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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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Kenmare Kenmare, dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin, said it had rejected the Oryx consortium's latest proposal of 530 pence per share in the company as 'undervaluing' its business and prospects. The consortium, which includes former managing director Michael Carvill, may now put forward improved terms, as the Dublin-based company will grant limited due diligence access. Kenmare cautioned there is 'no certainty' that any firm offer will ultimately follow......
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See full statement. Dordaviprone tackles a major unmet need for people with rare, high‑grade brain tumours. Deal to introduce a near‑term commercial prospect to Jazz’s pipeline. The agreement reflects cash consideration of roughly $935m, equating to $8.55 per share. DUBLIN and DURHAM, NC, 4 March March 2025 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc ( Nasdaq: JAZZ) (‘ Jazz’ or the ‘ Company’) and Chimerix ( Nasdaq: CMRX) (‘ Chimerix’) today reported they have signed a definitive agreement under which Jazz will acquire Chimerix for $8.55 per share in cash, for total consideration of approximately $935m. The deal has received approval from both businesses and is targeted to complete in the second quarter of 2025. Chimerix’s lead clinical asset, dordaviprone, is a novel, first‑in‑class small molecule in development for H3 K27M‑mutant diffuse glioma, a rare, high‑grade brain tumour that most often affects children and young...
Advocate General Maciej Szpunar advised the Court of Justice that, although the look of such designs might appear a marginal consideration because functionality dominates, EU judges ought to assess the ‘degree of freedom’ open to a designer when deciding if modest visual distinctions between designs suffice to create a different overall impression for the informed user. The dispute arises from an infringement action brought in Hungary by Danish toy maker Lego A/ S, which claims a local business attempted to import construction sets violating one of Lego’s registered designs. The design at issue concerns a toy-building ‘coupling component’ described in court papers as a cylinder with studs together with two axles of cross-section profile. The Budapest High Court rejected Lego’s request to seize the sets, concluding that the design’s ‘creative scope’ was extremely narrow because the shape was wholly determined by its...
The current regime applicable to AI-related products—the EU product liability directive The governing product liability framework for AI-related products is Directive 85/374/ EEC, the EU Product Liability Directive ( EU PLD). In addition, claimants may pursue claims based on contractual liability or other forms of non-contractual liability that fall outside the scope of the EU PLD. Directive ( EU) 2024/2853, the revised EU Product Liability Directive ( Revised EU PLD), will apply to products first placed on the market or put into service after 9 December 2026. Products placed on the market before that date will remain subject to the existing EU PLD until its repeal takes effect on 9 December 2026. Under the EU PLD, consumers can obtain redress where they prove a defect in a product, personal damage or property damage (excluding the product itself), and a causal connection between the defect and the...
Financial Services v ICT Services The description of ' ICT services' within DORA is deliberately expansive, capturing digital and data offerings delivered via ICT systems on a continual basis. Yet, as almost every service contains an ICT element, the unresolved issue has been whether DORA ought to extend to financially-focused services supported by digital means......
On 5 March 2025, the Court of Appeal set aside a High Court ruling that had required insurer Lonham Group Ltd to indemnify meat producer Scotbeef Ltd under a policy written for the now-defunct D& S Storage Ltd. Lord Justice Peter Fraser concluded the judge below had wrongly treated policy clauses concerning trading conditions as representations rather than warranties, and relied on incorrect provisions of the Insurance Act 2015. The appellate court determined D& S Storage breached those warranties by employing different trade terms in a contract, meaning Lonham 'has no liability to indemnify' the storage firm for losses pursued by Scotbeef. The dispute between Scotbeef and the insurer originates in a dispute between the producer and D& S Storage. The Scottish business reported that six pallets of meat it received from D& S Storage in 2019 were affected by mould. Scotbeef then said it...
