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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: Autumn Budget 2024 Data Protection e Privacy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Autumn Budget 2024—key Information Law announcements In the Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out a number of measures for the information law landscape. Highlights include the establishment of a National Data Library and a Regulatory Innovation Office, enhanced NHS digitisation, the modernisation of HMRC’s access to third party data, a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill, and boosted funding for the Single Intelligence Account. Commentary from Shoosmiths LLP is provided by Hamish Corner, partner, and William Moore, associate, on the Autumn Budget 2024. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 42......
Re Wealthtek LLP (in special administration) [2024] EWHC 2520 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling identifies the issues likely to preoccupy the court in detail when asked by Special Administrators to sanction a proposed distribution plan in situations where returning client assets strictly in line with clients’ legal entitlements cannot, in practice, be achieved. It underscores the obligation on Special Administrators to share the fullest possible and relevant information with the bank’s customers and with the court, especially where clients lack separate legal representation at the hearing. The court in fact allowed additional time to expressly safeguard clients’ interests through the engagement of independent counsel, even though that appointment was made by the Special Administrators. The court also observed that, had more time been available, it would have been better for such counsel to be...
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions OFSI issues new Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756 The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) and HM Treasury have introduced a successor Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756, commencing as soon as Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/4671884 ends at 23:59 on 28 October 2024. This licence permits a UK law firm or counsel that has provided legal advice to a person designated under the Russia or Belarus regimes to receive payment from that individual without obtaining an OFSI specific licence, provided the conditions in General Licence INT/2024/5334756 are fulfilled. Notable revisions include raised caps for fees and expenses, a limited allowance for payments into non‑ UK bank...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental issues in transactions ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Health and safety Key developments and resources Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Sources of environmental law ( UK, EU, international) Waste Producer responsibility schemes for waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and revised content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change CCC issues advisory letter on the UK’s 2035 NDC. Following a request made on 8 August 2024 by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, the Climate Change Committee ( CCC) has released guidance on the UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution ( NDC). The CCC advises that the UK should...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection Expansive Data ( Use and Access) Bill introduced to Parliament The Data ( Use and Access) Bill was brought before the House of Lords on 23 October 2024, commencing its passage through Parliament. Backed by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, the legislation is designed to spur economic growth and enhance public services, with forecasts suggesting roughly a £10bn contribution to the UK economy over a decade. Insights are provided by Victoria Hordern, partner at Taylor Wessing LLP, Kuan Hon, Of Counsel at Dentons, and Dan Whitehead, Counsel at Hogan Lovells International LLP. See: LNB News 24/10/2024 63. Global privacy bodies issue joint...
The Irish Employment Permits Act 2024 took effect on 2 September 2024, marking the most substantial revamp of permits legislation since 2006. The Employment Permits Act 2024 (the Act) seeks to modernise how non- EEA nationals are employed in Ireland, delivering increased flexibility and safeguards for both workers and employers. By amending the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006, together with the Employment Permit Regulations 2017, the Act ushers in notable reforms to Irish employment permits. In this briefing, our employment specialists set out the headline changes. Changes made by the 2024 Act The Labour Market Needs Test ( LMNT) The LMNT regulates how vacancies arising in Ireland are filled. A position must first be offered to an Irish citizen and other EEA nationals, and that offer must be advertised for 28 days before the same post can be proposed to a non- EEA...
Counsel for Spain told the Court of Appeal Spain’s advocate argued before the Court of Appeal that a previous judge erred in concluding he was not constrained by a June 2022 Court of Justice ruling, which held that arbitration could not prevent the Spanish judgment being enforced in England. Timothy Young KC of Twenty Essex contended that, by reason of precedent, statute and the Brexit withdrawal agreement, the court is bound ... to treat the judgment of the Court of Justice as binding in and on the UK in its entirety. He remarked that some forums have framed this as Brexit’s final great skirmish, when in truth it concerns the operation and application of roughly half a dozen English and UK statutes. In December, High Court Judge Christopher Butcher allowed Spain to contest his earlier order that had stopped Spain enforcing the Spanish...
