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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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US District Judge Beryl A Howell – 11 February 2025 minute order In a minute order dated 11 February 2025, US District Judge Beryl A Howell indicated that, while the Kingdom of Spain pursues a petition for a writ of certiorari, it has provided little basis to think the justices will consider whether Spain agreed to arbitrate investor disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty. Judge Howell underscored the DC Circuit’s 2 December 2024 refusal of Spain’s bid for rehearing en banc in litigation brought by renewable energy investors seeking to enforce some US$377m in arbitral awards against Spain arising from set aside economic incentives. The appellate court also declined to revisit its earlier summer ruling that the awards are subject to enforcement......
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Sources of environmental law ( UK, EU, international) Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change DESNZ publishes final UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics for 1990–2023 The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has released the final estimates of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions for 1990–2023. In 2023, total emissions were 385 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, 5% lower than 2022 and 53% below 1990. The electricity supply sector showed the sharpest fall (20%) between 2022 and 2023, linked to higher electricity imports and reduced demand, which cut gas use in power stations. The buildings and product uses sector also declined by 6%, largely due to lower gas...
In this issue: Lending Security Acquisition finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Restructuring & Insolvency Regulation for banking lawyers Claims and remedies Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Lending CLLS Financial Law Committee issues guidance on legal assignments under section 136 The City of London Law Society’s ( CLLS) Financial Law Committee has issued an in‑depth paper on how to effect legal assignments under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925. Released on 30 January 2025, the guidance concentrates on execution formalities for both English and overseas corporates, and for English limited liability partnerships. Its purpose is to assist practitioners with practical direction and certainty when handling such transfers, and to support adherence to contemporary property law obligations. See: LNB News 11/02/2025 3. Source:...
In this issue: Corporate governance SAYE Useful information Dates for your diary Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate governance Sage Group shareholders approve revised remuneration policy Sage Group PLC, the FTSE 100 software provider, secured shareholder backing for its updated directors’ remuneration policy ( DRP) at its annual general meeting, narrowly avoiding dropping below the investor dissent threshold that would have placed it on the Investment Association ( IA) public register. The DRP resolution received 80.72% of votes in favour. It is understood that proxy adviser Individual Shareholder Services ( ISS) had urged investors to oppose the new DRP. The refreshed policy raises the quantum of annual LTIP awards for executive directors from 300% to 400% of salary; an initial 450% ceiling was cut following shareholder engagement. The company said realised executive pay had, in recent years, lagged its performance, with the business delivering upper decile total...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Relationship breakdown Public children Private children Financial provision International children Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Family Justice Council Bridget Lindley memorial lecture HHJ Khatun Sapnara will deliver the Bridget Lindley memorial lecture on 12 March 2025. This online lecture forms part of the Family Justice Council’s annual interdisciplinary conference, taking place in Birmingham. The theme this year is ‘ Diversity and Inclusion in the Family Justice System: Promoting Best Practice in Decision Making’... Relationship breakdown HMCTS adds ability for a solicitor to remove themselves as representing a party in divorce applications HM Courts and Tribunals Service has enabled My HMCTS to let a solicitor end their representation in divorce matters. Choose ‘stop representing client’ from the next step drop-down to use the feature, which launched on 10...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Conventional power, waste to energy, biomass, and CHP Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications NESO’s Modification Tracker now collates, in one place, all active 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). It outlines each modification’s purpose, the stakeholders impacted, Panel observations on prioritisation, and its current position in the review and decision making pathway. For further information, see: Codes. Networks and network connections Ofgem publishes letter to NESO on scope of transitional Regional Energy Strategic Plan Ofgem has issued a letter to NESO,...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation International restructuring and insolvency R& I in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts Corporate Rescue and Insolvency ( February 2025) Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service releases January 2025 enforcement outcomes management information The Insolvency Service has refreshed its management information on enforcement outcomes for January 2025. The figures indicate 88 disqualifications of directors and 13 restrictions relating to bankruptcy and debt relief. See: LNB News 11/02/2025 6. Insolvency Practitioners ( Recognised Professional Bodies) ( Revocation of Recognition) Order ( Northern Ireland) 2025 SR 2025/19 This Order revises the Insolvency Practitioners ( Recognised Professional Bodies) Order ( Northern Ireland) 1991, SR 1991/301, by excluding the Institute of Chartered...
