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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: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk®Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Latest Q& A Financial sanctions OFSI has added two further FAQs to the UK Financial Sanctions FAQs, covering General Licence INT/2024/4919848 and trust services. See: LNB News 01/10/2024 24. General Licence INT/2023/3179120, relating to payments to water companies for water and sewage, has been revised. OFSI has updated the definitions of UK Designated Persons and Return Payments, and has made the Licence indefinite. See: LNB News 01/10/2024 23. OFSI has imposed a monetary penalty on Integral Concierge Services ( ICSL) for breaches of the Russia financial sanctions regime introduced in response to Russia’s 2022 illegal invasion of...
In this issue: The Pensions Regulator The Pensions Ombudsman Funding and investment Members and benefits Brexit Daily and weekly news alerts New content Dates for your diary Trackers The Pensions Regulator TPR value drive sees DC wind-ups continue and seven pension schemes fined more than £30,000 in total TPR has released its latest compliance and enforcement bulletin for January to June 2024, together with a progress update on last year’s initiative designed to ensure savers in defined contribution ( DC) pension schemes benefit from rules that require trustees to undertake a detailed value for members (d VFM) assessment. To date, around 17% of the DC schemes it has engaged with during this value-focused work have judged they do not deliver good value and have chosen to wind up. As the d VFM regime applies to roughly 1,323 DC...
In this issue: Brexit and tax International Taxes management and litigation VAT Real estate taxes Devolution Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Useful information Brexit and tax SI 2024/976 Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Saving Provisions) ( Revocation) Regulations The UK Government has issued regulations that pause impending changes to how assimilated case law (previously retained EU law) is interpreted. These amendments, set out in section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023), were scheduled to commence on 1 October 2024 and were intended to revise the approach taken by UK courts to assimilated law, notably the circumstances in which they may depart from it. To support the section 6...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—3 October 2024 In this issue: CPR updates Road traffic accidents Damages Costs and funding Other PI and clinical negligence news New content Lex Talk® PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Lexis Nexis® Webinars Daily and weekly news alerts CPR updates Civil Procedure ( Amendment No 3) Rules 2024 commenced on 1 October 2024. SI 2024/839, laid before Parliament on 30 July 2024, modifies the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ( SI 1998/3132). Amendments span Alternative Dispute Resolution, references to judges, the extension of fixed recoverable costs, the time limit for requesting permission to appeal from the Court of Appeal to the UK Supreme Court, procedures for references on assimilated law (formerly retained EU law), delegation of functions to legal advisers, serious crime prevention orders, contempt warnings, and writs and warrants of...
Modernatx, Inc v Pfizer Ltd and other companies; Pfizer Inc and another company v Modernatx, Inc [2024] EWHC 1695 ( Pat) Note that the issues concerning Moderna’s undertaking not to enforce its patents were separated into their own proceedings at a case management conference. That question was determined in a distinct High Court judgment by Judge Jonathan Richards, also delivered on 2 July 2024, which found that Pfizer and Bio NTech cannot rely on Moderna’s pandemic-era non-enforcement pledge to avoid the consequences of any infringement. For additional detail on both matters and the background, see Practice Note: Life sciences cases tracker— UK. See also Law360 News Analysis: Pfizer, Bio NTech infringed Moderna’s m RNA vaccine patent. The connected case citation is Pfizer Inc v Modernatx, Inc; Modernatx, Inc v Pfizer Ltd [2024] EWHC 1648 ( Pat). What are the practical...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Disputes and remedies Enforcing security and property insolvency Trespass and adverse possession Contractual issues Property disputes in Scotland Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Key developments and horizon scanning BPF publishes commentary on impact of Renters’ Rights Bill The British Property Federation ( BPF) has released analysis by its Assistant Director of Policy, Theo Plowman, exploring the Renters’ Rights Bill and what it means for the residential market. See: LNB News 30/09/2024 41. Disputes and remedies Approach to striking out in the FTT ( Deane v Newham London Borough Council) In Deane v Newham London Borough Council [2024] UKUT 300 ( LC); [2024] All ER ( D) 41 ( Sep), the Upper Tribunal ( Lands Chamber) (the UT) upheld the appellant’s challenge to the First-tier Tribunal ( Property Chamber) (the FTT), which had declined to...
