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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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Mergers CAT dismisses application against CMA decisions to refuse confidential treatment of parts of phase 1 decision and phase 2 issues statement in T& L Sugars/ Tereos merger The CAT has handed down its judgment in Tereos SCA & Tereos UK & Ireland Limited v CMA, arising from an application by Tereos SCA and Tereos United Kingdom and Ireland Limited ( TUKI) (together, Tereos) seeking review of the CMA’s decisions on withholding confidential material from the public versions of certain documents. The CMA’s inquiry related to the proposed acquisition by T& L Sugars ( TLS) of TUKI’s UK packing and distribution facility and its business-to-consumer operations. In the course of that investigation, the CMA supplied Tereos with draft iterations of its phase 1 decision and the phase 2 issues statement (for further information on the CMA’s phase 2...
Easy Group Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2323 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? Family of marks A registered trade mark forming part of a wider family can enjoy increased distinctiveness, especially where uniform visual elements are deployed across that stable. Consistent presentation of colour scheme, typeface and scale reinforces recognition within the family of marks. Accordingly, brand owners should implement their brand guidelines without deviation when extending their trade mark portfolios, with the aim of fostering a strong, unified visual character. Delay in issuing proceedings When evaluating the head of damage to repute under a section 10(3) claim, the court is prepared to draw adverse inferences from any slowness by a claimant in taking enforcement steps. Here, the claimant had known of EFL’s supposed infringing conduct for a decade—said to erode the...
What are the practical implications of this case? The Court of Justice’s forthcoming judgment is poised to materially affect how EU Member States recognise works of applied art from non‑ EU jurisdictions under the EU’s harmonised copyright rules. If AG Szpunar’s reasoning is endorsed, EU copyright protection would extend to designers based outside the Union who place their creations on the EU market. Such a judgment could create a landmark for the treatment of international copyright within the EU, encouraging more uniform standards of protection across Member States and shaping practice worldwide. By setting out firmer guidance on safeguarding foreign works, the ruling could foster greater certainty and fairness in copyright enforcement. That, in turn, would support both creators and companies and help build a more coherent global copyright architecture. As current EU rules arguably leave the cross‑border reach of...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—24 October 2024 In this issue: CPR updates Clinical negligence Public authorities and the state PI and Clinical negligence specific funding and costs Other PI and Clinical negligence news New content Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Lexis Nexis® Webinars CPR updates 174th Practice Direction update—in force 5 November 2024 The Master of the Rolls and the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Justice have authorised the 174th Practice Direction ( PD) update to the Civil Procedure Rules ( CPR), which comes into effect at 11am on 5 November 2024. This PD update amends CPR PD 51ZE ( Small Claims Track Automatic Referral to Mediation Pilot Scheme) and CPR PD 51R ( Online Civil Money Claims ( OCMC) Pilot Scheme), widening the...
In mid- October 2024, the FCA flagged 38 concerns about social media profiles run by UK finfluencers that may feature illegal promotions, and it is questioning 20 of them under caution. Back in May 2024, the regulator stated it had brought charges against nine people linked to an unauthorised foreign exchange trading programme advertised online. According to Andrew Northage, a partner in the regulatory and compliance team at Walker Morris LLP, the FCA likely believed that the public attention from a case involving seven high-profile, UK-based defendants would serve as a warning; however, he added, such a warning is less likely to dissuade promoters and operators of illicit schemes located outside the UK, who know how hard it is for the FCA to pursue them. Overseas rules breaches The FCA’s guidance confirms that its social media financial promotion rules extend to overseas firms. These...
In this issue: Scheme governance Pension scams and liberation Pensions Dashboard Pension Protection Fund Key developments and materials Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Scheme governance TPR urges pensions industry to improve its digital, data and technology strategy for pension savers On 22 October 2024, The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) unveiled its Digital, Data and Technology Strategy as a roadmap for TPR and the sector to respond to changes in the pensions market. By adopting new ways of working and modern tools, the Strategy seeks to drive efficiency, automation and innovation. Intended as a living document, it promotes an adaptive, mission-led approach to navigating the information age while aiming for better outcomes for workplace savers. Serving as a forward-looking blueprint, it also aims to cut unnecessary burdens on pension schemes, enable effective market competition, and support TPR’s own innovation while creating conditions that encourage schemes to do likewise in savers’...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies European Commission seeks views on rules to create AI science advisory panel The European Commission is conducting a public consultation on a draft implementing measure intended to set up a scientific advisory group of independent AI specialists. This panel will provide technical guidance, support the implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act, and warn the AI Office about risks arising from AI models. The consultation closes on 15 November 2024. See: LNB News 21/10/2024 6. Internet DSIT issues update to Online Safety Act 2023 impact assessment The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has released an impact assessment updating the Online Safety Act 2023 ( OSA 2023) final...
