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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: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions FCDO announces sanctions against Russia’s military industrial complex The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO) has unveiled 56 new sanctions targeting Russia’s military industrial complex and Russia-backed mercenary groups, limiting access to essential military equipment for its war on Ukraine. The package comprises 56 designations under the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Central African Republic ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Libya ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2020, the Mali ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the Chemical Weapons ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019. See: LNB News 07/11/2024 60. OFSI announces extension of Frozen Asset Review 2024 deadline The Office of Financial Sanctions...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Trespass and adverse possession Disputes and remedies Residential tenancies Rent and rates Repairing obligations and dilapidations Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Key developments and horizon scanning Law Commission to consult on right to renew business tenancies The Law Commission has confirmed it will consult on the right to renew business tenancies as part of its review of Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( LTA 1954), with a consultation document due for release on 19 November 2024. The paper will ask core questions about prospective reforms to Part 2 of the LTA 1954. After this first consultation, the Commission plans to issue a second, technical, consultation. See: LNB News 11/11/2024 37. Trespass and adverse possession Adverse possession and boundary dispute ( Clapham v Narga) In the Court of Appeal decision of Clapham v Narga [2024] EWCA Civ 1388, the...
In this issue: Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Coronavirus ( COVID-19) SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Subsidy control and State aid State security and intelligence Information law Other Public Law updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit highlights Supreme Court finds Sky applied for trade marks in bad faith ( Sky Kick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd) In Sky Kick UK Ltd and another ( Appellants) v Sky Ltd and others ( Respondents) [2024] UKSC 36, the Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s view that Sky pursued its trade marks in bad faith and that the first‑instance process was fair, overturning the Court of Appeal’s...
General Court backs Glenmark over COPD inhaler trade mark The General Court has backed the UK based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd in its successful opposition to the trade mark owned by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmb H & Co. KG concerning an inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disorder that leads to breathing difficulties. According to the judgment, the German company’s sign is composed solely of elements required to achieve a technical outcome. As a result, it cannot function as a valid trade mark under the EU’s intellectual property framework, the court noted. An earlier European Union Intellectual Property Office......
In this issue: Children's social care Social housing Social care Education Healthcare Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Children's social care Court rules on Council’s age assessment in asylum seeker case ( R (on the application of LS) v Warrington Borough Council) In R (on the application of LS) v Warrington Borough Council, the court confirmed that, at the permission stage of an age assessment challenge, it should ask whether the material advanced sets out a factual case which, if taken at its highest, might succeed at a contested factual hearing. If that standard is met, permission should usually be granted. In this matter, the Claimant cleared the threshold for permission for judicial review. Although the original Claim Form did not expressly state the grounds, the court granted relief from sanctions and extended time so the...
Company secretary Lorcan Dowd, the company’s head of development Bill Minnock, and its legal team set out the firm’s case against the European Commission’s formal accusations to EU officials there during a closed-door session held last Wednesday in Brussels. It is understood that the commission claims six separate breaches, and the company may face penalties of up to one per cent of its annual global turnover for each one......
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—14 November 2024 In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection ICO releases report on data protection concerns in genomics The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has issued a report spotlighting privacy risks arising from genomics. Rapid advances across healthcare, education, insurance and law enforcement are creating a range of security challenges: potential misuse or re-identification where genomic data is hard to anonymise; the prospect of systemic discrimination; limited transparency around data sharing; and the use of information beyond its initial purpose. The report also flags specific risks from families sharing genomic data, because material disclosed about one person may inadvertently expose another’s sensitive details. In response, the ICO is encouraging organisations in these sectors to collaborate through its Regulatory Sandbox and develop genomics innovations that meet privacy...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence 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 Corporate Crime in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Crown Court ( Amendment No 2) Rules 2024 SI 2024/1131: Updates to the Crown Court Rules 1982 ( SI 1982/1109) have been introduced to mirror changes to Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA 2002) and to Schedule 1 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 ( ATCSA 2001) made by the Economic Crime and...
