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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: Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Insurance and reinsurance International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Data protection and cybersecurity Comment— Google's reversal on killing cookies may prompt EU ad sector proposals MLex reports that Google’s revised plan, giving people greater control over how online adverts are delivered, is expected to draw rigorous scrutiny from European Commission officials, as they contemplate potential legislative measures on web cookies and digital advertising in the coming months. See News Analysis: Comment— Google's reversal on killing cookies may prompt EU ad sector proposals. X suspends processing of personal data of EU and EEA users to train AI tool The Irish Data Protection Commission ( DPC) has reached an agreement with X, under which the platform will pause processing of personal data contained in the public posts of X’s users in the EU and the EEA, between 7 May and 1 August 2024, for the...
In this issue: Repairing obligations and dilapidations Enforcing security and property insolvency Residential tenancies Enforcing security and property insolvency Disputes and remedies Residential tenancies Property disputes in Scotland Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Repairing obligations and dilapidations RICS updates RICS updates Cladding External Wall Systems ( EWS) FAQs The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS) has revised its frequently asked questions ( FAQs) on cladding external wall systems ( EWS) to align with how the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ( LFRA 2024) impacts the Building Safety Act 2022 ( BSA 2022). Part 8 of LFRA 2024 changes Part 5 of BSA 2022. These revisions affect the operation of cost recovery, remediation orders and...
In this issue Financial sanctions Other financial crime Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions OFSI issues General Licence in relation to insolvency proceedings associated with East West United Bank The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has released General Licence INT/2024/5028385 under regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, permitting payments and other authorised activities linked to the insolvency proceedings of East West United Bank. The licence took effect on 9 August 2024 and will expire at 11:59 pm on 8 August 2029. See: LNB News 09/08/2024 35. OFSI amends General Licence INT/2022/2009156 OFSI has revised General Licence INT/2022/2009156, extending the range of permitted payments to UK insurers under the UK sanctions regime to include employers’ liability insurance. See: LNB News 09/08/2024 36......
In this issue: New technologies Internet Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies X will halt the processing of personal data from EU and EEA users’ public posts for training its AI tool, ‘ Grok’, under an arrangement reached with the Irish Data Protection Commission ( DPC). The pause runs from 7 May to 1 August 2024. This agreement followed an urgent High Court application made by the Irish DPC pursuant to section 134 of the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 — the first occasion on which the DPC has exercised the powers available under that provision. Hearing the matter, Ms Justice Richards found that the protection of data subjects’ rights and freedoms across the EU and EEA sat at the centre of the case. See: LNB News 09/08/2024 12......
See Q& A: W dies first and her estate is valued at £1.3m including non-exempt cash legacies, residue 90% to her husband and 10% to a charity. H dies three months later leaving an estate of £1.4m, which also includes non-exempt cash legacies, together with a charitable cash legacy of 10% of the estate and the remainder for the children. H’s personal representatives propose redirecting his 90% share from the first estate to the children to prevent RNRB taper. As that change would diminish the 10% charitable gift, is the charity’s consent required for the variation? If consent is needed, could H’s own entitlement be re-routed to compensate the charity for any shortfall? A post-death variation of dispositions under a Will, whether or not designed......
Mark Glenn Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 715 ( TC) The appellant provided what is called the Kinsey System to clients experiencing hair loss. The Kinsey System entails placing a bespoke wig over the affected scalp area, with supplementary wig mesh used when required, allowing the piece to sit like a second skin while natural hairs emerge through the mesh and mingle with the wig fibres. The hair is subsequently cut and styled. Customers are expected to revisit the supplier roughly every six weeks. Visits recur on a rolling basis as part of service. The FTT determined—and the parties on appeal accepted—that delivering the Kinsey System amounted to a supply of services. Item 3, Group 12, Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 ( VATA 1994) refers to ‘ The supply to a disabled person of services of adapting goods to suit his...
Private actions CAT issues orders dismissing claims against some truck manufacturers in damages action brought by Adur District Council The CAT has released the following orders in connection with the damages proceedings brought by Adur District Council and 137 other claimants against various truck manufacturers: an order dismissing the claims against the four Volvo/ Renault defendants an order dismissing the claims against PACCAR Inc and two DAF defendants an order dismissing the claims against Daimler AG These orders were made after settlements were concluded between the claimants and the respective defendants......