Antitrust Court of Justice dismisses Commission’s Intel appeal The Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-240/22, Commission v Intel, an appeal directed at the General Court’s 2022 ruling in Case T-286/09 RENV (after referral back from the Court of Justice), which had partially overturned the Commission’s decision of 13 May 2009 finding an infringement and imposing a fine on Intel Corporation ( Intel) for alleged abuse of dominance involving conditional rebates and loyalty payments ( Case AT.37990). The Court of Justice dismissed the Commission’s appeal. Background In 2009, the Commission levied fines of €1.06bn on Intel (the Commission’s 2009 decision). It concluded that Intel had misused its dominant position in the x86 microprocessors market by awarding loyalty rebates to certain customers and to a distributor of desktop computers. First General Court appeal Intel challenged the Commission’s 2009 decision before the General Court. In 2014, the General Court...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-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 Please note, our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works House of Commons briefing paper sets out UK armed forces nationality and immigration requirements The House of Commons Library has issued a briefing that sets out the nationality criteria for non- British nationals seeking to enlist in the UK’s armed forces. It also explores the immigration rules for non- British service members, and for the family members of British armed forces personnel, explaining how these apply while serving and after discharge. See: LNB News 23/10/2024 21. More community organisations to help with e Visa transition A further 69 community organisations have been added to the initial four on the...
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Network and network connections Renewable energy Oil and gas Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications Comprehensive information on every live change to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GC), the System Owner - Transmission Owner Code ( STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard ( SQSS) is now brought together on NESO’s Modification Tracker. The tracker explains each proposal’s aim, the stakeholder groups impacted, includes Panel observations on prioritisation, and indicates its current stage in the assessment pathway. For further details, see: Codes. Network and network connections NESO commissioned to develop first SSEP for Great Britain DESNZ confirmed that the newly established NESO has been tasked by energy ministers from the Scottish, Welsh, and UK governments to prepare Great...
Mac Lennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166 The employment tribunal must reconsider whether psychologist Nigel Mac Lennan satisfies the test for worker status in his capacity as a charity trustee, because it failed to properly evaluate his position as president-elect, ruled James Tayler HHJ on 21 October 2024. According to the EAT, the tribunal did not sufficiently weigh the relevant context or undertake the broad-brush appraisal to determine if there was an analogous situation between the claimant and employees or limb (b) workers; nor whether holding office as charity trustee, president-elect and/or president amounts to an other status......
International developments TGC publishes Transition Finance Market review to reach net zero The Global City ( TGC) has issued a report from the Transition Finance Market Review, setting out a high‑integrity framework to back UK and worldwide net zero ambitions. It calls for coordinated action by government, investors, businesses and civil society to shape policy and provide clear investment signals... See: LNB News 17/10/2024 74. Sources: Scaling Transition Finance: Findings of the Transition Finance Market Review FCA responds to market review on delivering finance for global decarbonisation and UK growth Client Earth files complaint with AMF against Black Rock for greenwashing Environmental law charity Client Earth has lodged a regulatory complaint with the French finance regulator ( AMF) against asset manager Black Rock for 'greenwashing'. Client Earth challenges Black Rock’s labelling of 18 actively managed retail investment funds as 'sustainable', despite significant investments in fossil fuel...
