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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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This uplift means an average £29 extra each week for every member, said energy secretary Ed Miliband, speaking after Labour’s Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024. The money is drawn from an investment reserve set up in 1992 to act as a safeguard should the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme fall into deficit. When British Coal was sold off in 1994, the Conservative administration of the day pledged that any pension accrued beforehand would be protected from cuts and rise with inflation, in return for 50% of any surpluses. ‘ We owe a debt of gratitude to the mining communities that powered this country,’ Miliband said. ‘ For years, it has been a disgrace that government has taken funds that could have gone to miners and their loved ones. ‘ Today, that disgrace ends, and these monies are duly passed to the miners and their...
What was the background? The Claimant, Mr Haycocks, was engaged by ADP in London as a ‘sourcer’. In May 2020, owing to Covid-19, ADP determined that redundancies would be required within the team where he worked. He was placed in a pool of 16 employees in total and ranked lowest within that cohort. The scoring exercise was completed well before any consultation began. A routine, small-scale redundancy exercise then followed, with ADP conducting individual consultation meetings with each of the 16 pooled employees, in turn and on an individual basis. The final consultation took place on 14 July 2020, when the Claimant was told he had been selected for redundancy and was dismissed. The following day it was noticed that his scores had not been provided during the process, and they were promptly sent to him. The Claimant appealed against the...
In this issue: Tax for corporate lawyers Corporate governance Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Tax for corporate lawyers Autumn Budget— Tax analysis Tax analysis: An overview of the principal business tax measures unveiled in the Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024. Headline changes comprise a higher rate of employer National Insurance contributions ( NICs) alongside a reduced secondary threshold, an uplift to the capital gains tax ( CGT) rate on carried interest with a revamped carried interest regime from 2026, and publication of the Corporate Tax Roadmap confirming, among other points, that the corporation tax rate will be capped at 25% for the life of the current Parliament. Further measures include increased higher rates of stamp duty land tax ( SDLT), and higher CGT...
Banking & Finance— October 2024 case round-up Brierley v Otuo and others [2024] EWHC 2549 ( Ch) — Security: cost recovery on legal mortgages The court refused the mortgagee’s appeal against a 28 July 2023 order that barred recovery of sale and enforcement costs on specified properties. The decision followed the established rule on legal mortgages set out in Fisher & Lightwood’s Law of Mortgage (paragraph 55.6). Put simply, unless the mortgage contains an express term, there is no implied duty on the mortgagor to pay the mortgagee’s costs, charges and expenses, so they cannot be recovered from the mortgagor personally, save where personal liability has arisen in the particular case. Nevertheless, those costs are rolled into the secured indebtedness and, as against the mortgagor and anyone with an interest in the equity of redemption, they are treated as part of the amount owing under the...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 Brexit highlights Post- Brexit transition guidance Brexit SIs Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review State accountability and liability Public procurement Subsidy control and State aid Projects and infrastructure Management and strategic planning Information law Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024—key Public Law announcements In the Autumn Budget 2024, on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out a series of measures of interest to Public Law practitioners, touching on devolved matters, state security and intelligence, state accountability and liability, Ukraine policy, public procurement, projects and infrastructure, the state pension, and trade. Paul Maile, partner and head of planning and...
Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd [2024] UKUT 335 ( LC) What are the practical implications of this case? Here, the so‑called ‘registration gap’ did not stop a tenant qualifying as a tenant under the CLRA 2002. The decision clarified this merely made the right to manage ( RTM) claim notice voidable—because the qualifying tenant had not been served with a notice of invitation to participate—rather than entirely invalid. It was for the person entitled to service (the qualifying tenant) to have the notice declared void and, as they did not, the acquisition of the right to manage was not blocked. What was the background? Under Part 2 of the CLRA 2002, long leaseholders of flats in mainly residential buildings (subject to certain exceptions) have the right to assume management of the...
