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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: Types of insurance UK Regulation EU Regulation International Regulation Case trackers Dates for your diary New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Types of insurance Motor vehicle On 2 December 2024, the Labour government adjusted the personal injury discount rate, a move that specialists anticipate will trim insurance premiums for motorists in England and Wales. See News Analysis: Government revises UK personal injury compensation rate. Cyber Britain is confronting a widening gap in its capacity to counter cyber threats and must bolster its defences to meet the growing intensity and scale of hostile activity, the head of the nation’s foremost cyber security agency said on 3 December 2024. See News Analysis: Severity of cyber risk ‘widely underestimated’ in UK. Property The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ( EIOPA) has opened a consultation on a proposed natural catastrophes awareness tool. It is designed to spotlight potential...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents General IP Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Does You Tube Shorts infringe registrations of SHORTS marks and are those registrations valid? ( Shorts International Ltd v Google Llc) The dispute in Shorts International v Google [2024] EWHC 2738 ( Ch) focused on Google’s You Tube Shorts offering. Shorts International Ltd ( SIL) alleged that Google’s deployment of particular signs for the service infringed SIL’s registered trade marks and amounted to passing off. Google denied both infringement and passing off, arguing instead that SIL’s registrations were invalid or liable to revocation for non‑use. The court found that, at the relevant times, most of SIL’s registrations survived, although the word mark ‘...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Subsidy control and state aid Constitutional and administrative law Public procurement Judicial review Equality and human rights Information law Other Public law news Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Northern Ireland Office explains Windsor Framework consent process for MLAs The Northern Ireland Office has issued detailed explanatory guidance outlining the democratic consent procedure for Articles 5–10 of the Windsor Framework. Aimed at MLAs, these documents also satisfy the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s duties under Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Publishing them further facilitates delivery of the post- Brexit settlement tailored to Northern Ireland, equipping elected members with the...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Air emissions and climate change DESNZ opens consultations on UK ETS expansion The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has opened two consultations to broaden the UK Emissions Trading Scheme ( ETS). The first proposes bringing the maritime sector into scope, obliging operators on domestic voyages to secure allowances for every tonne of carbon released. The second would recognise...
TPR described its covenant guidance as the final piece of the jigsaw for its DB funding code. The DB funding code took effect on 12 November 2024. It provides a framework that trustees can apply to calculate and set their long-term funding strategies, in a manner that shifts them away from significant financial dependence on their sponsoring employer overall......
Key developlments in 2024 2024 has seen notable movement in climate change litigation across the UK and internationally. In the UK, attention has largely centred on whether proposed fossil fuel projects’ Scope 3 emissions were properly addressed within Environmental Impact Assessments ( EIAs) at the planning stage. Internationally, energy-sector disputes have focused on actions against governments for alleged breaches of climate obligations under domestic law or binding international frameworks, alongside claims against corporations arising from their perceived contribution to climate change. For further background on climate litigation generally, including many of the matters noted below, see Practice Note: Climate change litigation. Requirement to consider Scope 3 emissions in EIAs Climate litigation commenced in January 2024 with the ruling in Greenpeace Nordic and Nature & Youth v Energy Ministry ( The North Sea Fields Case). The case challenged the Norwegian government’s omission of Scope 3...
In this issue: Corporate governance Economic crime and corporate transparency Equity capital markets Members Partnerships Mergers and Acquisitions Competition law Tax for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Corporate governance Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment ( DETE) has brought the Companies ( Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 into effect from 3 December 2024. The legislation makes substantial revisions to the Companies Act 2014, with 64 of its 90 sections operative straightaway. Headline reforms allow virtual and hybrid general meetings, add further bases for involuntary company strike-off, create offences for hindering the Corporate Enforcement Authority, and widen the remit of regulatory bodies. The objective is to bolster corporate governance, simplify procedures and reinforce...
In this issue: Funding and investment Scheme governance Pension scams and liberation Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Funding and investment TPR publishes revised employer covenant guidance to align with new DB funding code of practice The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) has at last issued revised guidance on the employer covenant for trustees overseeing defined benefit ( DB) pension schemes, to align with its new DB funding code of practice, which took effect on 12 November 2024 under the Pensions Act 2004 ( Code of Practice) ( Defined Benefit Funding) Appointed Day Order 2024 ( SI 2024/1143). Described by TPR as ‘the last piece of the jigsaw to help schemes carry out valuations under the new DB funding code’, the update introduces the first regulatory definition of employer covenant, intended to deliver greater market...
In this issue: Public procurement Governance Judicial review Children's social care Social care Social housing Healthcare Planning Pensions Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement Cabinet Office publishes new and updated Procurement Act 2023 guidance The Cabinet Office has released fresh guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023) for the Plan phase, explaining the meaning of ‘covered procurement’. For the Define phase, it has revised guidance on Dynamic Markets (clarifying when the statutory duty to have regard to the NPPS applies) and on Frameworks (confirming the applicability of that duty). For the Procure phase, it has updated the Remedies guidance to flag provisions in the TCC protocol on service of procurement claims, and refreshed the Procurement Oversight guidance to reflect adjusted publication timings for further information concerning the PRU. The government has also issued Prompt payment policy guidance. See: LNB News 04/12/2024 48......
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Mo J updates Crown Court rules for cryptoasset seizure appeals The Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) has brought in the Crown Court ( Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024, taking effect on 2 December 2024. These measures revise the Crown Court Rules 1982, laying down processes for appeals against magistrates’ court orders dealing with the seizure and forfeiture of...