In this issue: Trespass and adverse possession Enforcing security and property insolvency Electronic Communications Contractual issues Key developments and horizon scanning Repairing obligations and dilapidations Disputes and remedies Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Trespass and adverse possession End of the road—final injunction against encampments ( London Borough of Havering v Stokes) In Havering London Borough Council v Stokes [2024] EWHC 2496 ( KB), the court assessed when a precautionary injunction should be made final and whether a power of arrest ought to be attached. Following an interim order in 2019, the London Borough of Havering ( LBH) obtained a final precautionary injunction restraining unauthorised encampments and fly-tipping. LBH provided a compelling basis for the relief, pointing to an imminent risk of planning contraventions liable to cause real harm, and showing that alternative measures and remedies would not meet those...
In this issue: Building regulations Housing Nationally significant infrastructure projects Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Building regulations HSE publishes guidance on investigating RBIs and RBCAs The Health and Safety Executive ( HSE) has issued two guidance notes on inquiries undertaken by the Building Safety Regulator ( BSR): Registered building inspectors: professional misconduct and criminal offences sets out in which situations, and by what means, the BSR may investigate a registered building inspector; and Building control bodies: contraventions and criminal offences outlines when and how the BSR can investigate a registered building control approver See: LNB News 22/10/2024 116. MHCLG publishes new building control guidance on reversions The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has released new Building control practice guidance on reversion......
On 11 October 2024, the Opposition Division of the EU Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO) concluded that buyers are likely to confuse Sky Ltd’s trade mark with the sign of Shenzhen Qingchuan Technology Co Ltd, as they may view it as a continuation of the British media and telecommunications group’s brand. In its decision, the office noted that consumers may see the contested sign as an extension or continuation, or as a new brand line of goods, offered under the opponent’s ' Sky' mark, given that it will cover goods identical to those sold under the earlier trade mark. It is common practice......
In this issue Sustainable finance and ESG round-up Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Trade and commodity finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Derivatives Sanctions 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 this week’s developments in Sustainable finance and ESG, refer to Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up—24 October 2024. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Companies House publishes transitional plan on ECCTA 2023 Companies House has set out a transitional plan detailing when key measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) will take effect, with the legislation designed to reshape Companies House’s role and strengthen transparency for UK companies and other legal entities. Implementation began on 4 March 2024 (with certain elements already in force) and is...
Yangtze Navigation ( Asia) Co Ltd & another v TPT Shipping Ltd & others ( The Xing Zhi Hai) [2024] EWHC 2371 ( Comm) This decision reaffirms the settled position that courts are reluctant to let agency concepts supplant the doctrine of separate corporate personality, a defining feature of standard shipping company structures. It also addresses the practical challenge that can arise when a counterparty deals with an intermediary usually known to act for principals, but the capacity is unclear on this occasion. Background the dispute related to three consignments of logs carried from New Zealand to India the logs were produced by the third to fifth defendants (the Exporters), who executed Log Marketing and Sales Agency Agreements ( LMSAAs) with TPT Forests Ltd ( Forests) under those LMSAAs, Forests acted as the Exporters’ agent to market and sell their logs abroad....
Competition policy CMA publishes State of UK Competition Report 2024 The CMA has released its second State of UK Competition report. The government commissioned the CMA to produce these reports, with the inaugural edition appearing in November 2020 and the next in April 2022. The purpose of the report is to set out evidence and analysis on competition and market power across the UK economy. This third instalment has been produced by the CMA’s specialist Microeconomics Unit. The CMA regards this as its most far-reaching review so far of how effectively competition functions in the UK. In summary, the report concludes that examining the core indicator of market power (cost mark-ups) shows the UK has experienced a slight softening of competitive intensity over the past 25 years over the long term......
The European Commission has chosen 85 cutting-edge net zero initiatives across 18 nations to receive €4.8bn in grants from the Innovation Fund, signifying the largest allocation round since the Fund launched in 2020. These initiatives, spanning sectors such as......
In this issue: Proceeds of crime Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental 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 Proceeds of crime Fresh magistrates’ court rules on proceedings under POCA 2002 and ATCSA 2001 re cryptoassets A suite of updated magistrates’ court rules comes into effect on 7 November 2024 to assist proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA 2002) and the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 ( ATCSA 2001) in the context of cryptoassets. They include SI 2024/1040, enabling non-conviction-based applications to convert cryptoassets to money and to detain, freeze and forfeit the resulting converted sums in proceeds of crime matters, and SI 2024/1043, facilitating...
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