In this issue: Key developments and materials WTO Trade in goods Customs Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments and materials Autumn Budget 2024—key International Trade announcements In the Autumn Budget 2024 on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out measures to reinforce the international trade landscape. Plans include funding to amplify the UK’s trade and investment across the globe, engagement to advance Free Trade Agreements, and steps to deliver the UK’s Trade Strategy, among a range of further announcements and updates. Reeves observed that a range of trends will reshape both UK and global trade, stressing that adjusting to these shifts will underpin sustainable growth. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 33. WTO WTO reviews recent safeguard notifications The World Trade Organisation ( WTO) has examined safeguard notifications from 11 members submitted since the WTO...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—31 October 2024 In this issue: Key R& I law developments Corporate insolvency processes Restructuring Insolvency Litigation Property Insolvency Daily and weekly news alerts Corporate Rescue and Insolvency ( October 2024 edition) Key dates for restructuring and insolvency professionals Key R& I law developments Autumn Budget 2024—key Restructuring & Insolvency announcements In the Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out a series of measures relevant to restructuring and insolvency professionals. The package addresses rogue company directors, boosts the Department for Work and Pensions’ debt recovery powers, adjusts tax treatment for liquidations of limited liability partnerships, overhauls business rates, and brings in the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework with changes to the Common Reporting Standard. See: LNB News 30/10/2024 47. How Companies House enforcement powers are growing On 27 September 2024, Companies House—created in 1844 as the UK’s register of all...
In this issue: Horizon scanning ESG and sustainability: employment issues Pay Pensions Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Prohibited conduct protection at work Diversity and gender pay gap Financial services and banking: employment issues Data protection and employee information TUPE and asset purchases Redundancy Immigration Europe— EU – Ireland Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment resources on Lexis+® Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Autumn Budget 2024 – key Employment announcements and views from the market On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, confirmed, as anticipated, rises to employers’ National Insurance contributions ( NICs), alongside increases to the national living wage ( NLW) and the National Minimum Wage ( NMW) from April 2025. Also noteworthy for...
Sammut (on his behalf and as administrator of the Estate of Paul Sammut) and others v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd (formerly K Bond Healthcare Ltd t/a Next Steps) and another [2024] EWHC 2265 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? The result of the case exposes an anomaly stemming from YL v Birmingham City [2007] UKHL 27, and the subsequent, partial legislative rollback of that ruling’s effect in defined categories of situation across specified cases (originally through section 145 Health and Social Care Act 2008 ( HSCA 2008), now replaced by the current provision CA 2014, s 73). In YL, the House of Lords, by a majority, determined that private care home operators and providers delivering community care were not performing a public function for the purposes of HRA 1998, s 6(3)(b). Significantly, the majority drew a...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Key developments Key developments are summarised below, with further details in the announcements and allocations outlined. Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note that our Immigration calendar outlines the principal forthcoming developments of interest to business immigration advisers. Autumn Budget 2024—key Immigration announcements No fresh immigration or asylum policies were unveiled in the Autumn Budget 2024, released on 30 October 2024, but the paper does confirm a lower annual budget, partly reflecting savings from cancelling the Rwanda plan. It also sets out targeted extra spend, including investment of up to £74m in 2025–26 to accelerate processing of asylum appeals in the...
Mo J funding uplift and pressures on the courts The Ministry of Justice’s limit for 2025–26 rises to £13.8bn, an average real-terms increase of 5.6% on the previous year. This sits alongside an extra £49m for the Crown Prosecution Service, £24m for the Serious Fraud Office, and plans to recruit more investigators to pursue tax and benefit fraud. Part of the £1.9bn for the Mo J will go into prisons and the probation service Funding provides a further 106,500 Crown Court sitting days to help ease pressure That uplift is intended to chip away at a daunting backlog: outstanding Crown Court cases exceeded 68,000 at end- April, up from nearly 60,800 a year before. However, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves directed extra funds to the Crown Courts, her Budget offered nothing to relieve delays across other areas of the justice system, nor to address the...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Insolvency offences and Companies Act offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024—key criminal justice announcements On 30 October 2024, during the Autumn Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, set out proposals to reform public criminal justice services and placed emphasis on combating welfare fraud. Refer to: LNB News 30/10/2024 39. Sentencing Sentencing Act 2020 ( Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) ( Amendment) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/1067: These Regulations revise section 224(1A)(b) of the...