In this issue: Personal injury discount rate Occupier&39;s liability Public authorities and the state Case management Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Personal injury discount rate Ministry of Justice sets new personal injury discount rate at positive 0.5% The Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, has set a new personal injury discount rate of positive 0.5% for England and Wales, coming into force on 11 January 2025. This single rate will be used when assessing lump sum damages for future financial losses in personal injury claims. For this review, adopting dual or multiple rates was judged inappropriate, so a single positive 0.5% rate has been fixed. The decision follows a thorough process under the Damages Act 1996, including two evidence calls,...
In this issue Powers of attorney and advance decisions Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Contentious trusts and estates 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 Powers of attorney and advance decisions OPG upgrades processing time for LPA applications The Office of the Public Guardian ( OPG) has confirmed that from 2 December 2024 the revised timescale for lasting power of attorney ( LPA)...
In this issue: Research and development Medical devices Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Commercialisation Advertising of medicines Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Research and development Navigating decentralised clinical trials with FDA’s guidance Law360: On 18 September 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) issued final guidance, ‘ Conducting Clinical Trials With Decentralised Elements’, for sponsors, investigators and other stakeholders to advance further development of drugs, biologics and medical devices. See: Navigating decentralised clinical trials with FDA’s guidance. HRA proposes simplified consent process for low-risk clinical trials The Health Research Authority ( HRA) has proposed streamlining informed consent for low-risk clinical trials in the UK. These trials, as defined by the HRA, compare pre-approved medicines and involve no additional therapeutic or diagnostic procedures. Under the plan, consent would be entered in patients’ medical records rather than written forms, while retaining the legal...
In this issue: Customs Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Customs ( Miscellaneous Amendments) ( No 3) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/1265 These Regulations revise two UK secondary legislative instruments concerning customs. The updates alter customs provisions so HMRC may reimburse businesses for customs duties where, following a reassessment of a duty rate previously levied, a refund is warranted. They are made under powers in the Taxation ( Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 and relate to assimilated law. See: LNB News 03/12/2024 18......
In this issue: Pay Tax Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Employment tribunal equality claims Individual rights arising from trade union membership Financial services and banking: employment issues Employment Tribunals Civil courts and alternative dispute resolution Immigration Northern Ireland New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Pay High Pay Centre proposes ‘ Charter for Fair Pay’ to address income inequality and enhance worker rights The High Pay Centre, working with academic specialists, has issued a detailed ‘ Charter for Fair Pay’ setting out policy changes designed to tackle income inequality and strengthen worker rights in the UK. The charter advances ten principal actions across four domains: employment rights, corporate governance, investment and stewardship, and...
Parties extended the gender work programme; put the new Loss and Damage Fund into operation; and advanced efforts to amplify the voices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in climate action by adopting the Baku Workplan and prolonging the mandate of the working group supporting implementation of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform. Yet they failed to agree on implementing the Global Stocktake outcomes or the just transition work programme, with talks on these items pushed to later sessions. Countries chose to delay reviewing the Global Goal on Adaptation framework until after the second global stocktake in 2028, and launched the Baku Adaptation Road Map to keep negotiations going in 2025. Further missed chances included not bolstering commitments to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy options, and limited progress in linking climate and nature. A new climate finance goal The primary agenda item at COP29 was...
In this issue: Building regulations Housing Planning for nationally significant infrastructure Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Building regulations Building ( Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) ( Wales) Regulations 2024 In the wake of the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building ( Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) ( Wales) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1268, have been laid. They principally disapply, for Wales, elements of the Building ( Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010 and the Building ( Building Control Profession) ( Registration, Sanctions and Appeals) ( Wales) Regulations 2023. These rules define the obligations and criteria for Registered Building Control Approvers ( RBCAs) and any public authorities empowered by the Welsh Ministers to perform building control functions. They also prescribe the procedures for lodging specified forms under the Building Act 1984 and Building Regulations 2010, together with grounds for accepting or rejecting those submissions by applicants to the...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications 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 What the future of AI in financial services looks like AI is swiftly reshaping the financial services landscape. From tailored customer assistance to enhanced risk evaluation and tighter compliance, it is changing how institutions, consumers and markets function. On 31 October 2024, Sarah Breeden, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, reported the Bank had found that 75% of firms now employ some form of AI within their operations. Although the technology is still progressing, AI’s prospects across financial services are extensive and poised to make the sector more efficient, transparent and increasingly autonomous. Katie Simmonds, managing associate, Amy Battinson, solicitor, and Michael Lewis, partner, at Womble Bond Dickinson, assess expected AI trends in financial services, set out the...
In this issue: Repairing obligations and dilapidations Residential tenancies Business tenancies Rents and rates Easements and covenants Disputes and remedies Contractual issues Key developments and horizon scanning Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Repairing obligations and dilapidations Breach of occupiers’ liability duty of care due to inadequate motor racing barrier protective devices ( Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Ltd) In Byrne v Motorsport Vision Racing Ltd [2024] EWHC 2966 ( KB), His Honour Judge Blair KC, acting as a Deputy High Court Judge in a personal injury matter, held that the first defendant ( MSVR), the second defendant ( MSV), and the fourth defendant ( MCRCB) had breached the duty of care owed to the claimant, a professional motorcycle racer injured during a test day for the British Superbike Championship. The court found a breach of the...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Litigation Evidence and disclosure 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 The Master of the Rolls and the Minister of State for Justice have approved the 178th Practice Direction ( PD) update, which took effect at 11am on 5 December 2024. This update revises CPR PD 51R for the Online Civil Money Claims ( OCMC) Pilot, enabling rollout and use of new ‘case progression’ functionality in OCMC for litigants in person across a number of pilot courts. The ‘case progression’ capability permits the stages after the allocation order to be conducted online within OCMC, right through to the final hearing, offering users a cleaner, more...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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