltd v Scotbeef Ltd & another) A decade on from the Insurance Act 2015 ( IA 2015) taking effect, the Court of Appeal has issued a notable judgment, considering for the first time how warranties and representations should be characterised under the ‘new’ legislation. The ruling offers clear guidance on the operation of IA 2015 and underscores that, although the Act aimed to rebalance the rights of insurers and policyholders, insurers can still avoid cover where a policyholder breaches a warranty. By Chris Neilson, partner, Leah Alpren- Waterman, of counsel, and Katie Henderson, trainee solicitor, at Mischon de Reya LLP. See...
In this issue: Economic crime and corporate transparency Equity capital markets Audit Financial services regulation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Economic crime and corporate transparency Companies House publishes two guidance documents on identity verification Companies House has issued two guides on identity verification. The first sets out who must complete identity checks, the available routes to verify, and the implications of failing to do so, among other points. The second explains the circumstances in which individuals are required to complete verification. From 18 March 2025, authorised corporate service providers ( ACSPs) must verify their own identity to apply to be registered as a Companies House authorised agent. From 8 April 2025, registered ACSPs may start confirming clients’ identities. Directors and people with significant control may choose to verify from 8...
In this issue: Starting and managing online claims Injuries caused by animals Clinical negligence Settlement and settling disputes Costs and funding Other PI and Clinical negligence news New content Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Starting and managing online claims Damages Claims Pilot under CPR PD 51ZB—updated guidance HM Courts and Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) has refreshed its Damages Claims Portal ( DCP) guidance covering the journey from issue to response for claims running under CPR PD 51ZB. The revisions emphasise and explain the correct process when submitting a draft order alongside an application. On applying, representatives should set out the wording of the required order in the designated field and also upload a separate draft order document. See LNB News 18/03/2025 12. HMCTS publishes contact details for using the online claims services ( DCP and OCMC) HMCTS has released contact information for the online claims...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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