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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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The UK Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal brought by Valerie Tindall against Thames Valley Police, alleging a breach of their duty of care to her late husband, after officers purportedly failed to take adequate measures to avert additional road collisions when they attended the scene of a crash caused by a stretch of black ice near Wendover in Buckinghamshire, southern England. Handing down the judgment, Justices George Leggatt and Andrew Burrows held that the officers had neither created nor aggravated the danger so as to incur liability, and were not responsible in law because no duty of care was owed to prevent harm befalling the late Malcolm Tindall. The justices observed that a central criticism of the police was precisely their inaction in relation to the hazard: they did not cordon off or shut the road, there is no...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International Arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments The Arbitration Blog Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Arbitration in England & Wales High Court has no supervisory jurisdiction over Toronto-seated arbitration The High Court, in Investcom Global Ltd v PLC Investments Ltd [2024] EWHC 2505 ( Comm), refused to extend interim anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions aimed at restraining Liberian civil proceedings commenced in breach of an arbitration clause. This followed the ICC’s determination in the ongoing arbitration that Toronto, Canada is the seat, and the claimant lacked a good arguable case that the tribunal would overturn that finding in favour of London. As a result, the court concluded it had no jurisdiction over the defendants under CPR 62.5(1)(c) or (2A), each requiring that the seat ‘is or will be’ in...
In this issue: Company, disclosures, records and registers Environmental, social and governance issues Accounts and reports Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company, disclosures, records and registers Companies House publishes transition plan on ECCTA 2023 Companies House has released a transition roadmap setting out when key statutory measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ( ECCTA 2023) will take effect. The reforms are designed to reshape the registrar’s role and strengthen openness across UK companies and other legal entities. The programme began on 4 March 2024, with certain elements already in force, and is expected to conclude in full by the end of 2026. See: LNB News 17/10/2024 65......
In this issue: UK Market studies EU antitrust EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK Market studies Government responds to the CMA’s housebuilding market study; accepts many of the CMA’s recommendations The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( MHCLG) has set out the Government’s reply to the CMA’s recommendations in the final report of its housebuilding market study. The CMA concluded the sector is failing to serve consumers effectively, and proposed steps to tackle: the private stewardship of public amenities on estates; the standard of new-build homes; and the level of service delivered by housebuilders. The Government has welcomed the report and concurs with its findings, signalling a firm resolve to secure better outcomes across housebuilding. Working alongside industry, it intends to foster a fairer and more...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Leasing property Commercial real estate finance Statutory compliance Residential property Property management Property development Transferring property Property in Wales Property taxes Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Key developments and horizon scanning BPF commentary on 2024 Autumn Budget The British Property Federation ( BPF) has released a Spotlight Series blog featuring insights from Rachel Kelly, the BPF’s Assistant Director of Policy ( Finance), on what the 2024 Autumn Budget means for the property industry. Kelly set out the Federation’s proposals to government ahead of 30 October 2024: modernising business rates, backing energy efficiency retrofits, and amending tax rules to unlock institutional investment in new housing. She underlined that, given the right fiscal and...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection International Sale and supply of goods Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—23 October 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) assessed a promotion for a shopper reward programme on the Complete Savings website to judge whether it misled consumers. The ASA determined the promotion breached the CAP Code. The outcome sits within a broader project on online choice architecture, prioritised for review in light of complaints received and intelligence gathered by the ASA. See: LNB News 23/10/2024 37. Consumer protection HM Treasury launches consultation on draft regulation of ' Buy- Now, Pay- Later' HM Treasury has opened a public consultation on draft legislation intended to bring Buy- Now Pay- Later ( BNPL) products into...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Probate Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients Spouses, civil partners and cohabitants UK taxes for Private Client Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance HMRC Manuals updates Insolvency— Private Client Pensions, insurance and tax-efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Autumn Budget 2024 Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will present the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 30 October 2024. As is our practice, we will produce overnight analysis of the principal business tax announcements from the Autumn Budget, which will be available on the morning of...
