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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: Leasing property Transferring property Easements, rights and covenants Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Leasing property Law Commission launches consultation on right to renew business tenancies The Law Commission has opened a consultation reviewing how the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 operates, and whether it still serves both business tenants and landlords. It seeks feedback on whether the existing ‘contracting out’ approach to security of tenure remains appropriate, or if another framework is needed. The paper weighs the advantages and drawbacks of contracting out and evaluates three alternatives: mandatory security of tenure, abolishing security of tenure, and a ‘contracting-in’ model. It also questions whether the current categories of business tenancies that enjoy security of tenure are the correct ones. The consultation closes on 19 February 2025, with a...
Deksne v Ambitions Ltd [2024] EAT 171 The EAT, in a recently published judgment, held that the temporary employment agency business Ambitions Ltd had underpaid a former temp by just under £500. Andrew Burns KC, acting as a deputy judge of the High Court, also determined that the employment tribunal had erred in dismissing Deksne’s claim that the holiday pay underpayments did not constitute a ‘series of deductions’. Judge Burns stated that the tribunal was plainly mistaken to decide the deductions were out of time on the footing they were not a series......
In this issue: Individual rights arising from union membership Pay Tax Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Diversity and gender pay gap Whistleblowing Bribery, modern slavery, tax evasion and fraud Employment Tribunals Wales IRLR Highlights— December 2024 Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Individual rights arising from union membership Supreme Court unanimously confirms that a trade union can rely on third party rights under C( RTP) A 1999 to secure a check-off term in an employment contract. In Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Public and Commercial Services Union [2024] UKSC 41, the Supreme Court— Lord Sales and Lady Rose delivering the principal judgment—allowed the Public and Commercial Services Union’s appeal. The Court held that the...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—21 November 2024 In this issue: Pre-action Case management Other PI and Clinical negligence news Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis® Nexis community Lexis Nexis® Webinars Useful information Pre-action CJC completes comprehensive review of pre-action protocols with two-phase report The Civil Justice Council ( CJC) has finalised its extensive appraisal of pre-action protocols ( PAPs), issuing a two-phase report. The first instalment, in August 2023, analysed PAPs’ role within civil justice and considered the scope for digitising pre-action activity. The second phase, released in November 2024, proposes major updates to PAPs covering personal injury, clinical disputes, disease and illness claims, and package travel claims. Headline proposals include clearer structure and navigation, standardised sections across protocols, refreshed ADR guidance to reflect the Churchill decision, and bolstered...
In this issue: UK mergers UK antitrust UK market studies EU antitrust EU digital markets Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK mergers Boparan/ For Farmers ( Burston and Radstock mills) referred to phase 2 The CMA has referred to phase 2 the planned acquisition by Boparan Private Office Limited (via 2 Agriculture Limited) (2Agriculture) of For Farmers UK Limited's ( For Farmers UK) Burston and Radstock feed mills. For Farmers is a European producer and distributor of animal feed, headquartered in the Netherlands. 2Agriculture, a Boparan subsidiary, is among the UK's largest poultry feed suppliers by output volume produced and directs its production to Hook 2 Sisters, a Boparan-affiliated company, as well as farmers on the open market. On 6 November 2024, the CMA stated that the deal meets the...
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Financial sanctions Changes to sanctions legislation introduced On 14 November 2024, the Sanctions ( EU Exit) ( Miscellaneous Amendments) ( No.2) Regulations 2024 ( SI 2024/1157) were laid before Parliament. This instrument updates 35 pieces of secondary sanctions legislation, including revisions to licensing and exceptions, amended notification duties in certain circumstances, altered reporting requirements for relevant firms and involved persons, a change to specified asset-freeze prohibitions, and new civil monetary penalty powers for breaches connected to Russia land prohibitions. Collectively, these measures are intended to enhance HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) in applying and enforcing financial sanctions. See: LNB News 15/11/2024 26. New sanctions guidance for...