Adjournment needed for medical expert to assess capacity of witness to give evidence ((1) Easton & Co (2) Justin Easton (on behalf of the estate of Leslie Easton deceased) v Donlon) (1) Leslie Easton & Co Ltd (2) Justin Easton (on behalf of the estate of Leslie Easton deceased) v Donlon [2024] EAT 126 What are the practical implications of this decision? Here, the respondents’ advocate faced a dire predicament when his client suddenly repudiated the document intended to be his evidence-in-chief. The client: disputed that he authored the letter in the bundle designated as his evidence-in-chief rejected having previously agreed with his representative (and the other director) that this letter would serve as his evidence-in-chief claimed he had never read it before taking the oath insisted the contents were untrue and that anyone asserting otherwise was...
Fidelis defence at the High Court In its defence before the High Court, Fidelis argues that JSC Ural Airlines’ refusal to return aircraft to the operator, WWTAI Air Op Co II DAC, does not fall within an insured risk under the insurance contracts. If the aircraft were lost (a proposition Fidelis contests), the cause, it says, was JSC’s choice to retain them “for its own commercial purposes” and its “conduct pursuant to that decision”. The defence was filed on 25 July 2024 and has since been made public. WWTAI Air Op Co brought proceedings against multiple insurers in 2023, seeking a payout for planes left on the ground after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The company states that the three commercial aircraft it leased to JSC at the time of Russia’s attack have been re-registered in the country and that it has not received...
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc and others v Dexcom Inc and others [2024] EWHC 1664 ( Pat) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling forms part of the parties’ wider, cross-border battle over CGM technology. The conclusions on infringement and validity are, for the most part, tethered to the facts of this dispute. Nonetheless, the court’s observations on the deployment of expert evidence will interest practitioners, and stand as a further reminder that experts instructed in patent litigation must operate in the correct technical domain. Here, the technological sophistication suggested that the hypothetical skilled team would need a broad span of knowledge and experience, which a lone expert might find difficult to encompass. Where more than one expert is retained, they should be permitted to review each other’s reports so that the combined competencies of the skilled team are mirrored in the...
Alesayi v Bank Audi SAL [2024] EWHC 1975 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? Disclosure was requested to underpin the claimant’s case that it was entitled to sue the Bank in England pursuant to section 15B(2) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 ( CJJA 1982)—that is, that the defendant bank was carrying on commercial or professional activities in England at the relevant time, and that the claimant was domiciled in England (the Activities Requirement). As the Bank was in a markedly stronger position regarding documents about the alleged activity, the court held the question could not be determined fairly without the confined disclosure sought. This was especially so because, to establish the Activities Requirement, the Bank’s activities needed to be directed to England rather than focused on the claimant specifically. In shaping the categories of documents demanded, under both CPR 31.12 and CPR...
In July 2024, the dominant search and advertising firm announced it would roll out a user-choice cookie prompt in Chrome. People will be able either to retain third-party cookies—the adtech sector’s principal mechanism for targeted advertising—or select a ‘new experience’ intended to help them ‘make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing’. Four years after first saying it planned to scrap third-party cookies in the world’s dominant Internet browser, Google is now leaving it to consumers to decide whether advertisers can continue to reap the benefits of cross-site tracking for targeted ads. That change places fresh attention on the Commission, which has pressed for cookie choices in browser settings since putting forward the e- Privacy Regulation in 2017. The draft law has spent six years in legislative limbo. By confirming it will retain third-party cookies while expanding user options within Chrome, Google...
Mergers Following a phase I review by the Commission, approval was given to KPS Capital Partners, LP for the acquisition of sole control over Innomotics Gmb H and Innomotics LLC ( M.11616)—see further, Midday Express The Commission received and filed the notification in Compass/ DR Holding ( M.11664) under the simplified merger procedure The Commission has released the public version of its phase I decision in Farfetch/ Richemont/ Ynap ( M.10926)—see further, decision NOTE— For every ongoing merger investigation before the Commission, see further, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker State aid Under EU State aid rules, the Commission authorised a Dutch scheme worth €700m to compensate farmers who voluntarily shut livestock farming sites in specified areas of the Netherlands, to improve environmental quality and encourage more sustainable, environmentally friendly production in the livestock sector—see further, Midday Express The Official Journal has...
