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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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In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working 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 Home Office issues new UKVI identity standards guidance On 20 December 2024, the Home Office published new UK Visas and Immigration ( UKVI) identity standards guidance. It sets out comprehensive identity requirements for immigration and citizenship applications, specifying acceptable identity documents, including where an applicant may not hold a valid passport or travel document and what constitutes a reasonable excuse, alongside biometric enrolment processes and approaches for resolving identity discrepancies. The guidance stresses the necessity of establishing and fixing identities to support border security and...
Sam Woods, who heads the Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA), indicated these measures would sit at the top of the agenda in the reply to the government’s November 2024 letter on growth priorities. Addressing the Financial Services Regulation Committee, he explained that plans to lighten banks’ reporting obligations would mirror a recent step taken for insurers. He noted that, under the Solvency UK reforms, insurance reporting has already been trimmed by one‑third, and the PRA will now examine how far it can pare back banks’ requirements, adding that concrete proposals will arrive this year. Woods also confirmed the PRA intends to table a yet‑to‑be‑disclosed proposal for insurers concerning the so‑called matching adjustment investment accelerator, which has not been made public so far......
In this issue: Court and the legal profession Road traffic accidents Accidents abroad Clinical negligence Abuse and criminal injuries Costs CPR committee minutes Other PI and Clinical negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Court and the legal profession Master of the Rolls announces update to Guideline Hourly Rates The Master of the Rolls has confirmed revised Guideline Hourly Rates. These benchmarks inform the summary assessment of legal costs in England and Wales. The revision sets updated figures for every grade ( A– D) and across all regional bands, including London 1–3 and National 1–2. Levels differ according to a fee-earner’s seniority and location, with the top figure applying to Grade A solicitors in London 1 at £566 an hour. The changes are intended to align the...
Business and Trade Select Committee hearing: Shein questioned on cotton sourcing Yinan Zhu, Shein’s general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told MPs she was unable to answer MPs’ questions on whether the company sources cotton from China’s western Xinjiang region, or whether its suppliers are prohibited from sourcing cotton from there. She maintained that claims of likely human rights abuses in the region are ‘not about Shein specifically’. Defending the company’s compliance work, Zhu said suppliers are bound by a code of conduct and that Shein has commissioned thousands of audits to ensure standards are met in the countries where it operates. Giving evidence to the Business and Trade Select Committee, she stated: ‘ We are compliant with the relevant UK laws’. The committee’s chair, Labour MP Liam Byrne, was not impressed. ‘ For a company that sells a...
Our observations so far suggest the Unified Patent Court’s approach to inventive step is more all-encompassing, concentrating on whether the skilled person would have been prompted to contemplate the claimed solution and adopt it as a natural progression from the prior art. Further, in contrast to the EPO’s problem–solution methodology, the UPC does not yet appear persuaded that a reasonable expectation of success must be shown to establish obviousness. Given these differing frameworks, there is scope for divergent outcomes on identical facts. Even so, both the UPC and the EPO seem conscious of the danger of inconsistent rulings between the two systems. In this piece, we consider four EPO practices which, though not invariably applied today, may gain traction in the interests of harmonisation, as they arguably align more closely with the UPC’s stance on inventive...
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions HM Treasury announces amendment to OFSI General Licence INT/2022/1280876 HM Treasury has confirmed that General Licence INT/2022/1280876 has been revised to add Permission 5.3A. Under this clause, distributions on VTB Bank PJSC’s claim must first be reduced by the value of any VTB Capital plc assets that are the subject of VTB Bank PJSC enforcement action, together with the VTB Group Receivables. It also bars the payment of statutory interest for any period when distributions are withheld as a result of these deductions. This change follows a series of earlier amendments to the licence, which has been in force since 1 March 2022 and concerns financial sanctions relating to VTB Bank and its...
In this issue A review of key cases in 2024 and 2025 Criminal liability Investigating criminal conduct Proceeds of crime Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information A review of key cases in 2024 and 2025 A retrospective on standout UK corporate crime matters from 2024 highlights Julian Assange’s high-profile plea agreement, which enabled the Wikileaks founder to leave prison, the first penalty handed down by Britain’s sanctions regulator in relation to Russia, and a seminal decision on...
