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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: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Conventional power, waste to energy, biomass, and CHP projects Oil and gas Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing DESNZ publishes call for evidence outcome on enabling industrial electrification The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ) has released the results of its call for evidence on facilitating industrial electrification. Feedback underscores the obstacles confronting industrial facilities in moving to electricity and signals a requirement for additional, electrification‑focused measures to level the playing field with other low‑carbon fuels, so that operators can choose the most suitable...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments 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 Key R& I law developments Insolvency Service publishes August 2024 enforcement outcomes management information The Insolvency Service has refreshed its enforcement outcomes management information tables with figures for August 2024. The data records 65 director disqualifications and 11 bankruptcy and debt relief restrictions secured by the Insolvency Service. See: LNB News 11/09/2024 32. Corporate insolvency processes Water ( Special Measures) Bill [ HL] First reading in the House of Lords took place on 4 September 2024. The Bill introduces provisions on the regulation, governance and special administration of water companies. See: LNB News 05/09/2024 4. Defra publishes policy statement on Water ( Special Measures) Bill The...
Barclays Service Corporation and another v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 785 ( TC) Barclays Service Corporation ( BSC) provided services to fellow entities within the Barclays Corporate Group, including those in a UK VAT group. A UK branch of BSC was entered on the Companies House register in July 2017. In December 2017, an application was submitted to HMRC seeking to include BSC in the UK VAT group. Had it succeeded, the UK VAT group would have avoided having to account each year, under the reverse charge, for sums running into many millions of pounds. HMRC refused the application in March 2018 on two grounds: BSC was ineligible to join the VAT group as it did not have a UK fixed establishment Even if BSC did have a UK fixed establishment, refusal was required under ‘protection of revenue’ powers The taxpayer appealed to the FTT, where an...
In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Brexit Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental assessment Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change EA issues five guides on monitoring ambient air. The Environment Agency has released five guidance documents covering approaches to ambient air monitoring. See: LNB News 10/09/2024 17. NSTA releases 2024 Emissions Monitoring Report. The North Sea Transition Authority reports a 28% fall in production emissions across the UK’s upstream oil and gas sector between 2018 and 2023, with half of the cuts delivered through targeted emissions reduction actions. Despite the drop, emissions intensity—greenhouse gases per barrel produced—is expected to have risen due to lower output. See: LNB News 10/09/2024 29. ......
In this issue: Tax treatment Corporate governance Q& As Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment Janet Bray Ltd v HMRC The First-tier Tax Tribunal ( FTT) rejected the taxpayer’s appeal against determinations for PAYE and penalties arising from a tax planning arrangement using an employee benefit trust. Both parties accepted that the arrangement failed to deliver the expected tax advantages, and the central question was whether carelessness had caused a loss of tax sufficient to engage the extended six‑year window for assessment. The FTT initially concluded that the company had not exercised reasonable care. While three separate groups of tax specialists participated in putting the arrangement in place (the company’s accountants, their network organisation, and the scheme’s promoters), the FTT found that none had been retained by the company to give it tax advice on the arrangement, and that each professional had expressly stated they were not doing so. The...
Smyth v British Airways plc and another company [2024] EWHC 2173 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling underscores the real-world and procedural hurdles to advancing representative actions. The court accepted that such claims call for a contemporary, adaptable approach, yet maintained the claimant cohort must share the same interest, or something near to it. If the initial class features many, markedly differing interests that demand individualised assessments, the action will, without a viable plan, probably fail to satisfy the rule’s jurisdictional threshold. Accordingly, only a class with genuinely aligned interests will meet the rule’s threshold at the jurisdictional gateway stage. The principal points from this case, relevant to future representative actions, include: CPR 19.8 demands that the proposed claimant group hold the same interest in the proceedings. Although ‘divergent’ interests can be tolerated (as recognised by the Supreme Court in Lloyd v...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Commission publishes competitiveness strategy for Europe The European Commission has issued a report, ‘ The future of European competitiveness’, together with an in-depth assessment featuring recommendations to reinforce the EU’s competitiveness and stimulate sustainable growth across the Union. Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, was commissioned to set out his personal vision for Europe’s competitive future. The report’s conclusions will inform the Commission’s work on a new agenda for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness, notably shaping the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal, due to be presented within the first 100 days of the new...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts Public procurement 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—11 September 2024 A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) questioned whether a Christmas giveaway shown in an Instagram post had been run fairly. The ASA also examined a further complaint about a paid-for Facebook ad which stated a supplement could treat menopause symptoms and, misleadingly, implied endorsement by the Food Standards Agency ( FSA). The ASA upheld both complaints. See: LNB News 11/09/2024 66. CMA provisionally finds Google’s ad tech practices anti-competitive The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) has provisionally concluded that Google has abused its dominant position in the UK adtech sector since at least 2015 by...
