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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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Antitrust Commission launches consultation on the effectiveness of antitrust rules governing vertical agreements in the motor vehicle sector The Commission has opened a consultation into how Commission Regulation 461/2010 — the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation ( MVBER) — is working in practice, alongside the related Supplementary Guidelines on vertical restraints in agreements for the sale and repair of motor vehicles and for the distribution of spare parts ( Supplementary Guidelines). In April 2023, the Commission decided to prolong the MVBER for a further five years, up to 31 May 2028. It also revised the Supplementary Guidelines to recognise the growing significance of access to vehicle-generated data needed for repair and maintenance services as a driver of competition......
He said the rate would be 25%, broadly, covering cars and a host of other items. Trump charged that the EU was ‘taking advantage’ of the US and refusing American cars, flagging a US$300bn goods deficit with the EU, he said. He asserted the EU ‘was created to shaft the United States’. ‘ They’ve done a fine job of it, but now I’m’......
On 25 February 2025, The People’s Pension, operated by People’s Partnership, stated in its response to Discussion Paper DP24/3 ‘ Pensions: Adapting our requirements for a changing market’—issued by the FCA in December 2024—that the regulator should bring in an outright prohibition on financial incentives to transfer pensions. The master trust argued that savers can lose as much as 20% of their pension pots because of ill‑informed transfer decisions, which could translate into around £1.2bn forfeited across the UK in a single year. It also said its research indicates that incentives, including free cash offers, can prompt savers to move their pension without fully considering the long‑term......
Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 406; DAV v KV [2024] EWFC 389 What are the practical implications of this case? Importantly, the judgment confirms that if a transparency order exists and at least one ‘reporter’ has attended the hearing, the materials authorised for disclosure under that order can then be passed on by the attendee to reporters who did not attend. Attendance can be remote, in line with Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD 27B, para 5D.1; nevertheless, as a matter of good practice, a reporter’s mode of attendance should ideally mirror that of the hearing. This is conditional upon promptly serving the transparency order on the non-attending reporters, and upon ensuring the documents are not circulated or shared before the court hearing to which they relate......
In this issue: Transferring property Statutory compliance Leasing property Residential property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Investigating title Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Transferring property Supreme Court holds any ten-year period of reasonable belief within period of adverse possession sufficient In Brown v Ridley [2025] UKSC 7, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal unanimously. Interpreting LRA 2002, Sch 6, para 5(4)(c) correctly, the Court confirmed that any qualifying ten-year stretch during which the applicant reasonably believed they owned the land is enough. See: Supreme Court holds that any ten-year period of reasonable belief of ownership sufficient for registration under LRA 2002 ( Brown v Ridley). HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 8 HM Land Registry ( HMLR) has revised Practice Guide 8—...
In this issue: UK antitrust UK private actions EU antitrust Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content UK antitrust CMA fines four banks over £100m after settling government bonds investigation; one bank receives leniency The CMA has issued five distinct infringement decisions, finding that Deutsche Bank, Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada breached Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 by sharing sensitive information on UK government bonds via one-to-one online chats. Four banks— Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada—settled and accepted fines totalling £104.46m. Deutsche Bank was granted immunity after alerting the CMA to its participation in the unlawful conduct. The misconduct occurred at various times between 2009 and 2013. The exchanges happened in one-to-one Bloomberg chatrooms between a small number of traders at the banks and concerned the trading of UK government...
In this issue: Lending Security Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Lending Arbitration Bill receives Royal Assent, strengthening England and Wales as an arbitration hub On 24 February 2025, His Majesty granted Royal Assent to the Arbitration Bill, which now takes effect as the Arbitration Act 2025. This important update to the Arbitration Act 1996 further cements London’s reputation as a pre-eminent seat of arbitration. For further details, see News Analysis: Arbitration Bill receives Royal Assent, strengthening England and Wales as an arbitration hub. Security Companies House announces delay in authorised agent registration service implementation under ECCTA 2023 Companies House has delayed the launch of its authorised agent registration service, a key element of the implementation plan for the Economic Crime and Corporate...