Caledonia Water Alliance v Electrosteel Castings ( UK) Ltd [2024] CSOH 87 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision showcases the court’s method for resolving disputes over contract formation and the ‘battle of the forms’. It reflects a pragmatic use of contractual interpretation: the court may treat references to one or both parties’ standard terms and conditions as inoperative where the surrounding circumstances suggest the parties intended to contract on a different footing, or where such references arose simply from habitual administrative practices. The ruling also exposes how uncertainty over governing terms can emerge when a contract is concluded within a broader or more intricate commercial set-up—for example, here there were 60 distinct contracts between the parties under a framework agreement, and these were connected to separate agreements each party had with a third party. In any situation where there is a live...
The launch of OTSI is accompanied by legislative changes to the UK's sanctions enforcement framework via the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions ( Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/948. The most significant changes are as follows: OTSI gains authority to levy civil fines for certain breaches of trade sanctions. Penalties may reach £1 million per contravention, or 50% of the breach’s value if higher, and can be imposed on a strict liability footing. These reforms do not cover infringements involving the movement of goods across the UK’s borders, or those relating to military and dual‑use goods; such matters stay solely with HMRC under the existing criminal penalties regime. Nor do the new measures apply to violations of the Russian Oil Price cap or to internet‑related sanctions concerning Russia and Belarus. OTSI will take on selected trade licensing...
In this issue: Accounts and reports Corporate governance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Accounts and reports Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Saving Provisions) ( Revocation) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/976: Made to annul the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( Commencement No 2 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/714 (the Commencement Regulations), thereby rescinding their effect. The Commencement Regulations were to activate section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023) on 1 October 2024. Section 6 of REUL( RR) A 2023 concerns how retained EU law is construed and operates, that is, its interpretation and effect. Made in the exercise of...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off 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 Trade marks/passing off IPO gathers research and reports on IP enforcement and infringement. The Intellectual Property Office has unveiled a webpage assembling research publications and reports on enforcing and breaching IP rights, with themes including social media influencers, online copyright infringement and counterfeit goods. See: LNB News 27/09/2024 13. INTERPOL announces the 17th International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference, ‘ Fighting IP Crime: A global responsibility’, to be held in Curaçao. The event aims to strengthen worldwide partnerships, co-ordinate action against IP crime, and inform effective enforcement strategies. See: LNB News 26/09/2024 19. General IP Government halts commencement of new assimilated law court...
In this issue: Public procurement Governance Social housing Children's social care Judicial review Social care Healthcare Planning Local government finance Environmental law and climate change Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement First Procurement Act templates available The Government Commercial Function ( GCF) has published the initial set of templates for authorities working under the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023) regime. The main provisions of PA 2023 are scheduled to commence on 24 February 2025. See: LNB News 27/09/2024 38. Welsh Government provides further guidance documents on Procurement Act 2023 The Welsh Government has issued additional guidance to offer technical support and aid interpretation of the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023). These documents should be read alongside PA 2023 and its...
In this issue: Assimilated law procedures halted as part of UK- EU ‘re-set’ Cybersecurity e Privacy Lex Talk® Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Assimilated law procedures halted as part of UK- EU ‘re-set’ The government paused the commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 last week, as part of the work on a UK‑ EU ‘reset’. See: LNB News 30/09/2024 27. Cybersecurity DSIT confirms introduction of Cyber Security and Resilience Bill into Parliament in 2025. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT) has stated that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be brought before Parliament in 2025. This confirmation follows the Bill’s announcement in the July 2024 King’s Speech. The Bill will aim......
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Injunctions Litigation Settlement ADR Lex Talk® Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community New content Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments CPR updates CPR 68 will no longer have effect from 1 October 2024: The Ministry of Justice ( Mo J) has clarified the implications of the government’s move to halt commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023). As a result, the newly introduced CPR 68, which took effect on 1 October 2024, is presently without effect. No other provisions in the Civil Procedure ( Amendment No 3) Rules 2024, SI 2024/839, commencing on 1 October 2024 are affected, as Part 68...
In this issue: Key developments and materials New technologies Internet Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Key developments and materials Assimilated law procedures paused as part of UK– EU ‘reset’. The government has deferred commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 as it works towards a UK– EU reset. As a result, the new court processes for assimilated law will not take effect on 1 October 2024 as previously planned. See: LNB News 30/09/2024 27 and LNB News 26/09/2024 2. Accordingly, the timetable shifts and the new procedural rules are postponed. New technologies DSIT confirms the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will be brought to...
