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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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Background to the appeal The question on this appeal concerns when a trade union may litigate, as a third party, for breach of an employment contract between employer and worker. Sections 1(1)(b) and 1(3) of the Contracts ( Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 ( C( RTP) A 1999) create a default rule: where a contractual term grants a benefit to a third party who is expressly identified in the instrument, that third party can enforce the term in its own name. It applies only where the beneficiary is expressly identified within the contract and thereby conferred a benefit. The appeal turns on the proper reading of section 1(2) C( RTP) A 1999, which states that the default position is displaced if, construing the contract correctly, it appears the parties did not intend the term to be actionable by the third party. The...
In this issue: Pensions allowances Mansion House speech Types of pension arrangements Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Pensions allowances Coming into force of two tax regulations making corrections to the lifetime allowance abolition provisions As anticipated, two regulations commenced on 18 November 2024, applying retrospectively from 6 April 2024, to fix provisions relating to the abolition of the lifetime allowance. The first is the Pensions ( Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) ( No. 2) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1012. Among other measures, they: require members to give all pension scheme administrators a copy of their transitional tax-free amount certificate ( TTFAC) and to notify them if it is cancelled permit members to transfer pension savings while keeping any lump sum protection available under their enhanced protection adjust the...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Insolvency litigation Insurance and insolvency International restructuring and insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals New Q& A Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for October 2024 The Insolvency Service has released its October 2024 monthly figures on corporate and individual insolvencies in England and Wales. There were 1,747 corporate insolvencies, a 10% decrease from September 2024 and 24% lower than October 2023. For individuals, total insolvencies in October 2024 reached 8,952, down 14% on September 2024 and broadly similar to October 2023. See: LNB News 19/11/2024 45. New sanctions guidance for insolvency practitioners and letting agents The Sanctions ( EU Exit) ( Miscellaneous Amendments) ( No.2) Regulations 2024 ( SI...
In this issue Corporate governance Regulatory issues Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate governance Glass Lewis publishes 2025 proxy voting policy guidelines Glass Lewis has released its 2025 proxy voting policy guidelines for the US, UK and Europe. Taking effect from 1 January 2025, the revisions introduce notable updates, including expectations for board oversight of artificial intelligence ( AI), approaches to shareholder meeting formats, and the treatment of time‑based awards. The guidelines also provide direction on how shareholder proposals concerning the use of AI and broader environmental, social and governance matters will be assessed. On remuneration-related topics, the principal UK developments are: renewed emphasis on Glass Lewis’s nuanced stance towards executive pay proposals, stating it undertakes a holistic assessment of all relevant factors, with a negative recommendation arising from a single factor only in...
In this issue: Planning applications and decisions Trees Planning appeals Planning policy Public rights of way and definitive maps Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning applications and decisions MHCLG publishes statement on changes to housing design and quality The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has issued a written ministerial statement setting out major shifts in its stance on housing design and quality. Reconfirming its ambition to accelerate delivery and create 1.5 million new homes within five years, MHCLG signalled forthcoming updates to the National Design Guide and the National Model Design Code in Spring 2025. It also unveiled a £46m support package for local planning authorities to recruit and train planners, strengthening design expertise and capacity. MHCLG will furthermore convene quarterly Steering Boards on design and placemaking to inform and guide development for large-scale sites and communities. In parallel, the Office for Place will close, with its...
Background The complainant, a Brazilian citizen who has lived in Ireland since 2018, began working as a fashion buyer for the respondent, a Galway-based clothing retailer, on 2 August 2022. She held an Irish Residence Permit ( IRP) that authorised her to work lawfully and was subject to annual renewal. On 20 November 2023, well ahead of the 23 January 2024 expiry, she applied to the Department of Justice to renew the IRP. The respondent’s payroll administrator stated that, in November 2023, the complainant advised her that the IRP was nearing expiry and that she had already submitted the renewal application. Subsequently, on 23 January 2024, the respondent’s office manager identified that the complainant’s IRP was due to lapse that very day......
