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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: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Conventional power, waste to energy, biomass, and CHP projects Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials Energy Act 2023 ( Commencement No 3) Regulations 2024 ( SI 2024/957): selected provisions of the Energy Act 2023 take effect on 1 October 2024. See LNB News 17/09/2024 7. DESNZ confirms NESO launch date: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has stated that the National Energy System Operator will launch on 1 October 2024. As part of a new strategy to achieve clean energy by 2030, the NESO will support connections for new...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Energy Environment Financial services IP Life sciences International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Latest Q& A EU fundamentals European Commission President unveils new college of commissioners for 2024–2029 The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, set out proposals for the revised make-up and set-up of the Commission for the 2024–2029 period, following the June 2024 European Parliament elections. She stated the Commission will comprise four women and two men as Executive Vice- Presidents, and that each Executive Vice- President will also hold a dedicated portfolio, to be pursued in close cooperation with other Commissioners on their brief. Reflecting the Draghi report issued in September 2024, the President again underlined the Commission’s focus on competitiveness and reiterated that message. Commissioners-designate must complete several stages before taking office, in sequence. First come confirmation hearings in Parliament, provisionally scheduled for late October 2024....
In this issue: Trustees, governance and administration Taxation Pensions dashboards Funding and investment Members and benefits Public sector pensions Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Trustees, governance and administration TPR focuses on expanding engagement with scheme administrators to drive better saver outcomes On 12 September 2024, The Pensions Regulator ( TPR) issued a blog highlighting the pivotal role of pension scheme administrators, current service pressures (notably heavy demand), and plans to widen its engagement with schemes of differing types and sizes to build a fuller picture of administrators’ challenges and to bolster outcomes that safeguard savers. TPR’s figures show that 47 of the largest commercial and non-commercial administrators account for 90% of memberships, and it now intends to invite around ten to fifteen of these firms to ‘voluntarily collaborate’. TPR also plans to reach the remainder of the market ‘within the next 12 months’ through a...
In this issue: Property management Insurance Transferring property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property insolvency Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Property management RICS Consultation on Service Charges in Commercial Property The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS) is seeking views on a second edition of its Professional Standard for Service Charges in Commercial Property. RICS confirms that the updated standard, scheduled for release in summer 2025, is intended to tackle key challenges in administering service charges, including the timely issue and prompt circulation of budgets and year-end certificates, and aims to reduce the causes of disputes between landlords and tenants, providing clearer guidance on resolution where there are disputes and related disagreements between parties. RICS also confirms it will...
On 17 September 2024, the PDP announced that GOV. UK One Login would act as the identity provider for anyone using the dashboard service, the initiative designed to link savers to their pension information through online portals. The PDP also stated that adopting the government login—so people confirm who they are a single time and can then reach additional services—ensures those visiting the dashboards will not need to have their identity checked again at all when registering or signing up to use the pensions dashboard service......
Rohan Builders ( India) Pvt Ltd v Berger Paints India Ltd [2024 INSC 686] What are the practical implications of this case? The Supreme Court’s decision delivers significant consequences for arbitration practice in India. Central to the ruling is the recognition that, while a tribunal’s mandate formally ends when the stipulated period expires, it is not irretrievably extinguished if an application seeking extension is moved after expiry. This is a watershed clarification that shields arbitral proceedings from being undone by mere procedural niceties. For practitioners, the ruling introduces a more accommodating framework when guiding clients through arbitration. Anxiety around a mandate lapsing—and the attendant prospect of starting afresh—has been eased. Parties may now approach the court to enlarge time even post-lapse, so long as sufficient cause is demonstrated. The result is a tangible saving of time and expense otherwise spent on...
In this issue: Building safety Procurement in construction JCT contracts Environmental issues Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Building safety Hasta La Vista Cladding? First-tier Property tribunal decision ( Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities v Grey GR Ltd) Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities v Grey GR Ltd [2024] Lexis Citation 424 stands out as a pivotal application and a notable victory for the government and leaseholders, being the first under BSA 2022, s 123 to seek a remediation order, here concerning Vista Tower in Stevenage (the Property). Owing to faulty cladding at the Property, the order was pursued to ensure the defects were rectified. The respondent was the freehold owner of the Property. Written by Keith Chipato and Jonathan Pennington Legh, barristers at Field Court...