In this issue: Building safety JCT contracts Adjudication Contract law Environmental issues Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety MHCLG and BSR considering higher-risk building classification MHCLG and the BSR have confirmed that they are actively reviewing and considering the views expressed by the First- Tier Tribunal ( FTT) in the recent decision of Blomfiled v Monier Road Limited [2024] Lexis Citation 1049. The case asked the FTT to decide whether a roof garden should be treated as a storey when assessing if a building satisfied the height and storey criteria set out in the Higher- Risk Buildings ( Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/275. While acknowledging that determining whether the particular building was a higher-risk building fell outside its jurisdiction, the FTT nevertheless concluded that a roof garden ought to count as a...
TPR said it aims to simplify and sharpen regulation for pension schemes, which could lead to faster responses to risks and better protection for savers, together with fewer repetitive data submissions, simpler compliance via standardised processes, and a drive towards modern data practices. Paul Neville, the regulator’s executive director of digital, data and technology, noted that pensions are evolving rapidly and that TPR is harnessing the transformative power of digital, data and technology to deliver a regulatory approach that achieves better outcomes for savers......
Mergers The CMA has commenced its phase 1 investigation and has also issued an invitation to comment on the anticipated acquisition of Britvic PLC by Carlsberg UK Holdings Limited—see the case page for further details. NOTE— For all live mergers before the CMA, please see the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker......
Safeguarding customer funds Under the Payment Service Regulations 2017 and the Electronic Money Regulations 2011, FCA-registered payments firms and electronic money institutions—together, payments firms—must protect customers’ money by maintaining appropriate safeguarding arrangements. This safeguarding framework exists to prevent harm to customers, such as shortfalls or delays in redemption, and to reduce the risk of detriment. The need is acute during a wind-down or insolvency, particularly given that money held by payments firms is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The sums entrusted to such firms are significant and continue to grow: the FCA records that electronic money institutions alone held a combined £18bn of customer funds in 2023, up from £11bn in 2021. Nevertheless, the FCA considers there to be widespread failure across payments firms to implement suitably robust safeguarding practices, and it fears that this leaves customers’ funds at risk. The...
CAO ( Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ( Appellant) ( Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 32 Background to the Appeal This appeal addresses the interpretation and effect of section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ( BCIA 2009), the relationship between BCIA 2009, s 55 and article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR), and how decision-making in immigration matters operates for the Secretary of State for the Home Department ( SSHD) and for a tribunal determining an appeal from the SSHD. BCIA 2009, s 55 focuses on protecting and advancing the welfare of children, including when choices are made about their immigration position, and ECHR, art 8 may demand a comparable stance. Under BCIA 2009, s 55(1), the SSHD must put in place arrangements to ensure that all immigration functions are performed with proper regard to the need to...
Practical delivery remains daunting, highlighted by the European Commission’s plan to push back by 12 months the commencement of the European Union Deforestation Regulation, allowing businesses extra time to ready themselves for its granular legal due diligence obligations. The range of moving parts companies must weigh includes: the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, or CSDDD, which took effect at the end of July the significant ruling on supply chain oversight issued by the Court of Appeal in World Uyghur Congress v National Crime Agency in late June, and recent corporate supply chain shortcomings that have undermined trust and re-emphasised established benchmarks such as the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 Alongside more enduring soft law, reference points include the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Viewed together, these shifts underline the need to...
Tindall and another v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33 Background For the purposes of the appeal, the facts are taken as follows. On 4 March 2014, Mr Kendall’s car hit a stretch of black ice on the A413, causing a skid, loss of control and a rollover into a ditch. After placing an emergency call, and worried about the road’s condition, he stood at the roadside, signalling approaching drivers to slow. Roughly twenty minutes later, police officers arrived. They began removing accident debris and erected a ‘ Police Slow’ sign. Having warned the officers about the hazardous state of the carriageway, Mr Kendall then went to hospital to be treated for injuries that were not life‑threatening. It is said that, had the police not appeared, he would have continued trying to warn other road users of the risk. Once the debris had been...
