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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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Professor Emilia Onyema set the tone at the outset with an eloquent address that clearly spotlighted the SADRC’s purpose of promoting understanding of IDR practice in underrepresented jurisdictions. Following a successful 2023 webinar centred on IDR in Jordan and Iran, attention now turns decisively to Algeria and Libya. Chaired by Noor Al Rayes, the gathering assembled a highly notable panel of legal academics and experienced practitioners, whose contributions unpacked the complex character of arbitration across the North African landscape. Dr Amel Makhlouf delivered a careful examination of Algeria’s arbitral framework, noting that Algerian arbitration legislation draws in substance on French and Swiss law rather than the UNCITRAL Model Law. She observed that the seats most frequently selected by Algerian parties are Paris and Geneva, with proceedings most often conducted in French and, to a lesser degree, English. Dr......
A non-citeable decision restating the law in relation to licensing appeals—de novo hearings, policies, and departure from policy ( Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v West & Central Hertfordshire Magistrates’ Court and others) Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v West & Central Hertfordshire Magistrates’ Court and others [2024] EWHC 3356 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? Alongside offering a clear digest of long-settled authorities on licensing appeals—which underpinned the High Court’s approach—the judgment also distils enduring jurisprudence on policies and when it is proper to deviate from them. More notable, however, are the indirect takeaways for both appellants and local authorities. The appellants did not... place before the licensing authority or the magistrates’ court evidence demonstrating the pandemic’s specific effect on each vehicle proprietor, material that could have supported a justified departure from policy. By way of example, a...
Which? reported that 39% of participants in a poll of 4,719 Britons in November 2024 said insurers were slow to process claims made within the previous two years. The findings sit within the influential consumer group’s continuing push on both insurance pricing and the way claims are managed. Jenny Ross, editor of Which? Money, noted that people only learn how their insurer performs once they need to claim, and that hold-ups can intensify an already stressful experience. Ross also said it is vital for the regulator to oversee firms’ claim-handling standards, and to properly take enforcement action against any that are judged to be underperforming......
State aid Commission consults on draft amendments to State aid rules on access to justice in environmental matters The Commission announced it is consulting on draft amendments to the State aid Implementing Regulation 794/2004 and the State aid Best Practices Code ( BPC), addressing new rules on access to justice. This initiative comes in response to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee’s 2021 findings that the EU is failing to comply with its obligations by not enabling the public to challenge State aid decisions allegedly breaching EU environmental law. The EU and its Member States are parties to the Aarhus Convention, which covers access to information, public participation in decision making, and access to justice in environmental matters. In a 2023 Communication, the Commission accepted that an adjustment to the existing legal framework is necessary to ensure compliance......
Chaudhry v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 16 What are the practical implications of this case? The effect of this decision is that the earlier stance of the Upper Tribunal ( IAC) in Ciceri v SSHD [2021] UKUT 238 ( IAC) and Chimi v SSHD [2023] UKUT 115 ( IAC) has been set aside. Going forward, whether the statutory gateway is made out — namely fraud, false representation, or concealment — will be determined by the First-tier Tribunal ( FTT) on a full merits footing. In other words, the FTT will undertake primary fact-finding to decide if such conduct occurred. The shift is of considerable day-to-day importance. Before this ruling, the FTT was confined to asking only whether the SSHD had ‘materially erred in law’ when addressing the statutory precondition, which was the approach in Chimi. The court also...
National Security and Investment Act 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 Delivering its judgment in FTDI Holding Ltd v Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the High Court considered an application for interim relief against a decision of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (the defendant) requiring FTDI Holding Ltd ( FTDI Holding) to dispose of its 80.2% holding in Future Technology Devices International Limited ( FTDI). The High Court refused the request and did not grant interim relief......
