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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: Private Client Highlights 2024/2025 Probate Court of Protection HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Insolvency— Private Client Contentious trusts and estates 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 Private Client Highlights 2024/2025 This is our last Weekly Highlights of 2024. The first Weekly Highlights of 2025 will appear on 9 January 2025 and be emailed to customers on 10 January 2025. To keep up with the latest updates on a daily and weekly cadence, see: Daily and weekly news alerts. From the whole Private Client team, we wish you a joyful festive break and a Happy New Year. Probate HMRC updates form IHT100f— HMRC has issued a new edition of the IHT100f, the form used to inform HMRC about events affecting property that benefits from an...
What is the background to the new guidance? A person is treated as lacking mental capacity when, because of an impairment of the mind or brain, they are unable to make the relevant decision. In some situations, decision-making can be delegated to a third party through a Lasting Power of Attorney or by appointment of the Court of Protection, while in court proceedings the court may appoint a litigation friend who must be competent and free from conflicts of interest. The power to appoint a litigation friend for appellants without litigation capacity in immigration appeals has been recognised since R ( C) v FTT [2016] EWHC 707 and AM ( Afghanistan) v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 1123. This role is often taken by a family member or friend. Following a threatened legal challenge by Migrants Organise, the Official Solicitor now also acts as...
In this issue: PI and Clinical negligence Highlights 2024/2025 Key PI & clinical negligence developments Clinical negligence Public authorities and the state Case management Other PI and Clinical negligence news Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information PI and Clinical negligence Highlights 2024/2025 This edition closes out our 2024 Weekly Highlights. Our first Weekly Highlights of 2025 will be released on 9 January 2024 and sent to customers on 10 January 2025. To keep abreast of the latest updates on a daily and weekly basis, see: Daily and weekly news alerts. From everyone in the PI and Clinical negligence team, we hope you enjoy the festive season and wish you a happy new year... Key PI & clinical negligence developments Court Funds Office confirms reduction in interest rates for special and basic accounts The Court Funds Office has...
In this issue: UK NSI Act UK mergers UK private actions EU State aid Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex Competition Highlights 2024/2025 UK NSI Act The Cabinet Office has varied the Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 concerning FTDI Holding Limited’s proposed acquisition of an 80.2% stake in Future Technology Devices International Limited. Although the transaction was prohibited on 5 November 2024, the change simply resets the deadline for FTDIHL to submit a draft proposal plan to support compliance with the Final Order. There are no other alterations to the divestment process or its timetable—see the notice of final order variation The Cabinet Office has revoked the Final Order under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 relating to Trina Solar UK...
The Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, told parliament that, although ministers had examined the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s damning March 2024 report on state pension shortcomings, the government would not establish a redress scheme for the women affected. The Ombudsman found the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) did not sufficiently communicate legislative changes to the women’s state pension age, leaving many female pensioners financially disadvantaged, and said the government should introduce a compensation programme to remedy past failings. However, in an oral statement to MPs, Kendall pointed to 2004 research suggesting most women already knew the pension age was rising. She also observed that the Ombudsman spent almost six years reviewing six exemplar cases underpinning the report, and warned it would “take thousands of staff years” to implement any scheme and process claims from up to 3.5 million...
2024 burst into life, as the FCA signalled in February 2024 a significant policy shift to identify publicly, at an earlier stage, firms under enforcement inquiry, and to run swifter, more streamlined investigations, alongside other measures. The FCA’s notice of a consultation on enhancing transparency around enforcement work provoked public outcry from practitioners and, unusually, from politicians alike. Answering broad criticism, on 28 November 2024 the FCA then issued a second part to the consultation. This substantially reworked the proposals in substance, making clear that, if implemented in practice, only a very limited number of extra proactive announcements would be made when set against the existing current approach to publicity and announcements. The FCA has clearly pivoted to earlier intervention and to deploying tools short of formal enforcement probes. Many in practice observe what amounts to a clearing of the decks, as the FCA...
R (on the application of Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport and Others [2024] EWCA Civ 1227 What are the practical implications of this case? The court’s principal focus was determining when, on a re-determination of a DCO, fairness calls for a further examination or a re-opening of the earlier examination. It held that the decisive enquiry is whether, considering the facts, the nature of the issues raised, and the statutory framework governing the decision-making process, extra procedural steps are required to secure fairness in the particular circumstances. Here, nothing justified appointing an independent expert to test the matters in dispute and report to the Secretary of State; accordingly, the re-determination was conducted in a manner that was procedurally proper and fair. The court also assessed the legal adequacy of ministerial briefings on which the Secretary of State relied when...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Subsidy control and state aid Public procurement Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Judicial review Other public law news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public Law Highlights 2024/2025 Brexit highlights European Commission refers UK to EU Court of Justice over free movement law implementation The European Commission has resolved to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for shortcomings in the application of EU free movement rules that persist for EU citizens protected by the Withdrawal Agreement. Announced on 16 December 2024, the referral concerns infringement files INFR(2020)2202 and INFR(2011)2054. The Commission argues the UK has not sufficiently remedied several issues, notably those...
In this issue: Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Further arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration Highlights 2024/2025 Arbitration under the AA 1996 Act Timing is everything—strict approach followed in construing contractual time limits In Eronat v CNPC International and another [2024] EWHC 2880 ( Comm), the parties adopted a tailored clause granting a right to appeal an award within 30 days from the date the arbitral decision was ‘rendered’. This contrasted with the LCIA Rules’ default position, which provide no appeal right. Applying a stringent reading of ‘rendered’ and rejecting a challenge under section 69 of the Arbitration Act, the court ruled that the time period began on the date the award was made, rather than when it was notified to the...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information TMT Highlights 2024/2025 New technologies DSIT and DCMS launch consultation on copyright and AI framework The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport ( DCMS) have opened a ten-week consultation on proposals to overhaul the UK’s legal framework for copyright and AI. The exercise aims to reduce uncertainty in the current regime by introducing a copyright exception for AI training, whilst allowing rights holders to retain their rights. It also sets out fresh transparency obligations for AI developers and examines matters concerning personality rights in digital replicas. The government seeks to balance the interests of the...
