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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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R (on the application of Friends of the Earth Ltd and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 2707 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The court clarified the scope of the Secretary of State’s obligations under CCA 2008, s 58. A wide margin of discretion applies, creating a high hurdle for any legal challenge to a national adaptation programme ( NAP). The Secretary of State is not required to provide the level of granularity demanded for policies and proposals under CCA 2008, s 13; no fixed degree of specificity is mandated. While the Committee on Climate Change ( CCC)’s critiques formed part of the decision‑making context, they did not show that NAP3 rested on a legal error. Claimants whose homes face...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Companies and corporation tax Real estate tax International VAT Taxes management and litigation Employment taxes Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Finance Bill 2024–25 published Finance Bill 2024–25 was issued on 7 November 2024. Also known as the Autumn Finance Bill 2024, it was presented in the House of Commons and received its first reading on 6 November 2024. We will release commentary on the Bill’s provisions together with a tracker following its journey through Parliament. See: Finance Bill 2024–25. Autumn Budget 2024 As noted in last week’s Tax weekly highlights, after the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 30 October, we delivered overnight coverage of the principal business tax measures in the...
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights 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 Copyright & associated rights IPO confirms approach for foreign artists’ public performance rights The Intellectual Property Office ( IPO) has released its response to an early‑2024 consultation on how best to ensure overseas performers and producers receive the public performance rights ( PPR) payments due when their sound recordings are broadcast or played in public in the UK. Historically, UK law’s treatment of this right did not fully mirror the nation’s international commitments. After the consultation and engagement with industry stakeholders, the government has chosen Option 0A. Under this approach, targeted adjustments will be made to the criteria for foreign...
In this issue: Transferring property Investigating title Statutory compliance Residential property Property development Property taxes Key developments and horizon scanning Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Transferring property Adverse possession claim precluded—abuse of process Malik v Malik [2024] EWCA Civ 1323 concerned two linked appeals in a protracted family quarrel about who owns a Knightsbridge flat. The appeals were heard together. The Court of Appeal upheld the first brother’s appeal against a ruling that the second brother was not barred, as an abuse of process, from running an adverse possession defence in possession proceedings brought in 2017. No objectively unequivocal earlier statement was needed in this context. A plainly inconsistent later stance could still amount to an...
State aid Court of Justice dismisses Ryanair’s appeal against aid for Finnair’s COVID-related recapitalisation The Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C- 588/22 P Ryanair v Commission, arising from an appeal against the General Court’s ruling in Case T- 657/20, which rejected a bid to annul the Commission’s approval of Finnish State aid to recapitalise Finnair ( SA.57410). The Court of Justice dismissed the appeal in full. Background Finnair is Finland’s national airline. In June 2020, Finland notified the Commission of a planned recapitalisation for Finnair, worth between €499m and €512m, as part of its COVID-19 response......
Wuhu Ruyi Xinbo Investment Partnership v Shandong Group and another [2024] SGHCR 7 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision highlights the need for meticulous and prompt adherence to ‘unless’ orders issued by the court. Where such an order concerns document production, practitioners must ensure complete compliance with the production directives, and provide clear, detailed accounts for any materials no longer within the client’s possession and control ( P& C). What will qualify as a sufficient account will invariably depend on the facts of the particular matter. If the court concludes that no adequate explanation has been given for how a party purportedly lost P& C over specified documents, it may determine that the ‘unless’ order has been breached and impose adverse consequences. In addition, the decision shows that the principle of minimal curial intervention does not bar the striking out of an...
Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—7 November 2024 In this issue: Data Protection Financial Sanctions Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Question of the week Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data Protection EDPB adopts report on first review of EU- US Data Privacy Framework The European Data Protection Board has approved a report from its initial review of the EU– US Data Privacy Framework. It commends progress on implementing the DPF, while urging active supervision of DPF‑certified organisations and clearer guidance on cross‑border transfer obligations. The Board recognises that the redress mechanism is in place, but seeks close observation of how it works in practice and of safeguards grounded in necessity and proportionality. It advises that the EU– US adequacy decision be...