The General Court of the European Union dismissed Ponomarekno’s challenge, rejecting his claim that the Council had relied on false information in finding connections to Putin, as well as his contention that the adverse impact of the sanctions on him lacked justification. The judges ultimately ruled that, on the available material before it, the Council was entitled—without assessment error—to treat the applicant as giving support to a Russian decision-maker. They also concluded that the sanctions’ consequences overall were justified by their aims, to exert pressure on Putin to end the war in Ukraine......
R (on the application of BLZ) v Leeds City Council [2025] EWHC 154 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling carries several important practical consequences for local authorities and the Home Office: Local authority duties—councils must now disregard the existence of HOBA when assessing their functions under the CA 2014; they cannot treat HOBA as satisfying accommodation for FNOs who have care and support needs. Alignment with asylum support—the judgment brings the handling of HOBA into line with asylum support accommodation, ensuring a consistent approach to accommodation duties across immigration-related housing. Policy adjustments—the Home Office may have to amend policies and day-to-day practices so that FNOs in HOBA receive appropriate care and support, including fixing policy gaps that fail to spot and refer care needs to local authorities. Resource allocation—local authorities may need to dedicate additional resources to meet...
What are the key proposals in the consultation? Novel nuclear technologies—small and advanced modular reactors EN-7 will be the first national planning policy crafted specifically to cater for, and govern, nuclear generation beyond conventional gigawatt-scale stations. In particular, EN-7 will extend to small modular reactors ( SMRs) and advanced modular reactors ( AMRs). SMRs are compact iterations of established light water reactor designs, whereas AMRs are distinguished by innovative fuels and alternative cooling methods. This represents a significant break from earlier policy and is meant to enable nuclear schemes to be delivered in settings and for uses where large fission plants are ill-suited... A new approach to locating nuclear generation The existing NPS for nuclear generation ( EN-6) named eight sites regarded as potentially appropriate for gigawatt-scale nuclear developments, at which promoters could seek consent to build a station. Those sites were chosen following the...
The FCA’s call for certainty followed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, whose Mansion House address in November 2024 and accompanying letters pressed financial regulators to recalibrate risk aversion with economic growth. Her push gained broad backing from financial firms wrestling with the entrenched demands of the FCA’s Consumer Duty regime introduced 16 months prior right across the market already. Nikhil Rathi, the FCA’s chief executive, pressed ministers to spell out their tolerance for consumer harm in a speech on 27 February 2025, restating a request he had set out in a publicised letter dated 16 January 2025. Rathi has already scrapped the need for firms to appoint a board champion under Consumer Duty, which mandates good outcomes for consumers. Firms in the sector still argue that the sheer volume and intricacy of FCA guidance suppresses innovation and overburdens compliance teams. The FCA now seeks...
Note: the CPRC has ceased distributing the underlying papers with the minutes; consequently, no background documents explaining the issues are supplied with this News Analysis. A copy of the minutes is available here: Minutes of the Civil Procedure Committee. Welcome, action log and matters arising (item 1) The minutes of the meeting on 1 November were approved—see News Analysis: Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—1 November 2024. The following items were considered: Domestic Abuse Protection Orders ( DAPO) pilot—the pilot CPR PD 51ZF took effect on 27 November 2024. The Chair stressed the value of cross-jurisdiction collaboration and confirmed out-of-committee approval of the judicial working group’s template orders. CPR PD 83 Possession Enforcement reforms—the significant effort on the reforms, and the retitling of a prescribed form by removing ‘ A’ from PF92A, were acknowledged. The recommended changes were duly approved. CPR 52...