In this issue: Recruitment Benefits Protected characteristics Diversity and the gender pay gap Maternity, parents and carers Unfair dismissal Financial services and banking: employment issues Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk® Employment: a Lexis® Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Recruitment CIPD Trust issues guidance for HR Professionals on hiring and supporting refugees The CIPD Trust has released comprehensive guidance for HR professionals on recruiting and retaining refugees in UK organisations. It sets out key practical and procedural steps, from documentation checks and HR policy familiarisation to understanding where employment practices may diverge from those in refugees’ home countries. The guidance urges employers to establish structured support, including training for hiring managers on refugee-specific challenges, thorough induction programmes, and ongoing two-way...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Conventional power, waste-to-energy, biomass, and CHP International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Bills Discount Scheme ( Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/204: The instrument abolishes the need to work out and apply the core rebates under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme where supply to non-domestic customers is from a supplier that has been ‘off-boarded’ from those programmes. It takes effect on 13 March 2025. See: LNB News 26/02/2025 32. Ofgem confirms Q2 2025 energy price cap rise Ofgem has announced a 6.4% rise in the energy price cap for Q2 2025, covering 1 April to 30 June...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents Designs Plant variety rights Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Trade marks/passing off Use it or lose it—comparable trade marks From 1 January 2026, use within the EU will no longer count for UK comparable trade marks. As a result, businesses that benefited from the automatic creation of a UK comparable mark derived from their EU trade mark must now show use in the UK to avoid potential revocation. Written by Jessica Gregson, associate, at Stevens & Bolton. See News Analysis: Use it or lose it—comparable trade marks. Patents Court has no jurisdiction to determine worldwide FRAND rate without necessary parties being present ( Tesla, Inc v IDAC Holdings, Inc) An implementer issued proceedings seeking declarations that three UK patents were invalid and non-essential, together with revocation......
N3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 6 Background to the appeal This appeal considers the legality of decisions removing individuals’ British citizenship and the consequences when the Secretary of State for the Home Department ( SSHD) withdraws those decisions. N3 is a British citizen born in Bangladesh. E3 is a British citizen born in the UK, and both his parents were Bangladeshi nationals at the time of his birth. In 2017, the SSHD made deprivation orders against N3 and E3, alleging involvement with Islamic terrorist organisations and a consequent threat to national security. The SSHD regarded both as dual British‑ Bangladeshi nationals and decided that deprivation would not result in statelessness. On 10 June 2019, E3’s daughter, ZA, was born in Bangladesh. Had E3 held British citizenship on that date, ZA would have been a British citizen by descent. N3 and E3...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Injunctions Enforcement New content Dates for your diary Useful information Key DR developments CPR update The 181st PD update: The 181st Practice Direction ( PD) update took effect on 27 February 2025. It brings amendments to the Online Civil Money Claims ( OCMC) pilot under CPR PD 51R, the Damages Claims pilot ( DCP) under CPR PD 51ZB, and the Small Claims Track Automatic Referral to Mediation Pilot Scheme under CPR PD 51ZE. The key revisions to CPR PD 51R and CPR PD 51ZB concern how claims progress within the intermediate track and multi-track in the OCMC and DCP respectively. Adjustments to CPR PD 51ZE are intended to enhance clarity and efficiency without changing the substantive operation of the OCMC mediation scheme. For further detail, see: LNB News...
Original news Mr S ( CAS-76177- C6M9)—25 September 2024 Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has dismissed a complaint concerning differing charges between the closed and open parts of a master trust. Although the initial communications lacked clarity, the complainant was told from the outset that fees might not be the same, owing to distinct discounts negotiated by the employer. The scheme trustee was not obliged to provide tailored, member-specific explanations. This outcome acts as a prompt to ensure information given to members is straightforward and transparent... What were the facts? Mr S was a member of the Deloitte Section of the Standard Life DC Master Trust (the Scheme), which was operated by Standard Life ( SL)......
In this issue: Probate Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills 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& As Useful information Probate HMCTS Probate application processing times continued to improve to the end of 2024 HM Courts and Tribunals Service ( HMCTS) has released figures showing that probate application processing times kept improving across the year to December 2024. In December 2024, the average wait was a little over four weeks, a striking turnaround from the end of 2023, when applicants typically faced 12 weeks for their applications to be dealt with. Digital submissions, which represent around 80% of all filings, remain quicker than paper forms, with the December 2024 average from document upload to grant...