Mergers The CMA opened its phase 1 probe and invited comments on the expected purchase by Boparan Private Office Limited (through 2 Agriculture Limited) of For Farmers UK Limited’s Burston and Radstock feed mills—see further, case page. NOTE— For all current mergers before the CMA, see further, UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Subsidy control The Subsidy Advice Unit issued its final report advising the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on its planned Net Zero Hydrogen Fund Carbon Capture Use and Storage Scheme—see further, report. NOTE— For all referrals to the Subsidy Advice Unit under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, see further, UK subsidy control—cases tracker. Competition policy The CMA released a policy paper with guidance for Local Transport Authorities developing, assessing, or overseeing bus franchising proposals—see further, policy paper. Private actions The CAT posted a set of orders from the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland (dated 20 August 2024)...
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Cybersecurity Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers Financial sanctions Revocation of General trade licence Russia sanctions – legal advisory services The Export Control Joint Unit and the Department for Business and Trade have announced that the General Trade Licence ( Russia Sanctions – Legal Advisory Services) was withdrawn with effect from 6 September 2024, following amendments to the Russia Sanctions Regulations. This General Licence had allowed the direct or indirect supply of legal advisory services to support compliance with specified laws or measures, including restrictive measures on or relating to Russia. See: LNB News 06/09/2024 44. Updates to guidance on Russian services sanctions The Department for Business and Trade ( DBT) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have refreshed guidance on meeting professional and business services sanctions concerning Russia. The revisions align the guidance with changes to...
EBIX Cash Pvt Ltd v State of Maharashtra and others Writ Petition No 6707 of 2024 What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling affirms party autonomy, long hailed by the Supreme Court of India as the overarching and guiding principle of arbitration. It reiterates the judiciary’s duty to honour and give effect to the parties’ intention to resolve their disputes through arbitration. The decision further confirms that, by its very character, an arbitration agreement stands distinct from the substantive contract. Under Indian law, the initial presumption is that an arbitral tribunal may determine the existence and validity of the principal contract between the parties; and, through the doctrine of separability, the arbitration clause endures despite termination or invalidity of the underlying agreement. Read together, these principles reinforce the autonomy of the arbitral process and the independence of the...
In this issue: Building safety Building regulations Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Building safety Built environment industry responses to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report After the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report was issued on 4 September 2024, a number of built environment bodies shared their reactions. Statements were also made by the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and Fiona Mac Gregor, Chief Executive of the Regulator of Social Housing. See: LNB News 05/09/2024 52. Scottish Government establishes MWG after Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report Following publication of the Phase 2 report on 4 September 2024, the Scottish Government has set up an MWG. The report concentrated on the physical state of Grenfell Tower, with evidence taken across several modules, including the main refurbishment (overview and cladding), cladding products, internal active and passive fire safety measures, and building management......
In this issue: Competition in life sciences Research and development Pharmaceutical regulation Data protection and life sciences Advertising of medicine Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Competition in life sciences CMA succeeds in bid to reinstate £100m pharma cartel penalties Law360 reports that, on 6 September 2024, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed fines exceeding £100m against several pharmaceutical firms over a suspected price-fixing cartel, concluding that the Competition and Markets Authority had advanced its case appropriately. See: CMA wins application to revive £100m pharma cartel fine. Comment: Illumina’s EU court success bolsters dealmakers’ rights According to MLex, Illumina’s 3 September 2024 victory saw the EU’s highest court prioritise corporate rights and the ‘requirements of the business world’ within merger control. The ruling offers comfort to critics of a new regime intended to catch so-called killer acquisitions. With that shortcut removed, the Court of Justice has...