Alpha Schools ( Holdings) Ltd v Signal Alpha III Fund LP [2024] EWHC 2862 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Submissions in this matter dwelt on the gravity of pleading fraud to resist a petition debt, and how far a cross-claim must be set out in particulars. The court confirmed it will look to the essence of the allegation, even where not every element of the proposed cross-claim can yet be specified. The successful opposition here offers a useful comparator for debtors assessing whether they have adequate material to advance a like contention. For creditors, the decision reiterates the need for care when drafting any paper intended to fix liability on a debtor. Documents such as a term sheet will not automatically amount to a binding agreement. Although not explored extensively given the finding on...
Note: the CPRC has stopped sharing the supporting papers with the minutes, so no explanatory documents accompany this News Analysis. A copy of the minutes is available here: Minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee. Welcome, action log and matters arising (item 1) The minutes of the 4 October 2024 meeting were approved-see News Analysis: Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting-4 October 2024. Law Commission consultation on the law of contempt (item 2) A presentation outlined the Law Commission’s consultation on contempt of court. Its wide scope was acknowledged, setting out potential reforms across multiple areas: liability protection and powers of courts and tribunals procedure representation and legal aid sanctions appeals The Commission’s view that a single procedural code should apply across different jurisdictions was emphasised, with a preference that any updated civil procedure provisions be contained within a further revised CPR 81. It was...
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2024 has seen lively action in the courts for environmental law, with two prominent Supreme Court judgments and further momentum in climate change litigation. We outline these headline cases, alongside other matters of note, in this. For wider coverage of environmental law in 2024 and what to anticipate in 2025, see News Analysis: Environmental law developments—end of year review 2024. Climate change—application and enforcement of domestic climate obligations, including human rights ( NAP3 challenge) In R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 2707 ( Admin), the High Court examined a judicial review challenge to the third National Adaptation Programme ( NAP3) under the Climate Change Act 2008 ( CCA 2008). The court rejected the claim, holding that NAP3 is lawful. It concluded that the Secretary of State made no legal error when...
Governance MHCLG publishes English Devolution White Paper The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has released the English Devolution White Paper, ‘ Power and Partnership: Foundations for Growth’, setting out the government’s plan to widen and deepen devolution across England. Key proposals include universal coverage of Strategic Authorities; a new statutory Devolution Framework clarifying roles and responsibilities at each tier; Integrated Settlements for established mayoral authorities; and stronger development management powers for mayors covering housing, planning, transport and skills. These powers would include the ability to call in planning applications of strategic significance, alongside introducing a ‘ Mayoral Levy’ so that new developments contribute to the infrastructure they need. The policy paper also signals local government reorganisation and changes to funding and accountability. As part of the government’s ‘ Plan for Change’, it marks a clear direction towards...
Westminster Magistrates' Court Westminster Magistrates' Court determined that Devon and Cornwall Police may confiscate funds, sitting across seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tate brothers and a woman known solely as J. The cash corresponds to unpaid tax on £21m in takings from online enterprises. The brothers stand accused of transferring nearly US$12m into one of J's accounts to avoid taxation. The court heard the money derived from online adult services, including sites Adultwork and Only Fans, alongside payment processors Stripe and Dek- Co. Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring said the Tate brothers carried out a 'deliberate and dishonest cheat' on HM Revenue & Customs ( HMRC). He further underlined that proceeds of crime legislation enables police to seize funds even where the money was earned legitimately, as the court confirmed in its decision......
Mergers Liberty Media/ Dorna Sports referred to phase II The Commission has referred the proposed acquisition of Dorna Sports by Liberty Media ( M.11539) to phase II. Liberty Media and Dorna Sports are international media companies. Liberty owns the Formula One Group and holds the exclusive commercial rights for the FIA Formula One World Championship. Dorna Sports holds the exclusive commercial rights for the FIM World Championship Grand Prix ( Moto GP), as well as other motorcycling racing championships. At phase I, the Commission raised concerns that the deal could lessen competition between the parties regarding the licensing of broadcasting rights for motorsports content. In particular, the transaction could remove important competitive constraints on Liberty Media and Dorna Sports, strengthening their position in relation to broadcasters of motorsports content and, ultimately, potentially leading to higher prices......
Letter from ET Presidents to members of the ET ( E& W) and ET ( Scotland) national user groups (18 December 2024) What do these developments mean for you?......
Friends of the Earth Netherlands et al v Royal Dutch Shell plc, case number 200.302.332/01 What are the practical implications of this case? In 2019, Milieudefensie et al. ( Milieudefensie) initiated proceedings against Royal Dutch Shell plc ( Shell), asserting that Shell was obliged under the Paris Agreement to reduce its CO2 emissions. They contended that Shell had breached its duty of care to the claimants by failing to take sufficient action on climate change, relying on the Dutch Civil Code, informed by Article 2 (right to life) and Article 8 (right to private family life) of the European Court of Human Rights ( ECHR). In 2021, the district court found in favour of Milieudefensie in a landmark ruling, establishing that companies must safeguard human rights and the environment, and directing the Shell group to achieve a net 45% reduction in CO2...
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