Glaser Kc and another v Atay [2024] EWCA Civ 1111 What are the practical implications of this case? The decision offers clear guidance on which provisions fall within CRA 2015, Pt 2 and the way the courts assess whether a consumer term is unfair. It highlights the severe consequence of an unfair term being unenforceable and the possibility that, under an entire obligation arrangement, no fee is recoverable even if some work has been undertaken. It is a prompt for all legal professionals to take care and exercise caution when preparing their own agreements and those for clients where the end-user is a consumer; additionally, advisers should remain alert to potential unfairness points when acting for consumers. The ruling must be read in the context of its particular facts. The court underlined that the global fee here was distinct from the...
What does the government guidance tells us about what reasonable procedures businesses are expected to take to avoid committing the new failure to prevent fraud offence? Government guidance explains the steps expected of businesses to avoid liability for the new failure to prevent fraud offence. Relevant organisations can rely on a defence to FTPF where they have reasonable procedures to prevent fraud (in this context, fraud intended to benefit the organisation), or if they can show it was not reasonable to expect any prevention measures at all. The Guidance to organisations on the offence of failure to prevent fraud (the Guidance) outlines, in broad terms, the procedures companies may adopt to deter associated persons from committing fraud offences. It states that a company’s FTPF framework should be shaped by six principles: top level commitment risk assessment ...
In a statement dated 18 November 2024, the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman confirmed it had imposed a penalty following a probe by its ‘dishonesty unit’ into Ecroignard Trustees Ltd and one of its ex-directors, Ankur Vijaykumar Shroff. The inquiry examined two pension arrangements for which Ecroignard acted as the appointed trustee— Uniway Systems Ltd Retirement Benefit Scheme and the Genwick Ltd Retirement Benefit Scheme. The determination setting out the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman’s decision bears reference PO-16266. Anthony Arter, the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman, found that the two schemes were established chiefly to channel money into specified, pre-arranged investments......
See Q& A: If a claimant has died and there are no personal representatives appointed to administer their estate, who can act to represent the estate of the deceased? Consult the Q& A: If a claimant has passed away and no personal representatives are appointed to manage the estate, who may step in to represent the deceased’s estate?......
Royal Bank of Canada ( RBC) In a note to investors, Royal Bank of Canada ( RBC) said trustees are increasingly likely to prioritise the financial strength of each insurer when deciding whether to undertake a pension transaction. RBC published the update as the Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA) prepares to introduce an 'enhanced' stress test for the UK life insurance sector......
Definition of ‘court’ The Draft Bill introduces a revised meaning of ‘court’, tied to the category of arbitration and the seat: For arbitrations other than international commercial arbitrations (‘ ICA’): where the seat is determined, ‘court’ is the court with pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction over that seat. If the seat is not determined, it is the court with pecuniary and territorial competence to adjudicate the disputes that form the subject-matter of the arbitration. For ICAs: where the seat is determined, ‘court’ is the High Court with territorial jurisdiction over the seat. If the seat is not determined, it is the High Court with territorial jurisdiction to resolve the disputes that constitute the subject-matter of the arbitration. The proposed amendment should also clarify, within the definition, the proper court for applications linked to foreign-seated arbitrations. Where Part I of the Act has not been...
What is being proposed? The consultation sets out plans to broaden tax conditionality checks to additional sectors — specifically waste, animal welfare and transport. The intention is to tackle the hidden economy by making sure firms in these fields meet their tax duties. HMRC views the waste sector as particularly exposed to hidden economy behaviour and has already brought in tax conditionality for scrap metal dealer licences — in England and Wales from April 2022, and in Scotland and Northern Ireland from October 2023. The consultation specifically proposes widening tax conditionality to include waste carriers, brokers and dealers, as well as activities operating under waste exemptions. What is a tax conditionality check? A tax conditionality check requires a licence holder in a designated sector to verify proper tax registration when applying for, or renewing, a licence. The consultation suggests that the process, and the...