In this issue Court of Protection UK taxation for Private Client Regulatory compliance for private client HMRC Manuals tracker Budgets and Finance Bills Family businesses and ownership frameworks Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families Pensions, insurance and tax‑efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk® Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Court of Protection The Court of Protection has approved an application to transfer an anorexic patient to intensive care so that feeding can occur under sedation. It determined that a...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—6 March 2025 In this issue: Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation The office-holder International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New Practice Note New Practice Note Corporate insolvency processes Pre-pack administration application ( Marko Ventures Ltd v London Antiaging Clinic Ltd) The court approved an administration application brought by the company’s majority shareholder, acting in its capacity as a creditor. It was satisfied the company was insolvent and that a proposed pre-pack transfer of the business and assets to a new entity established by the applicant’s beneficial owners was the route most likely to deliver the optimum return to creditors. The ruling highlights that, where an administration order is sought to enable a pre-pack sale, a suitably robust...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Status and worker categories Pay Tax Protected characteristics Protection from prohibited conduct at work Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Equality of terms (equal pay) Trade unions and industrial action ESG and sustainability: employment issues Redundancy 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 Proposed amendments to the Employment Rights Bill On 4 March 2025, the House of Commons ( Ho C) issued an Amendment Paper setting out every non-government amendment put forward to the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB) in advance of the report stage, scheduled to begin on 11 March......
Here we set out the background to the Guralp DPA, consider the issues that arose regarding the disgorgement of profits and the DPA’s duration, and explain how the court addressed these matters... Background Guralp agreed a DPA with the SFO in October 2019, becoming the sixth company in the UK to do so. This followed an investigation into claims that the business had bribed a foreign public official to secure sales of its technology. Over a 13‑year span, three former staff members were said to have made corrupt payments to an official at the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral resources to guarantee purchases of Guralp’s seismic monitoring equipment. Although the individual defendants were acquitted at trial, the company admitted conspiring to make corrupt payments and, for conduct after 2011—when the Bribery Act 2010 ( BA 2010) took...
In this issue: Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory International trade Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Competition and state aid The European Commission has opened a public call for views on competition rules governing vertical agreements in the motor industry, covering Regulation ( EU) 461/2010 (the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation ( MVBER)) and the related Supplementary Guidelines. This review forms part of a continuing assessment intended to keep the framework in step with developments such as digitalisation and evolving mobility patterns. Stakeholders may submit observations until 23 May 2025. See: LNB News 28/02/2025 41. The...
On 6 February 2025, Advocate General Spielmann delivered his formal opinion in the case of European Data Protection Supervisor v Single Resolution Board. He examined the legal question of whether pseudonymised data constitutes personal data when held by a third-party recipient who lacks the additional details needed to re-identify individuals, and also lacks any legal means to access those details. Helpfully, the opinion adopts the view that such pseudonymised information should not automatically be regarded as personal data by that recipient where the prospect of re-identification is 'non-existent or insignificant'. Background In 2017, the EU's Single Resolution Board (' SRB') placed the Spanish lender, Banco Popular Español SA (' BP'), into resolution and transferred BP's shares and capital instruments to Santander as part of a rescue package. Deloitte was subsequently appointed to assess whether BP's shareholders and creditors would have received better treatment if BP had...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Oil and gas International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem issues direction to Elexon as MHHS implementation manager Ofgem directs Elexon, acting as the Market-wide Half- Hourly Settlement ( MHHS) implementation manager. The notice covers how progress on MHHS delivery is reported and the oversight and management of MHHS testing cohorts. See: LNB News 28/02/2025 40. Electricity Code Modifications A single view of all live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GC), the System Owner - Transmission Owner Code ( STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard ( SQSS) is now...
Office Properties PL Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Adcamp LLP and another [2025] EWHC 170 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision underscores how broad the court’s discretion is to allow amendments after limitation has run. That discretion was exercised in the claimants’ favour, even though (1) the slip was their own; and (2) had permission been refused, the claimants might have possessed a strong claim against their legal advisers stemming from the mistake. The court’s stance offers comfort to litigators when liability issues are intricate: such as where ‘an assignment was overlooked, or where the effect of a corporate merger on the whereabouts of a claim was not appreciated, resulting in the joinder of the wrong (sometimes non-existent)’ party. The operative approach was to grant the amendment unless there existed a sound reason to withhold it, on the facts of the...
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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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