In this issue: Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Competition and state aid The long journey of parity clauses and their antitrust implications ( Booking.com and Booking.com ( Deutschland)) In its judgment, the Court of Justice carefully considered two issues sent by the District Court of Amsterdam concerning how Article 101 TFEU should be construed for guidance. First, it asked whether broad and limited parity provisions amount to an ancillary restraint for the purposes of Article 101(1) TFEU in practice; secondly, it queried how to delineate the relevant market precisely where dealings are facilitated by an Online Travel Agency ( OTA). The Court of...
In this issue: Disclosure requirements Scheme amendments Personal pensions Pension Protection Fund Pension scams and liberation Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Disclosure requirements FCA publishes pensions dashboard regulatory framework The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has issued PS24/15, setting out the regulatory framework for pensions dashboard service ( PDS) providers, following CP22/25 and CP24/4. Most respondents supported extending key parts of the FCA Handbook to PDS operators, so the final rules largely mirror the consultation proposals. Conversely, elements of the proposed conduct standards for PDS firms were viewed as overly prescriptive or too limiting, leading to targeted adjustments. The FCA underscores that operating a PDS is a novel activity, and building consumer confidence and trust is vital to the initiative’s success and longevity. For this reason, the FCA’s core...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Prudential requirements Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management UK Mi FID II Regulation of insurance FSMA 2023 FSMA regulated pensions activity Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Regulation of AI in FS Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies The Financial Conduct Authority has issued Handbook Notice No 123, setting out amendments to the FCA Handbook agreed by the FCA Board on 29 and 31 October 2024. See: LNB News 01/11/2024 44. The FCA has also published replies to questions not addressed during its 2024 Annual Public Meeting. The subjects of the 97 responses are listed A– Z, with grouped answers where suitable, covering matters from the Advice Guidance Boundary Review...
The SFO disclosed via a Freedom of Information Act request that it had spent £16m over a decade probing ENRC, before abandoning the prosecution in 2023 due to a lack of admissible evidence. Since 2016, the agency has further paid £12m to external lawyers, including Eversheds Sutherland LLP, on civil proceedings as it defended the original decision to commence the criminal inquiry. An SFO spokesperson on 6 November 2024 said the expenditure reflected a lengthy, complex investigation that pursued every reasonable lead, alongside a robust defence of ENRC’s claims following the launch of the probe. The figures were posted on the SFO’s website on 31 October 2024. However, ENRC’s sought damages in the civil action could yet surpass those sums. ENRC, the mining giant at the centre of the probe, was investigated for ten years, with the SFO stressing that...
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up Lending On-demand bonds Aviation finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Regulation for banking lawyers Technology in banking and finance transactions Sanctions Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up For this week’s highlights on Sustainable finance and ESG, consult Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up—7 November 2024. Lending Murfet and another v Property Lending LLP and another company [2024] EWHC 2787 ( Ch) Clause 7.2 of the Facility Letter provided that sums advanced were “repayable on demand”, empowering the lenders to require repayment of the entire borrowing at any moment without having to justify the demand. The contra proferentem rule was irrelevant because there was no uncertainty in Clause 7.2 warranting construction against the lenders as the...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime 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 Local authority prosecutions Corporate Crime in Scotland 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 secures £1.9bn uplift in first Labour Budget In its first Budget on 30 October 2024, the Labour government unveiled an extra £1.9bn for the Ministry of Justice ( Mo J), alongside additional millions for criminal prosecutors and fraud investigators. See News Analysis: Mo J gets £1.9bn funding boost in first Labour...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Directors Status and worker categories Cross-border, international and jurisdictional issues Recruitment Protected characteristics Prohibited Conduct (discrimination etc) Diversity and gender pay gap Maternity, parents and carers Financial services and banking: employment issues Data protection and employee information Bribery, modern slavery, tax evasion and fraud Employment Tribunals Scotland Ireland Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning BTC launches call for evidence on Employment Rights Bill The Business and Trade Committee ( BTC) has opened its first request for evidence for a new inquiry into the Employment Rights Bill ( ERB). The inquiry will collect written and oral submissions to steer the Bill’s...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 Brexit highlights Brexit SIs Subsidy control and State aid Judicial review Equality and human rights Constitutional and administrative law 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 New Q& As Useful information Autumn Budget 2024 Bar Council responds to Autumn Budget 2024 The Bar Council has issued its reaction to the Autumn Budget, praising the ‘overall settlement for justice’. The settlement sets a departmental expenditure limit of £13.8bn for 2025–2026 for the Ministry of Justice. The Bar Council’s Chair, Sam Townend, welcomed the uplift, describing it as an overdue move towards treating justice as a core public service. He nevertheless cautioned that the sector remains far from...