Edwards & Others v 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd [2024] Lexis Citation 4356 What are the practical implications of this case? Despite being a County Court decision, this concise judgment will reassure employers confronting comparable employee coronavirus claims. It was striking that the claimants had still not obtained medical or other material supporting causation, nor any proof substantiating the pleaded breaches of duty. While the judge stressed the solicitor’s obligation to investigate properly before issuing proceedings, a more robust investigation would not necessarily have improved the prospects of resisting a summary judgment application if supportive expert opinion was never going to emerge. For a novel coronavirus claim to withstand a summary judgment application, there must be convincing evidence indicating the claimant could not have contracted the virus elsewhere......
In this issue: Companies and corporation tax Employment taxes International Real estate tax Anti-avoidance Taxes management and litigation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Companies and corporation tax Supreme Court confirms Court of Appeal ruling: UK- Canada DTT conferred no UK taxing rights over the assigned payments ( Royal Bank of Canada v HMRC) As outlined below, in Royal Bank of Canada [2025] UKSC 2, the Supreme Court rejected HMRC’s appeal and agreed with the Court of Appeal that Article 6 of the UK- Canada double tax treaty ( DTT)—which grants taxing rights to the jurisdiction where the immovable property is located, in this instance an oil field—did not apply to the payments. The reason was that the right to exploit the UK oil field was held by Sulpetro ( UK). The parent of Sulpetro ( UK) (at first, Sulpetro and later BP after acquiring...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Public procurement State security and intelligence Information law Equality and human rights Subsidy control and state aid State accountability and liability Other Public law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights The ‘point in time’ for EUSS dependency ( Ali ( R) v SSHD) In Ms Fatima Ali’s appeal, the Court of Appeal examined the dependency criteria for family members over 21 under Directive 2004/38/ EC and the Withdrawal Agreement. It found the Secretary of State’s view—that dependency must be constant and enduring financial reliance on the EU citizen—was at odds with both instruments. The court ruled that...
In this issue: UK NSI 2021 EU antitrust EU competition policy EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK NSI 2021 High Court refuses application for interim relief by FTDI Holding regarding national security order to sell its shares in Future Technology Devices International Limited The High Court has handed down its judgment in FTDI Holding Ltd v Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arising from FTDI Holding Ltd’s attempt to obtain interim relief against the defendant’s direction requiring it to divest its 80.2% interest in Future Technology Devices International Limited ( FTDI). The proceedings addressed FTDI Holding’s request to pause enforcement of that order. The court declined to grant the interim relief...
The UK Supreme Court unanimously allowed Joseph El‑ Khouri’s appeal, stopping the United States from seeking the London-based trader’s extradition to answer allegations of insider dealing. The justices reversed two lower-court decisions, finding he could not be surrendered because the core of the alleged misconduct occurred in the UK. They observed that the sole act said to have taken place in the US was paying for a middleman’s hotel room in New York, while the locations where any gains were later enjoyed were merely incidental. Delivering the ruling, Justice George Leggatt said the lower courts were wrong to hold that extradition was justified on the basis that the supposed insider dealing was “felt” on US markets. That conclusion, he explained, conflicts with the plain wording of the extradition scheme, which ties “conduct” to where the physical acts were carried out, not to where their...
In this issue: Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Medical devices Advanced therapeutics Research and development Intellectual property Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework The European Commission has endorsed its 2025 Work Programme, summarising achievements since 2019 and setting out priority actions for 2025, including 18 new legislative proposals, alongside plans to implement the 2024–29 political guidelines. This programme is underpinned by the newly launched Competitiveness Compass, a strategic reference point to direct the Commission’s agenda over the next five years. See: LNB News 12/02/2025 67. With a strong push for simplification, the Commission’s 2025 Work Programme also confirms the withdrawal of 37 pending proposals—among them the AI Liability Directive—to streamline EU law and lessen regulatory burdens for businesses. See: LNB News 13/02/2025 21. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) has issued a...