In this issue: Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act International Arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments The Arbitration Blog Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act Irreconcilable arbitral awards and judgments—injunctions, State immunity, res judicata and equitable compensation The English Court of Appeal (‘the court’), in The Kingdom of Spain v The London Steam- Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1536, upheld the judge’s refusal to recognise a Spanish judgment against The London Steam- Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd (‘the Club’) under the Brussels I Regulation. This was because an arbitrator had already ruled that claims against the Club had to be brought in arbitration and that the Club had no...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills R& D taxation Companies and corporation tax International Finance Employment taxes Taxes management and litigation Remedies and tax Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Progress of Finance Bill 2025 On 19 December 2024, the government published amendments to the Finance Bill for consideration by the Public Bill Committee. The key revisions affect Schedule 4, which concerns the UK’s multinational top-up tax and the domestic top-up tax rules set out in Parts 3 and 4 of the Finance ( No 2) Act 2023. A ‘call for evidence’ dated 20 December 2024 indicates the Committee plans to open its examination of the Bill on 28 January 2025 and aims to finish by Tuesday 4...
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions DBT issues guidance on countering Russian sanctions evasion and implementing no- Russia clauses The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT), working with the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation, has released two guidance notes to help UK exporters tackle current and emerging patterns of Russian sanctions circumvention. The first sets out approaches to deterring and detecting evasion and circumvention; the second supports firms in embedding a ‘no re-export to Russia’ provision within export agreements. Although centred on trade measures against Russia, the materials are relevant to other jurisdictions subject to trade sanctions. They are aimed in particular at those exporting items on the Common High Priority Items List and goods vital to Russian weapons systems and military development. The guidance offers...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials End‑of‑year review 2024: the Environment team at Lexis Nexis® reflect on standout environmental law shifts across the year, spanning chemicals, climate change and related litigation, energy performance of buildings, environmental governance, ESG and sustainability, nature, biodiversity and habitat protection, waste and extended producer responsibility, and water. See News Analysis: Environmental law developments—end of year review 2024. Environment 2024 cases round‑up: this News Analysis highlights notable judgments for environment lawyers, including R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 2707 ( Admin); Verein Klima...
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 i QIYI brings a landmark copyright claim against Chinese AI start-up Mini Max. According to MLex, the China-based video-streaming service has filed proceedings in a local court, accusing the domestic artificial intelligence start-up of infringement linked to AI model training and content production. See: i QIYI sues Chinese AI startup Mini Max for copyright infringement in landmark case. MLex has learned. Appeal Tracker: Comptroller- General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v Emotional Perception AI Ltd In Comptroller- General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v Emotional Perception AI Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 825, the Supreme Court granted permission to appeal on 29 November 2024. Earlier, the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) upheld the hearing officer’s appeal from a High Court...
On 8 January 2025, EU judges ruled that the Commission must pay compensation to a user of one of its websites after personal data was sent to the US without the necessary safeguards in place. German consumer Thomas Bindl argued that his personal details, including his IP address, were unlawfully transferred to the US after he registered for an event on its website using a service that lets users log in via Facebook. In 2022, he brought legal action against the EU’s executive arm for employing the US cloud service, Amazon Cloud Front, to move personal data from its websites to the US, in breach of a 2020 judgment designed to prevent US surveillance authorities from accessing EU citizens’ data. He said the Commission’s website on the Conference on the Future of the EU, and a separate website for a ' Go Green' event,...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Property and construction issues in the energy sector Planning issues in energy projects 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 DESNZ launches call for evidence on Ofgem review DESNZ has begun a comprehensive assessment of Ofgem, opening a call for evidence to collect views on the regulator’s role in fostering an innovative energy market that delivers for consumers. The exercise will look at Ofgem’s mandate, consumer protection powers, overall scope and remit, how standards are set, and the effectiveness of redress routes. Proposals on the table include tighter deadlines for complaint handling, bolstering the energy...