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG round-up Banking and Finance case round-up Autumn Budget 2024 Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 Football Governance Bill Security Aviation finance Shipping finance Trade finance Sustainable finance Regulation for derivatives lawyers Regulation for banking lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Sustainable finance and ESG round-up Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up For an overview of this week’s Sustainable finance and ESG updates, refer to Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up—31 October 2024. Banking and Finance case round-up Banking & Finance— October 2024 case round-up For a summary of the October 2024 Banking & Finance cases we highlighted, see News Analysis: Banking & Finance— October 2024 case round-up. Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024—key Banking & Finance...
In this issue: Dispute Resolution Horizon Scanner Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Injunctions Case management Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Dispute Resolution Horizon Scanner A fresh Dispute Resolution Horizon Scanner for October 2024 has been released and is available to view in full. This issue opens with attention on the New Supreme Court rules, scheduled to take effect on Monday 2 December 2024. The revised rules bring notable alterations to Supreme Court procedure, and a concise overview of those changes is provided within the publication. The scanner then reviews recent developments, including a survey of several key appellate rulings. The short-term developments section assesses the progress of bills moving through Parliament, alongside live consultations which remain ongoing. Looking further ahead,...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 UK EU and international regulators and bodies; Post- Brexit regulatory developments; Accountability, culture and social governance; Prudential requirements; Operational resilience; Financial crime and sanctions; Conduct requirements; Complaints, compensation and claims management; Investigations, enforcement and discipline; Regulation of capital markets; Regulation of derivatives; Sustainable finance and ESG; Banks and mutuals; Investment funds and asset management; Mi FID II; Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance; Regulation of insurance; Payment services and systems; Fintech and cryptoassets; Financial Services Enforcement Database; Daily and weekly news alerts; Intraday news alerts; New and updated content; Dates for your diary Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024—key Financial Services announcements The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has set out the government’s Autumn Budget 2024. For financial services, the package includes: a redesign of carried interest taxation so it mirrors the economic nature of the reward;...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Oil and gas Nuclear energy Planning issues in energy projects International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials Autumn Budget 2024—key environment and energy announcements On 30 October 2024, the Autumn Budget was delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiling a suite of proposals affecting the energy and environmental spheres. Headline pledges encompassed major backing for both Track-1 carbon capture, usage and storage ( CCUS) clusters, alongside the 11 winning HAR1 electrolytic hydrogen schemes earlier trailed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ). In addition, nuclear received a boost, with £2.7bn...
In this issue: Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Tax treatment Corporate governance Q& As Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Autumn Budget 2024 The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented the government’s Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024. From a Share Incentives standpoint, notable measures were: An immediate rise in capital gains tax ( CGT) on assets other than residential property and carried interest: from 10% to 18% for basic rate taxpayers, and from 20% to 24% for higher and additional rate taxpayers, for disposals on or after 30 October 2024. Anti-forestalling rules apply to contracts signed before but completing on or after that date. The CGT rate for disposals qualifying for Business Asset Disposal Relief ( BADR) will go from 10% to 14% for disposals on or after 6 April 2025, and to 18%...
Tindall and another ( Appellants) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police ( Respondent) [2024] UKSC 33 What are the practical implications of this case? The standout development is the acknowledgement of the interference principle. It confirms that liability can attach where a rescuer intentionally supplants another potential rescuer. That said, such cases will be uncommon. Emergency services will seldom have the requisite foresight; absent that, they will not be liable, even where they instruct willing third parties who would have acted to stand down. More broadly, the judgment underlines the ongoing difficulty of succeeding in negligence claims against the emergency services. Although the Supreme Court regarded the police conduct as a serious dereliction of a public duty owed to society at large, that still did not found negligence liability. Crucially, the interference principle is simply a manifestation of making matters worse. The core rule...