In this issue Corporate insolvency processes Directors and insolvency Insolvency litigation The office-holder Property insolvency Financial institutions Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals New content Corporate insolvency processes Standing in liquidation applications ( Mc Ateer v Hat & Mitre plc) In a factually unusual matter, the Court of Appeal decided that an unregistered share transfer was enough to treat the applicant as a member of the company and thus a contributory under the Insolvency Act 1986 ( IA 1986). As a contributory, he could seek relief from the court in the company’s liquidation. He owned 0.02% of the share capital, yet his name did not appear on the register of members. No other shareholder supported his proposals. The court stressed that, in applications of this nature, the majority’s wishes carry weight and, as a result, his minimal interest would be overwhelmed by the majority. The court also examined whether, relying on his...
The Serious Fraud Office ( SFO) 'was not entitled to withhold the information requested' on the ENRC investigation, the General Regulatory Chamber of the First- Tier Tribunal ( FTT) said. The General Regulatory Chamber of the First- Tier Tribunal ( FTT) has ruled that the SFO had no right to withhold the requested ENRC data and has directed the agency to release the figures within 42 days. The decision marks a win for George Greenwood of British newspaper The Times, who contested the UK Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) decision permitting the SFO to invoke freedom of information exemptions and withhold the figures. The prosecutor’s decade-long probe into ENRC, the UK arm of Kazakhstan-focused miner Eurasian Resources Group, concluded in August 2023 without any charges, and is thought to have racked up costs totalling tens of millions of pounds. In December, the High Court held the SFO...
In this issue Employment taxes Companies and corporation tax International business structures VAT Taxes management and litigation Individuals and income tax Key developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Employment taxes Supreme Court upholds Court of Appeal and remits case to the FTT to decide whether individual contracts are employment contracts ( Professional Game Match Officials Ltd v HMRC) In Professional Game Match Officials Ltd [2024] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed PGMOL’s appeal. Relying on the First-tier Tax Tribunal’s findings of fact and the parties’ extensive submissions, it held that the irreducible minimum of mutuality of obligation and control needed for an employment contract between the part‑time referees and PGMOL was present for the individual match agreements. However, that did not...
By overturning the General Court and concluding that the US technology giant owed Ireland over US$14.5bn in back taxes, the ECJ, noted by experts at a London conference of the International Fiscal Association, effectively departed from the reasoning in its 2022 decision involving the carmaker Fiat. In that case, it limited itself to interpreting Luxembourg’s transfer pricing law as it applied to Fiat and other companies. In Apple, by contrast, tax specialists criticised the ECJ for turning to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD) arm’s-length principle, which was not in Irish law for the years at issue. The court accepted the European Commission’s premise that the Irish government had ‘misapplied’ Irish tax law in 1991 and 2007 rulings that granted Apple significant tax advantages. The arm’s-length standard has been the guiding principle in the OECD’s transfer pricing...
Antitrust General Court annuls Google Ad Sense decision The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T-334/19, Google and Alphabet v Commission, on an appeal against the Commission’s 2019 decision imposing a €1.49bn fine on Google for abusing its dominant position in the market for online search advertising intermediation via its “ Ad Sense for Search” product ( AT.40411). The General Court annulled the Commission’s decision in full, setting it aside in its entirety. Background Since 2003, Google has operated the Ad Sense advertising platform and, within that framework, developed several services, including the online advertising intermediation service Ad Sense for Search ( AFS). AFS enabled publishers with integrated search engines on their websites to display adverts linked to the queries that users could submit on those sites, allowing publishers to receive a share of the revenues generated by displaying those adverts. To access AFS,...
Mergers The CMA has opened a phase 1 review and issued an invitation to comment on the proposed acquisition of Volac Whey Nutrition Holdings Limited by Arla Foods Ingredients Group P/ S—see further, case page. NOTE— For all current CMA merger cases, see, UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Private actions The CAT has published a consent order (dated 18 September 2024) in (1) The Scottish Ministers and (2) (15) The Scottish Health Boards v Accord- UK Limited ( Formerly known as Actavis UK Limited) & Others, staying the damages action brought by the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Health Boards ( NHS Scotland) against Intas P, grounded on the CMA’s July 2021 infringement decision under Chapter I and Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998 concerning the supply of 10mg and 20mg immediate release hydrocortisone tablets—see further, order. NOTE— For all publicly available live UK private actions, see, UK...