KL v BA [2025] EWHC 102 ( Fam) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling confirms that solely biological fathers may acquire parental responsibility for a child under Ch A 1989, s 4(1)(a). Where a man is entered on a child’s birth certificate (and would ordinarily have gained parental responsibility only via Ch A 1989, s 4(1)(a)), but it is subsequently determined that he is not the child’s biological father, his parental responsibility is void ab initio; in other words, it never existed, so no order is required to remove parental responsibility. The judgment therefore underscores the centrality of a genetic connection between a father and a child when assessing parental responsibility. Accordingly, any parental responsibility believed to arise from registration alone falls away automatically, with no requirement for a further order to remove it at all......
In this issue: Fire safety Contract law Projects Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Fire safety Remediation contribution orders: Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater ( Stevenage) Ltd and others In Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater ( Stevenage) Ltd [2025] Lexis Citation 276, the First-tier Tribunal ( Property Chamber) concluded that making remediation contribution orders under the Building Safety Act 2022 was fair and appropriate against several related companies, covering the costs of rectifying fire safety defects at Vista Tower. Those defects were, for the most part, traceable to the original developer and its associates. To secure the funds required for the remedial works, the tribunal imposed joint and several liability for a stated amount exceeding £13.26 million. Keep an eye out for our commentary on this decision. Contract law Amendments in retrospect— Repair or replace? ( R v Revenue and Customs...
In this issue: UK private actions UK market studies UK competition policy EU antitrust EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK private actions High Court rules France is the correct place to bring damages claim arising from cartels in the supply of car air conditioning and engine cooling components to car manufacturers The High Court handed down its judgment in Vauxhall Motors Ltd & Ors v Denso Automotive UK Ltd & Ors, tackling jurisdictional objections in a damages claim brought by car manufacturers within the Stellantis group against companies previously found by the European Commission (the Commission) to have infringed Article 101 TFEU by taking part in cartels involving the supply of air conditioning and engine cooling components to car makers. The High Court...
Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd v Karakusevic Carson Architects Llp [2024] EWHC 3449 ( TCC) What was the background? The claimant, Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd, was the parent of a Willmott Dixon company that acted as the design and build contractor for Bridport House in Hackney The first defendant, Karakusevic Carson Architects LLP ( KCA), was appointed as project architect for Bridport House, with Practical Completion certified on 31 August 2011 The claim form was filed on 30 August 2023, a day before the potential expiry of the limitation period The claim concerns alleged defects in the residential scheme, which the employer (the London Borough of Hackney) says stem from KCA’s negligence and/or contractual breaches Proceedings were also commenced against Peter Brett Associates LLP and Toureen Contractors Ltd KCA applied to strike out the claim form, arguing it was an abuse of...
In this issue: CPR updates Fundamental dishonesty Road traffic accidents Dental claims Public authorities and the state Case management Costs Other PI and Clinical negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information CPR updates Civil Procedure ( Amendment) Rules 2025 SI 2025/106: These amendments update the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, SI 1998/3132 ( CPR), which prescribe practice and procedure for the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court. They take effect in part on 6 April 2025, and fully when section 194 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 commences. See: LNB News 04/02/2025 21. Fundamental dishonesty High Court dismisses contempt of court proceedings following a trial finding of fundamental dishonesty. In Aviva Insurance Ltd v Nadeem [2024] EWHC 3445 (...
The Association of British Insurers ( ABI) The Association of British Insurers ( ABI) argued that rules for repairing cladding should give equal weight to property protection and the robustness and resilience of buildings, alongside safeguarding lives. Following the 2017 Grenfell Tower blaze in London, in which 72 people lost their lives, the government has allocated £5.1bn to strip dangerous cladding from the outside of high-rise residential buildings......
The Father ( Appellant) v Worcestershire County Council ( Respondent) [2025] UKSC 1 What are the practical implications of this case? Acting without legal representation, the father pursued his case to the Supreme Court, which entertained his submissions and examined the legal position that would have applied had the children been confined rather than living in foster care. The Court heard him in full and addressed the framework relevant to situations where children would, in fact, have been deprived of liberty rather than cared for by foster families. Its status as guidance will assist judges dealing with analogous cases in practice. The decision offers guidance for family courts facing comparable applications and, by extension, informs deprivation of liberty matters. On whether care orders issued by the High Court or the Family Court are susceptible to judicial review, the Supreme Court observed that an order of the High...