In its latest primary market bulletin on 15 November 2024, the FCA said companies may hold calls with smaller shareholders to provide a valuable chance to engage with managers, but cautioned that this carries a risk of revealing insider information. Such details are confidential or price-sensitive. The FCA highlighted that these risks can arise where a company has not issued an announcement through a regulated information service ( RIS), such as the London Stock Exchange’s regulatory news service. This covers announcements a company makes outside the regular reporting requirements set by its disclosure guidance and transparency rules, known as DTR......
HMRC v Sintra Global Inc & another [2024] UKUT 346 ( TCC) A penalty arose from the company’s purportedly dishonest omission to tell HMRC that it was liable to register for VAT and to file VAT returns, and it rested on a ‘best judgment’ assessment made by HMRC under section 73 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 ( VATA 1994). The UT sent back to the FTT the questions about the assessment’s validity and amount, remitting those issues for reconsideration and fresh findings. The dispute involved two offshore companies, both directed by the same individual, which HMRC alleged participated in the fraudulent redirection of alcohol into the UK and the subsequent sale of that alcohol in the UK market. The FTT had upheld the appellants’ challenges. HMRC then took the matter to the UT on six grounds, contesting the FTT’s...
R (on the application of Cobalt Data Centre 2 LLP and another) v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2024] UKSC 40 Background This appeal addresses the criteria governing entitlement to the initial 100% capital allowances ( EZA) for expenditure on constructing buildings within an enterprise zone under CAA 2001. The focus is CAA 2001, s 298(1), which sets the cut-off for construction spend as either: (a) ten years from the date the site first became part of the zone; or (b) twenty years from that same date if the relevant expenditure is incurred pursuant to a contract made within the initial ten-year window. The judgment labels years one to ten as “the first period” and years eleven to twenty as “the second period”. The appellants (the taxpayers) maintained that their spending on building data centres was incurred “under a contract entered into within those ten...
Background It is a long-standing rule in England and Wales that disputes over rights and interests in land and other immovables are determined by the law of the place where the asset is located, commonly called the ‘immovables rule’. This appeal concerns the impact, if any, of that rule on a claim by a bankruptcy trustee appointed in foreign bankruptcy proceedings to immovable property located in England. The point arose in respect of a London property owned by the Respondent, Mr Bedzhamov (the ‘ Property’). A Russian national, Mr Bedzhamov left Russia in 2015 and has not resided there since. In 2018, a Russian court adjudicated him bankrupt and appointed the Appellant, Ms Kireeva, as trustee of his bankruptcy estate. Under Russian law, the Property forms part of that estate and Ms Kireeva is obliged to take possession of and sell the...
Mergers The Commission approved: the purchase of exclusive control of Nord- Ostsee Automobile SE & CO. KG by Van Mossel Automotive International B. V.......
In a 24‑page memorandum lodged on 15 November 2024, Live Nation and Ticketmaster contended that plaintiffs Abraham Liefer and Tamara Stevens must pursue their consolidated antitrust case in arbitration, emphasising that they had repeatedly assented to the defendants’ terms of service whenever they performed actions on the companies’ websites or platforms. According to the motion, those actions encompassed logging into Ticketmaster accounts, accepting transfers of tickets issued by Ticketmaster, and each occasion on which they purchased tickets on the defendants’ sites. The arbitration application stated that the terms of service consistently contained a mandatory arbitration clause that extends to any claim or dispute connected to services offered by or through the defendants. The motion further asserted: ‘ Defendants’ records confirm that plaintiffs agreed to the terms on many occasions, including when they accepted transfers of the tickets issued by...
Mergers Boparan/ For Farmers ( Burston and Radstock mills) referred to phase 2 The CMA has now referred to phase 2 the anticipated purchase 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 manufacturer and supplier of animal feed, with its base in the Netherlands. 2Agriculture, a subsidiary of Boparan, is among the UK’s largest suppliers of poultry feed by volume produced, and uses its production to supply Hook 2 Sisters, a company affiliated with Boparan, as well as farmers on the open market. On 6 November 2024, the CMA announced that the transaction met the test for reference for a phase 2 investigation. At phase 1, the CMA found that the transaction gives rise to a realistic prospect of an SLC as a result of...
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