Pryce v Accountant in Backruptcy , ET Case No: 6000082/2022 John- Paul Pryce obtained a declaration from the Employment Tribunal that Accountant in Bankruptcy, Scotland’s debt management agency, had failed to make a reasonable adjustment for his agoraphobia, claustrophobia, anxiety and mysophobia (an extreme and irrational fear of germs) when it rejected his request for flexible working arrangements. Judge Mark Whitcombe, writing on behalf of a three-person panel, noted that Pryce’s phobias were so intense that even thinking about the idea of being indoors with other people could set off a panic attack......
See Q& A: A will leaves the deceased's beneficial interests in various properties to a trust Before the administration of the estate is finalised (i.e. whilst the properties are still vested in the executors), the trustees plan to appoint their chose in action relating to certain of the properties concerned to a specified beneficiary. What steps and documents are required to put this appointment into effect? This Q& A does not cover the tax implications of the proposed appointment......
The International Underwriting Association ( IUA) In a report dated 16 September 2024, the International Underwriting Association ( IUA) also reported that the London company market’s total premium income rose by roughly 10% overall last year, with city-based firms taking in more than £48.4bn. The same report indicates that aggregate premium income in 2022 surpassed £44bn in total. For the company market—meaning insurers operating in London but not part of Lloyd's of London syndicates—the amount combines almost £43bn written in the capital with over £5.4bn generated in other locations, which is overseen and managed by London operations and is referred to as controlled business......
Software company Hyperexponential said the results clearly indicate that employers in the insurance sector ought to proactively ease staff anxieties about technology-driven change. The year 2023 saw a notably sharp rise in AI spend across insurance, widely heralded as a US$50bn commercial opportunity for the sector. ' Rather than being supplanted, actuaries and underwriters can deliver far greater value by adopting and harnessing AI, enabling them to interrogate highly complex data more quickly, communicate more clearly with stakeholders and create entirely new tools that would have been unthinkable five years ago', said Amrit Santhirasenan, the chief executive of Hyperexponential. The survey polled 245 underwriters in the UK and......
The Technical Board of Appeal ( TBA) at the European Patent Office decided on 2 July 2024 that the German pharmaceutical heavyweight may retain its patent. It threw out an appeal by the Italian business De Simone, which had maintained that the company had largely duplicated the same chemical compounds reported in earlier studies, according to the ruling made public on 16 September 2024. Bayer contended that gadolinium chelate compounds perform better in MRI scans because they exhibit higher relativity—the measure of an MRI contrast agent’s sensitivity—than the compounds that were used before......
On 11 September 2024, the Association of Consumer Support Organisations stated that the appointment of Labour MP Andy Slaughter, formerly a barrister at Lamb Chambers, to serve as chair of the House of Commons Justice Committee represents, for Parliament, a fresh opportunity to revisit the issue of injuries, which most often arise from car crashes. In the preceding Parliament, the committee, led by Conservative MP Bob Neil, conducted an open inquiry into delays affecting the operation of the Official Injury Claim portal. The online platform was launched in 2021 as a consequence of the Civil Liability Act 2018......
Meanwhile, Amazon staff are set to seek formal recognition for their union, in a battle likely to rank among the year’s most scrutinised industrial disputes. Law360 surveys what to watch for through the rest of 2024. The Employment Rights Bill Employers should, lawyers say, start preparing now for the sweeping legislation pledged by the new Labour government within its first 100 days in office. Advisers report they are already guiding clients on plans to legislate ‘day one’ rights to sick pay, parental leave and—perhaps most importantly—the ability to bring an unfair dismissal claim. Measures defining what workers can expect from their first day of employment, alongside other entitlements, are expected by mid- October 2024. Addressing businesses considering the dismissal of difficult employees, Yvonne Gallagher, a partner at Harbottle & Lewis LLP, urged them to act promptly rather than wait for the autumn. The...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
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