In this issue: Autumn Budget Nationally significant infrastructure projects Heritage and natural environment Planning and flood risk Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Related Documents Autumn Budget Key planning announcements in the Autumn Budget In the Autumn Budget 2024, on 30 October 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, unveiled a suite of proposals affecting the planning system. Delivering new infrastructure, supported by significant investment, together with reform of planning, was framed as one of seven pillars for driving economic growth. Actions to boost housebuilding, funding for transport and energy infrastructure, and a pledge to hasten the remediation of unsafe buildings also appear. To raise the planning system’s effectiveness and remove barriers to growth, the government set out a package of...
In this issue: Autumn Budget 2024 Relationship breakdown International children Enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content Useful information Autumn Budget 2024 Autumn Budget 2024— Private Client analysis Private Client analysis: An overview of the principal personal tax measures set out in the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024. On that date, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, presented the government’s Autumn Budget. This much-awaited statement was the first Budget from a Labour administration in 14 years, and it also marked a historic first as the initial Budget delivered by a female Chancellor. For private clients, many of the headline points had been foreshadowed to some extent, and certain proposals—particularly the capital gains tax ( CGT) changes—proved less severe than many had anticipated......
In this issue Budgets and Finance Bills Business structures VAT Taxes management and litigation Real estate taxes Anti-avoidance Employment Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Autumn Budget 2024 On Wednesday 30 October 2024, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves presented Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, the inaugural Budget delivered by a woman. Headline measures included: Employer National Insurance contributions rising from 13.8% to 15% from 6 April 2025, alongside a cut to the secondary threshold to £5,000 per annum. Capital gains tax on carried interest increasing to 32% from 6 April 2025, with a reworked carried interest regime to be brought within the income tax framework from 6 April 2026. CGT rates for disposals qualifying for business asset...
In this issue: Clinical Negligence Interim payments, periodical payments and provisional damages Employer’s Liability Public authorities and the state Claims involving fraud and fundamental dishonesty 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 Clinical Negligence High Court grants £2m interim award under the first limb of Eeles In DBH (a child proceeding by his mother and Litigation Friend TE) v Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, the court authorised an interim payment of £2,193,810.39—amounting to 90% of a prudent valuation—under the first limb of Eeles v Cobham Hire Services Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 204, to meet the claimant’s pressing accommodation requirements and therapy provision pending trial. The judge declined to make any further award under the second limb of Eeles,...
On 21 October 2024, the High Court issued AQA Education with a distinctive injunction that, according to Fieldfisher, enables the board to obtain relief against a 'newcomer' who begins to breach the order even after it has been made. The so-called newcomer injunction was affirmed by the Supreme Court in November 2023 in Wolverhampton City Council v London Gypsies and Travellers, where local authorities pursued injunctions to prevent unauthorised encampments in that case......
Responding to a certified query from a federal court in Lake Charles, the Louisiana Supreme Court held on 25 October 2024 that a domestic insurer cannot invoke equitable estoppel to force arbitration under a foreign insurer’s policy. The issue arose from a dispute between a Louisiana municipality and a syndicate of its insurers over cover for publicly owned property damaged by two Category 4 hurricanes in 2020. Because state law prohibits arbitration clauses in insurance policies issued in Louisiana, a different ruling would, the court warned, encourage domestic insurers to misuse a doctrine of last resort—equitable estoppel—by ceaselessly relying on foreign insurers’ policies to compel arbitration. The doctrine permits a non-party to an arbitration agreement to enforce it where the dispute is tied to conduct governed by, or inextricably linked with, the contract. According to the opinion authored by Justice Pro Tempore...
Mergers The Commission was notified of: Australiansuper/ Digitalbridge/ Swiss Life/ Dbuph ( M.11796) (simplified merger procedure) Carlyle/ Seidor Solutions and Logistics ( M.11736) (simplified merger procedure) Veolia Environnement/ Unipher Hungary Energetikai ( M.11515) (normal merger procedure) CDPQ/ Engie/ FHH ( M.11781) (simplified merger procedure) NOTE— For all live merger investigations before the Commission, see further, the EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming EU competition developments, see further, EU Competition calendar......
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