UK developments Contracts for Difference ( Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/ Draft: These draft Regulations would revise the Contracts for Difference ( Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations 2014, SI 2014/2010 so that an individual who changes an ‘eligible generating station’ by decommissioning a section in order to replace it is treated as an eligible generator. The Contracts for Difference ( Allocation) Regulations 2014, SI 2014/2011 are likewise amended. They are intended to come into force on the day after they are made. See: LNB News 29/10/2024 23. EU developments ESAs publish 2024 joint report on principal adverse impacts disclosures under SFDR: The three European Supervisory Authorities (the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority— ESAs) have issued their third annual report on disclosures of principal adverse impacts under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024—key local government announcements Public procurement Governance Social housing Education Children’s social care Social care Healthcare Planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& A Autumn Budget 2024—key local government announcements On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiled a range of measures significant to local government practitioners, spanning public procurement, governance, healthcare, social housing, education, children’s social care, social care, planning and local government finance. The government emphasised that ‘local government is essential to the running of the country’ and to delivering vital services. Commentary on the announcements and their implications for practitioners has been provided by Andrea Squires of Winckworth Sherwood and Amardip Healy of Blake Morgan LLP. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 The Pension Protection Fund The Pensions Ombudsman Scheme amendments Pensions dashboards Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Autumn Budget 2024 Key pensions announcements and views from the market In the Autumn Budget 2024, delivered on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, stated the government’s overriding aim is to repair the economy’s foundations and drive change by safeguarding working people, mending the NHS and rebuilding Britain. The principal pensions measures are: from 6 April 2027, unused pension pots and death benefits payable from a pension will be counted within an individual’s estate for inheritance tax purposes. As part of these reforms, pension scheme administrators will be responsible for reporting and settling any inheritance tax due on unused pension funds and death...
In this issue: Key developments and materials New technologies Internet Data protection Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Key developments and materials Autumn Budget 2024—key TMT announcements In the 2024 Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out plans to publish an AI Opportunities Action Plan; enable claims for the Independent Film Tax Credit from April 2025; prolong the small and medium-sized enterprises taskforce; and launch a review into obstacles to transformative technologies. She also confirmed funding of £2bn for NHS innovation, £500m for Project Gigabit and the Shared Rural Network, £340m for the Single Intelligence Account settlement, £3m for the Creative Careers...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 JCT contracts Assignment Adjudication Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Construction trackers Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024—key Construction announcements In the Autumn Budget 2024, set out on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, outlined funding to remedy unsafe housing, investment to repair issues associated with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete ( RAAC), initiatives to rebuild Britain, support to tackle the skills gap, and advances across energy and transport infrastructure. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 63. JCT contracts JCT announces publication date for Measured Term Contract 2024 The JCT has confirmed that the 2024 iteration of its Measured Term Contract ( MTC) will be available from 13 November 2024. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 40......
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Dispute resolution Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content EU fundamentals Commission adopts 2024 Enlargement Package The Commission presented its yearly Enlargement Package, delivering an in-depth review of how Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Türkiye are advancing towards EU membership. It sets out principal reform priorities and offers bespoke recommendations for each candidate state. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 49... Competition and state aid Antitrust— Court of Justice dismisses Commission’s Intel appeal In Case C-240/22 Commission v Intel, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment on the Commission’s appeal against the General Court’s 2022 ruling in Case...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Residential property Property insolvency Transferring property Property management Property in Wales Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers New Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning Autumn Budget 2024 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has presented the Autumn Budget 2024. Headline points for the property sector include funding to boost housing delivery, an uplift to stamp duty land tax on second homes, business rates reliefs alongside reform, and higher capital gains tax rates. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 61 and LNB News 28/10/2024 12. Source: Autumn Budget 2024, Chancellor to unlock housing in first Budget and Written Ministerial Statement: Social and Affordable Housing. Several built environment industry bodies have published their responses to the budget. See: LNB News 31/10/2024 37......
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