PRC Arbitration Law System The primary statutory framework governing arbitration across mainland China comprises the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (the ‘ PRC Arbitration Law’), together with the Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation on Certain Issues concerning the Application of the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (the ‘ Interpretation of the PRC Arbitration Law’) specifically for arbitral matters in mainland China......
In this issue Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills SAYE Corporate governance Q& As HMRC Manuals tracker Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Publication of Finance Bill 2024–25 The Finance Bill 2024–2025 ( FB 2025) was released on 7 November 2024 with accompanying explanatory notes, following its first reading on 6 November 2024, and now proceeds through Parliament. Among the provisions in FB 2025, the items below are likely to be most relevant to Share Incentives practitioners: Raising the capital gains tax ( CGT) rate on carried interest arising on or after 6 April 2025 to 32% (clause 12), ahead of wider reforms Uplifting the lower and higher CGT rates on gains from disposals made on or after 30 October 2024 (excluding residential property gains and carried interest) from 10% to 18% and...
In this issue: Intellectual property Medicines advertising Medical devices Data protection in life sciences Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Intellectual property Ian Jones, partner at Gill Jennings & Every LLP, reviews upcoming changes to UK marketing authorisations ( MAs) and supplementary protection certificates ( SPCs) following the UK Intellectual Property Office’s statutory guidance on SPCs for medicines, set to apply from 1 January 2025. On 31 October 2024, the UK IPO issued guidance detailing significant updates to MAs for medicines in the UK, grounded in the Windsor Framework, which will come into force on 1 January 2025. These reforms will influence existing and prospective SPCs, as well as the types of authorisation used to support SPC applications. See News Analysis: Changes to marketing authorisations and SPCs in the UK. The Patents Court has revoked two m RNA patents related to vaccine...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Copyright & associated rights Patents Designs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Supreme Court rules Sky filed trade marks in bad faith ( Sky Kick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd) The Supreme Court has aligned with the High Court in holding that Sky pursued certain trade mark applications in bad faith, and that the approach taken at first instance was not unfair, thereby overturning the Court of Appeal’s conclusions. However, it also agreed with the Court of Appeal that, in light of the narrowed list of goods and services, Cloud Migration, Sky Kick’s email migration product and service, does not infringe Sky’s trade marks. The judgment further clarifies that Regulation ( EU) 2017/1001 (the EU Trade Mark Regulation) retains direct effect for proceedings that were already pending before a UK court designated as an EU trade mark court...
In this issue: Leasing property Transferring property Property development Residential property Property in Wales Property in Scotland Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Leasing property Law Commission to consult on right to renew business tenancies The Law Commission has set out plans to consult on the right to renew business tenancies as part of its review of Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( LTA 1954), with a consultation paper due for release on 19 November 2024. That paper will explore key questions on possible changes to LTA 1954, Part 2. After this initial exercise, the Commission intends to issue a second, more technical consultation. See: LNB News 11/11/2024 37. Source: Business Tenancies: the right to...
On 30 October 2024, alongside the Autumn Budget, HMRC launched a consultation on proposals to modernise and reform the UK’s tax administration system. The consultation seeks views on potential changes to HMRC’s powers, intended to make it simpler and quicker for taxpayers to put matters right, while helping HMRC collect tax more effectively and efficiently. What is the background to this consultation? There has been a concentrated effort in recent years to shrink the ‘tax gap’—the difference between what is owed to HMRC and what is actually paid. Through this Budget, the current government have signalled continued commitment to that goal. The latest figures indicate that careless errors—particularly by individuals and small businesses—account for most of the shortfall. Individually small, these mistakes collectively amount to very large sums. A series of consultations in recent years has examined reform of the UK’s tax...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation The office holder Partnership insolvency Financial Institutions International restructuring and insolvency Industry/sector guides Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Litigation funding report signals overhaul of sector The Civil Justice Council has signalled it may introduce oversight of third-party funding and impose fee caps, following rapid market growth and concerns it contributed to the failure of a firm specialising in consumer claims. See: Litigation funding report signals overhaul of sector. Corporate insolvency processes Insolvency Service declares the shut down of a fraudulent women's retail company The Insolvency Service has confirmed the winding up of two affiliated China-based online retailers, Hario Trading and Sayhi...