Editor’s note Welcome to the 2024 Public Law case law quarterly’s third issue, reflecting developments from the year’s third quarter in full. We open with the Supreme Court’s judgment in Lipton, where the Justices, in obiter remarks, expressed differing positions on if the post‑ Brexit retained EU law and assimilated frameworks govern claims predating IP‑completion day, or not. Next comes the Court of Justice’s decision in Alchaster, addressing how Member State courts are to approach fundamental rights, more broadly, when considering extradition to the UK. We also feature, in particular, the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Northumbrian Water, confirming there is no public law ‘duty of prescription’ at all concerning the publication of policies, and rejecting any reading of the Supreme Court’s decision in Lumba as having created such an obligation in law......
Insurance & Reinsurance weekly highlights—3 October 2024 In this issue: Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption Ukraine conflict Cases and decisions Types of insurance UK Regulation EU Regulation New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Coronavirus ( COVID-19) business interruption Coronavirus ( COVID-19) catastrophe claim ( Unipol Sai Assicurazioni Sp A v Covéa Insurance PLC) — The Italian reinsurer’s bid to overturn Covéa Insurance Plc’s coronavirus business interruption recovery was unsuccessful, with a London appeal court on 30 September 2024 affirming that the pandemic satisfied the policy’s definition of ‘catastrophe’. See News Analysis: Reinsurer loses appeal over £69m coronavirus ( COVID-19) catastrophe claim. Ukraine conflict Aviation claims — A multi-billion-dollar trial pitting the world’s largest aircraft lessors against their insurers, concerning hundreds of planes remaining in Russia, began in London on 2 October 2024, a dispute that could have significant repercussions for the insurance and...
Mergers The CMA imposed an IEO regarding Topps Tiles Plc’s completed acquisition of certain assets from Tildist Realisations Limited (formerly CTD Tiles Limited)—see case page. NOTE— For all current CMA merger cases, see UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Subsidy control The Subsidy Advice Unit accepted a referral from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on proposed Industrial Carbon Capture and Waste ICC business model schemes—see case page. The Subsidy Advice Unit accepted a referral from the same department on a proposed subsidy for Cromarty Firth Port Authority—see case page. NOTE— For all referrals under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, see UK subsidy control—cases tracker. Private actions On 2 October 2024, the CAT issued an order in The Scottish Ministers and The Scottish Health Boards v Accord‑ UK Limited (formerly Actavis UK Limited) & Others, a damages claim against...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Air pollution and climate change Building energy efficiency Energy for environmental practitioners Regulatory enforcement and prosecutions Environmental permitting and consents ESG and sustainable practice Dangerous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat protection Waste Producer responsibility schemes for waste Water, flood risk and drainage Daily and weekly news updates New and updated materials Trackers Useful information Key developments and materials Assimilated law procedures halted as part of UK- EU 're-set' As part of a UK- EU ‘reset’, the government paused commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 last week. See: LNB News 30/09/2024 27 and LNB News 26/09/2024 2. Ministry of Justice announces new CPR 68 will no longer have effect from 1 October 2024 The...
In this issue: JCT contracts Contract law Building safety Standard form contracts Procurement in construction Environmental issues Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers JCT contracts On 2 October 2024, the JCT published the 2024 version of its Repair and Maintenance Contract 2024 ( RM 2024). A reference version will be available soon on Lexis+® Construction, within our sub-topic ‘ JCT contracts 2024’ (located under the main topic, ‘ Standard form construction contracts’), and also via Practice Note: JCT contracts 2024—reference copies. Contract law Expert determination clause operated as a ‘one-stop shop’ for disputes and was separable from the underlying contract ( Dandara v Medway) In Dandara South East Ltd v Medway Preservation Ltd [2024] EWHC 2318 ( Ch), the High Court granted...
‘ Prior price’ reference for price reduction announcements ( Verbraucherzentrale Baden- Wurttemberg e V v Aldi Sud Dienstleistungs SE & Co OHG) Verbraucherzentrale Baden- Württemberg e V v Aldi Süd Dienstleistungs SE & Co OHG, Case C‑330/23 What are the practical implications of this case? Price reduction announcements are a potent marketing lever that can prompt consumers to buy. EU rules aim to deter misleading behaviour by requiring that any claim of a price cut must state the prior price charged by the trader for a defined period before the reduction is applied. The prior price is the lowest amount charged by the trader during a period of not less than 30 days preceding the implementation of the reduction. The reason for this minimum 30‑day reference window is to stop traders tinkering with prices and presenting fictitious reductions, for example by raising the price briefly and then...
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