UK developments FCA releases disclosure examples for SDR and investment labels regime. The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) has set out sample disclosures and approaches covering various labels, illustrating how applicants can comply with the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ( SDR). See LNB News 01/11/2024 41. Source: The Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ( SDR) and investment labels: pre-contractual disclosure examples. International developments TPT publishes its concluding report with overview of its work and achievements. The Transition Plan Taskforce ( TPT) has released its final report, detailing work and achievements, and emphasising global consistency in transition planning and its use in decision-making by financial institutions, corporations, governments and regulators......
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 Social care Social housing Education Governance Children’s social care Healthcare Pensions Planning Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Autumn Budget 2024 Welsh Government responds to Autumn Budget 2024 The Welsh Government has issued a written statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Welsh Language, Mark Drakeford, addressing the Autumn Budget 2024. Wales will receive an extra £774m. Drakeford characterises the Budget as a positive boost for Wales, supporting citizens, communities, local enterprises and public services across the country nationwide. See: LNB News 31/10/2024 33. Social care When is a private care provider exercising a public function for the purposes of section 6 Human Rights Act 1998? ( Sammut v Next Steps Mental...
The FCA’s ‘ Dear CEO letter’ stated that sums held in SIPPs are often higher than in other personal pensions, heightening the risk of greater consumer harm when issues emerge. SIPPs are a form of personal pension that offer consumers significant freedom in choosing investments. The letter also reported that certain SIPP providers had not been running trustee bank accounts with sufficient controls and oversight. Crucially, the entity operating the SIPP commonly also serves as the trustee. ‘ We have growing concerns about the handling of pension scheme money and assets by some firms, and the accuracy of firms’ books and records. We also have some feedback for firms on their implementation of the Consumer Duty’, wrote Lucy Castledine, the FCA’s consumer investments director, in the letter......
Dhoray v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago and another ( Trinidad and Tobago) [2024] UKPC 28 What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling clarifies the purpose behind Chapter 9 of the Constitution, which locates in the Public Service Commission the authority to appoint and dismiss those serving in government employment. The Judicial Committee concluded that these constitutional guarantees exist, first, to secure the independence of public officers and shield them from partisan pressure, and, second, to safeguard the wider public against the consequences of political meddling. A key conclusion was that the danger in both respects sprang from the institutional placement of these officers within government, rendering them answerable to ministerial direction. Accordingly, where the relevant function is taken out of government and entrusted to a distinct statutory entity, those particular protections are not required, so long as two...
See Q& A: What is the process to obtain Letters of Administration when the deceased is survived by a minor child, a mother, and a sister, with the surviving parent (father) wishing to renounce their right to administer the estate, and the mother and sister seeking to take out the Letters of Administration? We proceed on the basis that the surviving parent of the minor was neither married to, nor in a civil partnership with, the deceased, with the consequence that on intestacy the minor alone benefits from the estate. Please consult Practice Note: Intestacy—priority to apply for grant— Q& As, and in particular section ‘ Particular relatives and entitlement to grant on intestacy’, looking at the subheadings ‘ Minor children only’ and ‘ Minor children and deceased’s parents’. The following Q& A may prove useful: where a person dies intestate without a...
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