For pensioners aged over 66, the state pension could climb by £517 from April 2024, provided the data continues to indicate figures at the same level as before. The triple lock raises the state pension each April by applying the highest of average earnings growth, inflation, or 2.5%, whichever measure turns out to be the highest reading. According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS) on 13 August 2024, earnings rose by 4.5% between April 2024 and June when set against the corresponding period in 2023......
Defined benefit ( DB) pension schemes Defined benefit ( DB) pension schemes at the biggest 40 charities across England and Wales have recorded an average 20% improvement in funding since 2019, the firm’s yearly report reveals, as detailed in the report. This comes as annual charity revenues have climbed to £15bn, from £12.6bn five years prior, over the same period. Stronger income and pension positions may prompt more organisations to potentially implement further significant alterations to their pension set‑ups. This is notwithstanding DB arrangements contending with financial market turbulence, Hymans Robertson notes. ‘ Many charities are now genuinely in a position to explore buying out their DB pension scheme with an insurer,’ said Heather Allingham, actuary and head of pensions consulting for charities at Hymans Robertson. Where a pension plan is fully funded, the returns generated by its assets are adequate to cover the...
Herve v (1) Goldstein (2) Sareen ( ET/2201510/2021, ET/2201511/2021, ET/2203754/2021) Employment Judge Natasha Joffe found that Abraham Goldstein and Vipin Sareen must compensate Marie Herve for unfair dismissal after she objected to being required to keep working from their homes while COVID-19 restrictions remained in force. The tribunal determined that Goldstein, formerly the head of derivatives at UBS, is to pay Herve more than £94,000 for his treatment of her, while Sareen is liable for over £20,000, as set out in the decision. In a November 2022 judgment, Judge Joffe concluded that Herve “had been pressed to attend work during an ongoing public health emergency because it would be more convenient to [ Goldstein] for her to do so”. Herve initially served as a personal assistant to Goldstein and Sareen from 2009 at the hedge fund IV Capital. When the company was wound up in 2014, they...
Businesses affected In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell sharply as outages hit many large companies. Airlines drew the most focus after the total collapse of computer systems across numerous carriers led to flight cancellations, stranding travellers in airports worldwide. British Airways PLC reported cancelling roughly 131 flights between 19–21 July 2024. Across major airlines, more than 4,000 flights were cancelled on 19 July 2024 alone, and over 11,000 between 19–21 July 2024. For many carriers, disruption persisted into the following week. NHS hospitals and other medical providers were blocked from undertaking critical business functions and from accessing information required to deliver care. Likewise, some emergency response operators’ call centres went offline. Financial systems were also affected and became unusable, including trading platforms, banks, retail payment systems and other Microsoft-based transactional platforms. The monetary cost of the outage has yet to be...
Jonathan Reynolds, Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, urged the insurance industry to help small business owners to ‘get back on their feet’ after the turmoil. Over a week of disorder, premises were ransacked or compelled to shut and vehicles set alight as rioters confronted police in several cities across the UK. The unrest, fuelled by misinformation online, followed the fatal stabbing of three children and injuries to ten more at a dance class in Southport, North West England. Addressing the Association of British Insurers ( ABI), Reynolds said high street retailers may have faced thousands of pounds in damage to property and stock due to the violence. He added, in a letter to the association, that many have already lodged insurance claims for their losses......
Re Browne and others [2024] EWHC 1777 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? In this decision, the court examined two matters of practical significance for parties and advisers contemplating a scheme of arrangement: it affirmed its jurisdiction to sanction a scheme that applies the Insolvency ( England and Wales) Rules 2016 ( IR 2016), SI 2016/1024 in a modified form. This is a well-established use of the scheme jurisdiction and is commonly encountered in practice; for example, a scheme might set a cut-off for claims and/or adopt an alternative adjudication route it also held that, although creditors could hold different rights owing to the proposed treatment of their claims under the scheme, the class was not splintered because any disparity in amounts paid to creditors was expected to be modest in practice overall The evaluation of creditor outcomes will always be...
Private actions CAT issues collective proceedings orders brought by Commercial Interregional Card Claims I Limited and Commercial and Interregional Card Claims II Limited against Mastercard and Visa On 9 August 2024, the CAT granted collective proceedings orders in relation to applications under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, advanced by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I Limited ( CICC I) and Commercial and Interregional Card Claims II Limited ( CICC II), against each of Mastercard and Visa respectively (together, the defendants)......
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