Antitrust Commission fines České dráhy and ÖBB €48.7m for collective boycott The Commission has adopted an infringement decision against České dráhy (ČD) and Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) for conspiring to stop the newcomer Regio Jet from obtaining second-hand wagons, thereby curbing competition in the passenger rail market. Penalties amounting to €48.7m were imposed on both companies. As ÖBB cooperated with the Commission under the 2006 Leniency Notice, it benefited from a 45% reduction in its fine. Regio Jet entered the long-distance rail passenger market in Czechia in 2011. To challenge ČD and ÖBB, it primarily depended on used coaches. The investigation concluded that, between 2012 and 2016, ČD and ÖBB coordinated to preserve their market position and obstruct Regio Jet’s growth both within Czechia and on the cross-border Prague– Vienna route, in breach of Article 101 TFEU. In particular, the two operators aligned their conduct in sales...
Vietnam Oil and Gas Group v Joint Stock Company ( Power Machines- ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) and another matter [2024] SGHC 244 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision arose from an attempt to set aside specific findings within an arbitral award on the basis that they breached the principles of natural justice. Those principles require that each side in a dispute is given a fair chance to advance its case and to answer the assertions made against it. In this matter, the court recognised that the arbitration had indeed fallen foul of those safeguards. Nevertheless, the court chose not to invalidate the award as a whole. Instead, it determined that the appropriate course was to remit the affected issues to the Tribunal for fresh consideration. The outcome is noteworthy, as it reflects the court’s inclination to permit the original Tribunal to cure the...
Various Eateries plc and the insurer agreed to undisclosed settlement terms, according to the 15 October 2024 High Court order signed by Judge Sara Cockerill The order follows a 2021 suit by the restaurant group against Allianz Insurance plc over losses it said were caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A year later the dispute went to trial to decide whether the outbreak triggered the group’s business interruption policy whenever someone in the UK contracted the disease, which could permit separate claims for each venue. At trial, Various Eateries — owner of the Strada, Coppa Club and Tavolino brands — maintained it was due a payout for every government lockdown and package of restrictions, arguing these amounted to distinct events under the wording. On that basis, the company said it could claim for its almost £16.4m......
The On 21 October 2024, the Big Four accounting firm reported that, despite a reduction in major weather events, losses predominantly stemmed from supply-chain disruption, a higher frequency of claims and elevated inflation. Martina Neary, EY’s UK insurance leader, said many UK home insurers postponed increasing premiums in step with inflation in 2022 to remain competitive following the Financial Conduct Authority’s pricing reforms. That move fuelled a pronounced uplift in premiums in 2023 and is expected to persist in 2024 as firms contend with stubborn inflation and ongoing supply-chain challenges. Neary also cautioned that 2024 will be another demanding year for both firms and customers. She said organisations will need to carefully balance multiple pressures, from supporting customers in financial difficulty to investing in critical growth areas such as digital transformation, while navigating uncertainty around climate change......
See Q& A: A deceased individual held agricultural land in their sole name, used for sheep and cattle farming as a sole trader. They were also a partner with their spouse in a partnership operating a poultry farming business. The partnership owned no land, but among its assets was a poultry house situated on part of the agricultural land. The bulk of the land was employed in the deceased’s sole trader sheep and cattle enterprise. There was no formal arrangement covering the poultry house’s use of the land. Can agricultural property relief be claimed on all the land (including the area occupied by the poultry house) and business property relief on the partnership (encompassing the poultry house)? For broad guidance on agricultural property relief ( APR) and business property relief ( BPR) and the qualifying criteria for each, see Practice Notes:...
Background This appeal addresses when a solicitor’s client can seek a court assessment of the solicitor’s costs bill. The court is empowered to scrutinise fees charged to clients by solicitors, confirming they were properly incurred and proportionate in amount. The function of assessment is to ensure the costs were reasonably incurred and reasonable in amount. That jurisdiction is now contained in section 70 of the Solicitors Act 1974 ( SA 1974). Within this statutory framework, tighter time limits operate once the bill has been ‘paid’; specifically, SA 1974, s 70(4) removes any entitlement to seek assessment more than 12 months after payment. Accordingly, rights narrow after payment. The central question on this appeal is the meaning of ‘payment’ for these purposes (paras [1]-[3]). The appellant, Mr Menzies (the Client), was injured severely in a road traffic collision. He retained the...
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