What is the background to the FCA's policy statement? A pensions dashboard is a secure online platform letting people view all their pensions in one place. DWP Guidance requires trustees of in-scope and FCA‑regulated schemes to have regard to a staged connection timetable: largest schemes by 30 April 2025, smallest by 31 October 2026. A Money Helper-backed government dashboard will be publicly available for connections, with commercial dashboards expected to follow. As private entities may provide these services, robust consumer protections and regulatory safeguards are needed. Therefore, operating a pensions dashboard service ( PDS) is being brought within the FCA’s remit. In Spring 2024, the FCA consulted on the regulatory framework for PDS operators. Firms intending to run a PDS must: be or become FCA authorised obtain the FCA’s permission to undertake the new regulated activity meet the FCA’s requirements for firms undertaking this...
In this issue Key developments Banking and finance Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Key developments Commission approves 2025 Work Programme The Commission has signed off its 2025 Work Programme, setting out achievements since 2019 and mapping priority actions for 2025, including 18 further legislative proposals, alongside how it will implement the 2024–2029 political guidelines. The 2025 Work Programme builds on the recently launched Competitiveness Compass, a strategic framework designed to steer the Commission’s work over the next five years. See: LNB News 12/02/2025 67. Commission releases February 2025 infringement package The Commission has issued the February 2025 infringement package, outlining measures against EU Member States that have failed to meet obligations under EU law. This month’s package features letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and Court of Justice referrals sent to a number of countries regarding key...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works ILPA publishes briefing on Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024–25 The Immigration Law Practitioners' Association ( ILPA) has issued a briefing on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024–25, laid before Parliament 30 January 2025. The Bill seeks to repeal significant earlier measures, notably the Safety of Rwanda ( Asylum and...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International Arbitration Investment treaty 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 UK Parliament signs off Arbitration Bill with no changes, awaiting Royal Assent Parliament has wrapped up its scrutiny of the Arbitration Bill. The Committee of the whole House of Commons examined the measure and opted for no amendments. It then proceeded to a third reading, passing through unchanged. The Arbitration Bill now awaits Royal Assent. See: LNB News 12/02/2025 46......
Merger control CMA announces a range of merger control proposals aimed at increasing growth, investment and business confidence In a CMA blog, Sarah Cardell, the authority’s Chief Executive, outlined fresh plans to stimulate growth, encourage investment and strengthen business confidence. She confirmed that the CMA will introduce a suite of measures to boost the speed, predictability and proportionality of the merger control regime. Together, these steps are designed to drive growth, support investment and bolster business confidence. The package accords with the government’s draft strategic steer to the CMA (see below), which asks the authority to support the overarching national priority of economic growth by using its tools proportionately, with growth and investment in mind, and to minimise uncertainty by engaging with those affected by the CMA’s work. The proposals...
In this issue: Public procurement Children's social care Education Licensing Social housing Local authority prosecutions Governance Local government finance Social care Environmental law and climate change Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement CCS launches new procurement tools for electric vehicle infrastructure Crown Commercial Service ( CCS) has rolled out a toolkit to help local authorities navigate procurement for electric vehicle infrastructure ( EVI). Developed with the Department for Transport and other collaborators, the package includes configurable template documents for open-market procurement of on-street EVI services, together with draft terms and conditions. The materials are designed to reduce complexity, reflect government guidance and reinforce good practice. In addition, CCS has produced a distinct set of documents to cater for the upcoming Procurement Act 2023...
In this issue: Company, disclosures, records and registers Banking & finance for corporate lawyers Equity capital markets Environmental, Social and Governance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company, disclosures, records and registers Companies House publishes new Registrar's Rules on identity verification and ACSPs Companies House has released updated Registrar’s rules governing identity checks and applications to become an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, which will apply from 25 February 2025. The package consists of: The Registrar’s ( Identity Verification by the Registrar) Rules 2025 The Registrar’s ( Identity Verification by Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Rules 2025 The Registrar's ( Requirements Applicable to Applications to become an Authorised Corporate Service Provider) Rules 2025 See: LNB News 06/02/2025 6. Banking & finance for corporate...
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