In this issue: WTO Safeguards Customs Daily and weekly news alerts WTO WTO announces India's initiation of safeguard investigation The World Trade Organisation ( WTO) has noted that India has opened a safeguard probe, with interested parties invited to file their views within 15 days of 19 December 2024. This inquiry seeks to assess whether rising import volumes are inflicting, or pose a risk of, serious harm to domestic industry. The WTO has also confirmed that members can impose temporary import curbs where the inquiry evidences serious injury or a credible threat. Throughout the process, stakeholders may submit proof and reply to other parties’ filings. See: LNB News 08/01/2025 28. WTO announces Madagascar's initiation of safeguard investigation The WTO states that Madagascar has commenced a safeguard inquiry to judge whether higher import levels are causing, or could cause, serious injury to a domestic industry. The notice...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Relationship breakdown Financial provision Private children Public children International children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Master of the Rolls announces update to solicitors’ guideline hourly rates An update to solicitors’ guideline hourly rates has been confirmed by the Master of the Rolls. These figures are used for the summary assessment of court costs in England and Wales. The revision sets new amounts across all grades ( A to D) and geographical bands, including London 1-3 and National 1-2. Levels vary according to the fee earner’s experience and location, with the highest rate being £566 per hour for Grade A solicitors in London 1. This change ensures the guideline rates reflect present market conditions and support fair cost...
In this issue: Key planning and case law developments Compulsory purchase Planning policy Biodiversity Marine planning Highways, streets and public rights of way Nationally significant infrastructure projects Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Key planning and case law developments Key planning developments and case law in 2024 and what to expect in 2025 For an overview of 2024’s principal planning developments and what to anticipate in 2025, see News Analysis: Key planning law developments—end of year review 2024 and what to expect in 2025. For a digest of the leading 2024 cases shaping planning law and practice, see News Analysis: 2024 key cases round up for planning lawyers. Compulsory purchase Consultations on further compulsory purchase reforms On 19 December 2024, MHCLG issued a consultation on compulsory purchase reforms, inviting views on a range of...
Legislation— UK New regulations protecting consumers from cyber attacks come into force From 29 April 2024, rules safeguarding consumers from hacking and cyber attacks took effect. They require makers of internet-connected smart devices to comply with baseline security measures and outlaw easily guessed default passwords, in order to discourage cyber criminals. By doing so, the measures aim to raise minimum-security standards for connected products. These reforms sit within the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure regime. See: LNB News 29/04/2024 16. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill lost in outgoing Parliament wash-up period and expansive Data ( Use and Access) Bill introduced to newly-elected Parliament The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill fell during the wash-up ahead of Parliament’s prorogation on Friday, 24 May 2024 and its dissolution on 30 May 2024 for the UK general election held on 4 July 2024, as uncompleted business lapses at...
What is the background to TPR's updated covenant guidance? TPR issues guidance that accompanies its Codes of Practice, signalling how it expects stakeholders to meet legislation it oversees. Unlike the Codes, this guidance is not formally approved by the Secretary of State; however, it is: an indicator of TPR’s likely enforcement stance; and persuasive before the courts, though not legally binding, so it remains material when tackling any regulatory matter. The covenant guidance addresses how to assess the employer covenant during the triennial valuation of a DB pension scheme. Trustees must conduct that valuation at least every three years and, in most cases, agree it with the employer, as required by Pe A 2004, Pt 3. Historically, covenant-related guidance flowed from trustees’ duties to adopt appropriate valuation assumptions and, in doing so, to identify scheme risks and adopt a prudent approach to them. The strength of the...
In this issue: Public Law case law quarterly— Q4 2024 Brexit highlights Post‑ Brexit transition guidance Judicial review Equality and human rights Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Subsidy control and State aid State accountability and liability State security and intelligence Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public Law case law quarterly— Q4 2024 The Public Law case law quarterly sets out key decisions and commentary compiled each quarter by the Lexis+® UK Public Law team. Standout items this time feature: three Supreme Court rulings addressing pre‑ Brexit trade marks disputes, alternative remedies within judicial review, and the power to pause public inquiries; the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the London Metal Exchange lawfully cancelled nickel trades in 2022; plus High Court judgments on whether human rights obligations extend to a private care provider, and on the limitation period for bringing public procurement proceedings. Highlights for this edition are...
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