Maxima Creditor Resolutions Ltd v Fealy and another [2024] EWHC 2694 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? When assessing whether the test for being non-dormant under The Third Excepted Case is engaged, directors and their advisers must scrutinise the company’s trading record across the 12 months before the first company’s insolvency, alongside the dormancy framework in CA 2006, ss 1169 and 386. That said, the Companies Act requirements and IR 2016, SI 2016/1024, r 22.7(b) are not aligned on dormancy. To come within The Third Excepted Case, directors must be able to demonstrate that, throughout the entire qualifying year preceding the first company’s insolvent liquidation, the company carried out the kind of significant accounting transactions contemplated by CA 2006, ss 1169 and 386—namely those that s 386 requires to be entered in the company’s accounting records. Proof that such...
In this issue: COP29 Air pollution and climate change Energy efficiency in buildings Energy efficiency of products Energy matters for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental disputes and litigation Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Key updates and developments Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Sources of environmental law ( UK, EU, international) Producer responsibility for waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers COP29 COP29 round-up—13 November 2024 ( World Leaders Climate Action Summit) On 13 November 2024, the World Climate Action Summit ( WCAS) carried on within the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( COP29)....
In this issue: Trade in goods WTO Sanctions and export control Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trade in goods CIArb explores CISG application to reverse auctions in procurement The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ( CIArb) has issued an analysis examining how the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ( CISG) may apply to reverse auctions in public procurement. It draws attention to the continuing discussion over whether such procedures are captured by the Article 2(b) CISG exclusion for sales by auction. CIArb also records that the CISG Advisory Council has appointed a rapporteur to prepare a forthcoming Opinion on this question. The piece reviews recent jurisprudence and comparative practice, referencing a Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruling that applied the CISG to a government contract, alongside Brazilian examples where...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Judicial review Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and state aid Public procurement Management and strategic planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights The Cabinet Office has released an explanatory memorandum concerning the UK/ EU TCA Partnership Council decision ( COM(2024)297). The proposal sets out the EU’s stance in the Partnership Council on amending Annex 3 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK, which covers product-specific rules of origin. See: LNB News 15/11/2024 16. The House of Commons Library has issued a briefing on assimilated law reform, outlining the Labour...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Litigation ADR New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Reports and consultations Mo J publishes annual report and accounts for 2023–2024: The Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) issued its annual report and accounts for the 2023–2024 financial year on 14 November 2024. This wide-ranging publication sets out the department’s work, delivery against strategic aims, governance arrangements and how resources were deployed across the year to 31 March 2024. Produced in line with HM Treasury’s Government Financial Reporting Manual, it brings together the outcomes of the core department, its executive agencies and relevant arm's length bodies. For more detail, see: LNB News 15/11/2024 20— Mo J publishes annual report and accounts for...
In this issue: Public procurement Social housing Children's social care Social care Judicial Review Governance Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement CCS announces procurement regulation changes and agreement extensions The Crown Commercial Service ( CCS) has outlined notable revisions to its procurement schedule and agreement models. The start date for the new procurement regime moves from 28 October 2024 to 24 February 2025. As a result, several procurements that had been earmarked for the new rules will now run under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ( PCR 2015), SI 2015/102, including RM6361, RM6310, RM6353 and RM6360. A range of agreements have also been prolonged, with some extended by six months (eg RM6123, RM6168) and others by nine months (eg RM6100, RM1043.8). The Procurement Act 2023 will not apply...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Capacity Market, balancing services and energy system flexibility Oil and gas Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials DESNZ publishes 2023–24 annual report and accounts The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has released its 2023–24 annual report and accounts, detailing its work, financial outcomes, and milestones across 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The publication sets out resource utilisation, departmental priorities, and the financial statements for DESNZ together with its partner bodies. Headline developments include the enactment of the Energy Act 2023 in October 2023, alongside momentum on the review of...
In this issue: Business tenancies Residential tenancies Disputes and remedies Rent and rates Contractual issues Property disputes in Scotland 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 Business tenancies Law Commission launches consultation on right to renew business tenancies The Law Commission has opened a consultation to review how the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 operates, and whether it serves the needs of business tenants and landlords. The consultation aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing ‘contracting out’ framework and to consider alternative approaches, including mandatory security, abolishing security of tenure, and a ‘contracting-in’ model. It also looks at which kinds of...