In this issue: Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection European Commission publishes Data Act FAQs The European Commission has released Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs) on the Data Act, outlining rules for data access and use to improve data availability and stimulate innovation, all while ensuring fairness......
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International Arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Arbitration in England & Wales Arbitration Bill reaches Committee Stage The Arbitration Bill entered the House of Lords’ Committee Stage on 11 September 2024. It has been scrutinised clause by clause, with potential changes capable of being adopted. A marshalled schedule of proposed amendments has also been compiled. See: LNB News 11/09/2024 53. Law Society publishes report hailing England and Wales as world's legal centre The Law Society’s International Data Insights Report concludes that England and Wales sit at the global heart of arbitration and commercial dispute resolution. Per the report, English law governs trillions of pounds in cross-border contracts and transactions. The London Commercial Court issues more written judgments annually than the leading commercial courts of other jurisdictions. See: LNB News 11/09/2024...
Antitrust The CMA has confirmed that, following the CAT’s May 2024 judgment overturning its Prochlorpezarine tablets (50511-2) decision, it will not continue competition director disqualification action against directors of Alliance Pharmaceuticals, Focus, Lexon and Medreich, and has asked the High Court to dismiss its application—see further, case page. NOTE— For all ongoing and completed director disqualification undertakings and orders issued by the CMA since 2016, see further, UK competition director disqualifications—cases tracker. Subsidy control The Subsidy Advice Unit has accepted a request from Plymouth City Council for a report on its planned subsidy to Plymouth Citybus Limited—see further, case page. NOTE— For all decisions referred to the Subsidy Advice Unit under the Subsidy Control Act 2022, see further, UK subsidy control—cases tracker. Mergers The CMA has opened a consultation on undertakings offered by the parties in lieu of a phase 2 referral regarding the...
In this issue: Public procurement Children's social care Social care Planning Healthcare Education Governance Local government finance Social housing Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Public procurement Procurement Act 2023 coming into force postponed until February 2025 Parliament has published a written ministerial statement from Georgia Gould, Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office, proposing a brief deferral to the start date of the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023), previously expected to begin in October 2024. She confirmed the government will lay regulations to move commencement to 24 February 2025. She observed the former administration’s National Procurement Policy Statement ( NPPS) fell short of realising the full potential of public procurement, and a fresh NPPS is being drafted to articulate the new Labour...
Mergers The Commission has cleared: the establishment of a joint venture by HMLYS II Holdings Limited and Xiamen C& D Commodities ( M.11658) following a phase I review—see further, Midday Express the acquisition of joint control of Ameropa Biotech by Fertinagro Biotech International ( M.11516) after a phase I assessment—see further, Midday Express the purchase of joint control over parts of Aviva plc’s onshore windfarm business by CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited and CK Asset Holdings Limited ( M.11709) after a phase I review—see further, Midday Express The Commission has received notifications in: CTS Eventim/ FNAC- DARTY/ France Billet ( M.11279) (normal merger procedure) Marubeni/ NAP/ FMG/ Aqua Green ( M.11691) (simplified merger procedure) Note— For all live merger investigations before the Commission, see further, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker Upcoming dates For dates of forthcoming EU competition developments, see further, EU...
In this issue: Implementation of planning permission Housing Development consent orders Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Related Documents Implementation of planning permission Court rejects bid to overturn decision to cancel a CLOPUD due to materially misleading information ( R ( Mehta) v RB Kensington & Chelsea) In R (on the application of Rajin Mehta) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2024] EWHC 1986 ( Admin), the High Court refused a challenge to RB Kensington & Chelsea’s decision to annul a certificate of lawful proposed use or development ( CLOPUD), finding that details lodged with the application were materially untrue. Revocation of CLOPUDs is uncommon and challenges to decisions rescinding CLOPUDs are rarer yet in planning practice......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Visitors Family routes Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar outlines the principal forthcoming developments for business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Statement of Changes HC 217 rolls out ETA scheme and makes other changes The Home Office has published a fresh Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, HC 217, together with an Explanatory Memorandum ( EM). Running to 75 pages, it introduces amendments across multiple Parts and Appendices of the Rules and advances the ETA roll-out. In particular, it sets out dates to widen the list of nationalities that must obtain Electronic Travel Authorisation ( ETA) before travelling to the UK. It also...
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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...
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