In this issue: Compulsory purchase Housing Planning issues in energy projects Planning policy Nationally significant infrastructure projects Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Compulsory purchase The Law Commission’s consultation on reforming compulsory purchase orders seeks to modernise and clarify elements of the legal framework, promoting greater consistency and ease of use. Yet it stops short of wholesale change, so securing land could still be convoluted, expensive and slow, with limited impetus for extra regeneration schemes. See News Analysis: Implications of Law Commission’s consultation on review of compulsory purchase system, where planning barrister Martha Grekos explores the likely effects of the Commission’s proposals and whether they would truly streamline the compulsory purchase regime. Home Loss Payments ( Prescribed Amounts) ( Wales) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/101: These...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Case management Applications—general Lex Talk® Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR updates Civil Procedure ( Amendment) Rules 2025: SI 2025/106: These Rules modify the Civil Procedure Rules ( CPR) 1998, SI 1998/3132, which regulate practice and procedure in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court. They take effect in part on 6 April 2025, and in full on the date section 194 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 commences. For more detail, see: LNB News 04/02/2025 21— Civil Procedure ( Amendment) Rules 2025. Consultations and responses The Mo J publishes its response to the consultation on reforming the law of apologies in civil proceedings: The Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) has issued its reply to the...
Private actions The CAT issued a consent order on 6 February 2025 in Asda Stores Limited and Others v Bremnes Seashore AS and Others, a damages claim under section 47A of the Competition Act 1998. The action, brought by UK supermarkets against several suppliers of farmed Atlantic salmon, alleges that the salmon suppliers operated a cartel concerning the supply of farmed Atlantic salmon, in breach of Article 101 TFEU and the Chapter I prohibition. The order records the consensual removal of one defendant, Lerøy Seafood UK Limited, as a party to the proceedings—see further, order. NOTE— For all live private actions in the UK that have been made public, see further, UK private actions—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates— For dates of upcoming UK competition developments, see further, UK Competition calendar......
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 International Arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments New and updated content Useful information Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Arbitration Bill [ HL] moves to committee after second reading The UK Parliament has advanced the Arbitration Bill [ HL] to the next step in the legislative journey. Following its second reading debate on 29 January 2025, the Bill was referred to a Committee of the whole House and is due for examination on 11 February 2025. See: LNB News 31/01/2025 17. Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 English Court underscores the demanding bar for section 68 bids to undo awards Collins v Wind Energy Holding Ltd [2025] EWHC 40 ( Comm) stems from an...
In this issue: Post-market Commercialisation Competition in life sciences Medical devices Data protection in life sciences Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Intellectual property Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Post-market Industry coalition urges withdrawal of AI Liability Directive Med Tech Europe, with 11 other industry bodies, issued a joint statement urging withdrawal of the proposed AI Liability Directive ( AILD). They say it would add needless legal complexity, undermine EU competitiveness and deter artificial intelligence ( AI) innovation. The group insists the newly adopted Product Liability Directive should be implemented and reviewed before any further liability regimes are considered. They also warn the AILD could unsettle established contractual liability practices and conflicts with the EU’s Sustainable Prosperity Deal and the Draghi Report’s call for a...
In this issue: Pension Protection Fund Personal pensions Scheme merger Members and benefits Daily and weekly news alerts New content Dates for your diary Trackers Pension Protection Fund PPF levy ceiling for 2025/26 announced The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes ( Levy Ceiling) Order 2025 ( SI 2025/103) raises the levy ceiling that the Board of the Pension Protection Fund ( PPF) may collect for the 2025/26 levy year. Under s 177 of the Pensions Act 2004, the Secretary of State is obliged to set a ceiling, preventing the PPF from increasing the pension protection levy beyond a prescribed maximum. The ceiling is reviewed each year to reflect the general level of earnings in Great Britain (unless earnings show no rise) and is published annually through a new Order. The Pension Protection Fund and...
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