In this issue: New technologies Information technology Internet 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 New technologies AI in dispute resolution—balancing the risks and opportunities Dispute Resolution analysis: AI stands to reshape dispute resolution, boosting efficiency and cutting costs. As AI’s role within the legal sphere accelerates, there is a growing obligation to balance its promise against likely risks to reliability, accountability, privacy and ethics. This article examines the changing place of AI in dispute resolution, the advantages it can bring, the drawbacks it presents, and the importance of planning to reduce the potential hazards it may create. Authored by Rebecca Warder, Head of Knowledge Management, Hausfeld & Co, Lucy Pert, Co- Head of Commercial Disputes and...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International Arbitration Sector-and industry-specific arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Arbitration Bill receives Royal Assent, strengthening England and Wales as an arbitration hub The Arbitration Bill secured Royal Assent from His Majesty the King on 24 February 2025, and now takes effect as the Arbitration Act 2025. This targeted refinement of the Arbitration Act 1996 further consolidates London’s standing as a premier arbitration seat. See News Analysis: Arbitration Bill receives Royal Assent, strengthening England and Wales as an arbitration hub and LNB News 25/02/2025 7. Court of Appeal—final anti-suit injunction varied to avoid Russian court penalty In Uni Credit v Rus Chem Alliance [2025] EWCA Civ 99, the Court of...
The General Court ruled The General Court held that the EU Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO) had wrongly favoured the Russian tea producer, May COO, by overemphasising its view that Russian-speaking Latvians would recognise May’s ‘Майский Чай’ as a translation of Schweppes International Ltd’s ‘ May Tea’ mark. As ‘tea’ and ‘чай’ are merely descriptions of the parties’ products, the court stated that, in these circumstances, any conceptual overlap between the signs should carry only limited weight when assessing the likelihood of confusion for that segment of the public. This contrasts with the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal, which in 2023 concluded that the conceptual identity of the marks prevailed over their visual and phonetic differences......
In this issue: Corporate governance Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate governance New law to ban bonuses for polluting water bosses The Water ( Special Measures) Act 2025 has obtained Royal Assent, enhancing regulators in the water industry as they robustly combat pollution. It grants Ofwat the clear ability to prohibit bonus payments to water executives where they fall short of stringent expectations to safeguard the environment, their customers and their company’s financial health overall. See: Water ( Special Measures) Act 2025 and New law to ban bonuses for polluting water bosses. 24 February 2025 Standard Chartered announces new executive pay policy Following comparable updates last week from HSBC Holdings plc and Nat West Group plc (see News Analysis: Share Incentives weekly highlights—20 February 2025— Corporate...
In this issue: Planning enforcement Planning conditions, obligations and the community infrastructure levy Heritage and natural environment Obtaining, implementing and amending planning permission Planning issues in energy projects Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning enforcement Court holds a breach of planning control need not be ‘live’ at the point an enforcement notice is issued ( Paton and Paton v So SLUHC) In Paton and Paton v So SLUHC, the court concluded that the inspector had correctly applied section 174(2)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ( TCPA 1990) in determining an appeal against an enforcement notice ( EN). The inspector explained that, to succeed under ground (b), an appellant must establish that the alleged breach of planning control did not occur within an enforceable timeframe. The appellants contended that a ground (b) appeal should be upheld where, on the date the EN was issued, the alleged breach was no...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Private equity and venture capital Employment taxes Funds Anti-avoidance International VAT Companies and corporation tax Individuals and income tax Devolution Taxes management and litigation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Government proposes amendments to Finance Bill 2025 On 25 February 2025, the government tabled 66 changes to Finance Bill 2025 for consideration at report stage on 3 March 2025. These changes mainly concern clauses 37–40 and Schedules 9–13 on replacing the domicile rules. Separate explanatory notes for the report stage amendments have also been issued. To follow amendments as the Bill progresses through Parliament, see: Tax— Finance Bill 2025 tracker. See: LNB News 26/02/2025 18. Private equity and venture capital HMRC publishes new carried interest guidance HMRC has released two new pages in its Investment Funds Manual ( IFM37800 and IFM37850) designed to help taxpayers lessen the chance of HMRC opening...
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