In this issue: Taxes management and litigation Companies and corporation tax International Finance Devolution Energy and environment VAT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Taxes management and litigation Court of Appeal dismisses DPT judicial review ( R (oao Refinitiv Ltd and others) v HMRC) In R (oao Refinitiv Ltd), the Court of Appeal rejected the companies’ appeal against the Upper Tribunal’s ( UT) refusal to permit their judicial review claim concerning diverted profits tax ( DPT) charging notices. See News Analysis: Court of Appeal dismisses DPT judicial review ( Refinitiv Ltd v HMRC). UT finds FTT made errors when setting aside HMRC best judgment assessment ( HMRC v Sintra Global) In Sintra Global, the UT overturned the First-tier Tax Tribunal’s ( FTT) decision insofar as it...
GDFC Assets Ltd v Heaney and another [2024] UKUT 345 ( AAC) What are the practical implications of this case? The Green Deal was once a hallmark UK government programme, intended to enable householders to turn their homes into energy‑efficient properties without having to meet costs upfront. Government funding for the Green Deal ended in July 2015 because of poor take‑up and concerns about quality. Hundreds of consumer complaints about the Green Deal remain with the Energy Ombudsman and the Financial Ombudsman Service. Before this test case, the expectation was that many of these disputes could be concluded swiftly. This decision, however, introduces uncertainty about the speed at which those complaints will now be resolved. What was the background? This is a test case concerning ‘green deal plans’, created under the Energy Act 2011 ( EA 2011) and the Green Deal Framework (...
Last month, the Irish Data Protection Commission ( DPC) affirmed a €310m penalty. The case stems from a 2018 complaint lodged by French non-profit organisation La Quadrature Du Net, first submitted to the French Data Protection Authority. Alongside the fine, the DPC issued a reprimand and directed Linked In to make its data processing compliant within three months. On 18 November 2024, Linked In initiated two distinct legal challenges before the Irish High Court there too......
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Financial sanctions Changes to sanctions legislation introduced On 14 November 2024, the Sanctions ( EU Exit) ( Miscellaneous Amendments) ( No 2) Regulations 2024 ( SI 2024/1157) were laid before Parliament. The instrument revises 35 pieces of secondary sanctions legislation, including: adjustments to licensing and exceptions provisions; amended notification duties in specified situations; changes to reporting obligations for relevant firms and involved persons; an amendment to certain asset-freeze prohibitions; and new civil monetary penalty powers for breaches in relation to Russia land prohibitions. Taken together, the package is intended to strengthen HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) in implementing and enforcing financial sanctions. See: LNB News 15/11/2024 26. New sanctions guidance for Insolvency Practitioners and Letting Agents The Sanctions ( EU Exit) (...
Failure to prevent fraud by a corporate organisation On 6 November 2024, the UK Home Office issued long-awaited guidance on the new ‘failure to prevent fraud by a corporate organisation’ offence, commonly referred to as the corporate fraud offence. This development adds another avenue for an expanding cohort of claimants to pursue companies over climate-related matters, including alleged greenwashing. It represents one, albeit major, component within a shifting environmental compliance regime. As frameworks mature, businesses must move quickly to remain compliant. At the same time, a broader mix of actors—from regulators such as the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) and the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) to non-governmental bodies focused on environmental concerns—is adopting more sophisticated and forceful tactics to shape corporate conduct. Consequently, the legal pathways for environmental compliance claims have multiplied and grown more imaginative, with novel arguments pushed into areas once...
Kwantum Nederland BV v Kwantum België BVVitra Collections AG, Case C-227/23 What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment carries tangible consequences, as it meaningfully reinforces protection for original works of applied art coming from non‑ EU member states within the framework of harmonised EU copyright law. By preventing Member States from invoking, in their national laws, the material reciprocity test (as set out in the Berne Convention), the Court of Justice further curtails national discretion to secure deeper harmonisation of EU copyright. Accordingly, the Court effectively unlocks for numerous creators based outside the Union the ability to advance claims under EU copyright, even where their works are only traded inside the EU yet stem from countries affording lesser protection, or none. The ruling stands as a precedent for applying international copyright norms within the EU. It may yield more uniform...
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