In this issue: UK digital markets UK market studies EU mergers EU State aid Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK digital markets CMA publishes letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade asking for approval of the digital markets competition regime The CMA has written to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade seeking approval of its guidance for the digital markets competition regime created by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA). Under the DMCCA, the CMA is required to publish guidance explaining its new roles and powers for the digital markets competition regime, which must receive the Secretary of State’s approval. A draft of the proposed guidance was issued for consultation in May 2024. After considering stakeholder input, the CMA states it is confident the...
Nuctech’s five pleas Nuctech advanced five pleas in its application to set aside the Commission’s decision. The General Court found three inadmissible because they were not sufficiently substantiated: that the Commission violated Nuctech’s right to the inviolability of business premises and its right to privacy; that the decision was arbitrary owing to inadequate evidence; and that Nuctech’s rights of defence were breached. The remaining two were examined on their merits: first, that the Commission breached public international law by requiring Nuctech to supply documents stored on servers in China; and, secondly, that compliance with the decision would inadvertently cause Nuctech to infringe Chinese law... Commission has power to request information located outside the EU In addressing the first plea—alleging a breach of public international law arising from a request for documents held in China—the Court noted it is commonplace for the Commission to issue an...
Mergers GXO/ Wincanton merger referred to phase 2 The CMA referred to phase 2 the completed acquisition of Wincanton Plc ( Wincanton) by GXO logistics, Inc ( GXO) after GXO chose not to offer proposed undertakings in lieu. GXO is the world’s largest contract logistics services company. Wincanton is a British firm providing the same services. Both GXO and Wincanton deliver mainstream contract logistic services ( CLS) to business clients in retail (such as groceries, fashion, and apparel) and non-retail sectors (such as manufacturing and construction). On 1 November 2024, the CMA announced that the transaction met the threshold for a phase 2 reference. During phase 1, the CMA found that the deal gives rise to a realistic prospect of an SLC, stemming from horizontal and unilateral effects in the supply of mainstream CLS in the UK......
Lefort v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2024] UKFTT 926 ( TC) What are the practical implications of this case? For advisers acting for appellants and HMRC, Lefort underscores the tightly confined remit of the FTT when reviewing an appeal against revocation of an FP 2014 certificate under the FP 2014 Regulations, SI 2013/1741, reg 12(3). The tribunal’s sole task is to decide whether HMRC had reason to believe a protection-cessation event occurred under paragraph 1(3), Part 1 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2013 ( FA 2013). Even where such an event is triggered by a mistaken payment, the FTT has no scope to grapple with the mistake itself. The FTT differentiated Lefort from the Upper Tribunal’s ruling in Lobler v HMRC [2015] UKUT 0152 ( TCC), explaining that Lobler concerned rectification, not rescission. This difference matters for...
Antitrust Meta fined €797m for abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace The Commission delivered an infringement decision and imposed penalties totalling €797.72m on Meta for infringing Article 102 TFEU by distorting competition in the online classified advertising markets. Its investigation concluded that Meta is dominant in the EEA-wide market for personal social networks, as well as in national markets for online display advertising on social media. In particular, the inquiry found that Meta abused its dominance by: tying its online classified ads service ( Facebook Marketplace) to its personal social network ( Facebook); and imposing unfair trading conditions on rival online classified ads services that advertise on Facebook or Instagram. These findings were set out in the Commission’s decision in detail. Alongside the fines, the Commission ordered Meta to put an effective stop to the conduct, to refrain from repeating the...
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