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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: Medical devices Competition in life sciences Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Research and development Advertising of medicines Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Medical devices EU Competent Authorities publish statement on medical devices regulatory framework status The European Commission is undertaking a targeted review of the medical devices regulatory regime set out in Regulation ( EU) 2017/745 (the Medical Devices Regulation, MDR) and Regulation ( EU) 2017/746 (the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation, IVDR), collectively the ‘ Regulations’. Following a workshop in France, national EU Competent Authorities have released a joint statement on the current state of the transition to these measures. Since their adoption seven years ago in 2017, stakeholders have faced a range of...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Consumer protection Contracts E-commerce International Public procurement Supplier management Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—31 July 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) has flagged the Person(s) unknown trading as Mendio Life for inquiry after insights from its Active Ad Monitoring system. A Meta promotion by Mendio Life for an acupressure clip asserted medical effects for a device lacking the necessary conformity marking and absent from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) register. This decision sits within the ASA’s wider work on advertisements asserting treatment for prostrate issues, as part of a...
What are the practical implications of this case? Should the Court of Appeal’s position prevail and Fordham J’s approach be rejected, the bases for contesting policies through administrative law will be markedly narrowed. The so‑called ‘duty of prescription’—a duty to publish a policy indicating how discretion is to be exercised—now appears restricted to cases where a statute expressly requires it, or where such prescription is needed to satisfy the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR). Without those elements, it will not be possible to rely on any purported duty of prescription. It is helpful to recall why the duty was accepted in at least some contexts in Lumba. In that decision, Lord Dyson stated that, in certain situations, the rule of law requires an open and transparent statement by the executive of the circumstances in which broad statutory criteria will be applied ( Lumba at...
In this edition: Probate Trusts Powers of attorney and advance decisions Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Family businesses and ownership structures Pensions, insurance and tax-efficient investments Private Client in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this 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 Probate Protection for personal representatives in potentially insolvent estates ( Wedgwood (as administrator of the estate of Aleem Hosein deceased) v Hosein) This ruling by Master Marsh (sitting in retirement) relates to running a...
In this issue: Funding and investment Types of private pension schemes Scheme amendments The Pensions Ombudsman Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Funding and investment Final draft DB funding code of practice laid before Parliament on 18 July 2024 After a lengthy wait and anticipation, on 26 July 2024 the Pensions Regulator ( TPR) finally released the final draft of the eagerly awaited defined benefit ( DB) funding code of practice (the DB funding code), which will apply to scheme valuations with effective dates on or after 22 September 2024, supplanting the code. The final draft DB funding code was placed before Parliament on 18 July 2024 and is intended to mirror the Occupational Pension Schemes ( Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/462 (the Funding and Investment Strategy...
Original news Mr N ( CAS-44368- C3K1)—24 April 2024 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman has only partly supported a grievance concerning the recovery of a pension overpayment. Owing to an error, the Scheme did not cease a premature retirement payment once the full Scheme benefits commenced. A change of position defence was unavailable to the complainant, since he was not in good faith; he ought to have noticed that the premature retirement instalment continued. Nevertheless, the Ombudsman awarded compensation for significant distress and inconvenience because the Scheme’s correspondence was unduly combative and the mistake ought to have been identified sooner. The decision underscores that good faith is an essential component of any change of position defence. The Ombudsman also observed that the Scheme ought to have detected the problem earlier and moderated the tone of its...
In this issue: Data protection Reputation management Public sector information Lex Talk®Information Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Data protection ICO issues reprimand to the Electoral Commission following 2021 cyberattacks The Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) has reprimanded the Electoral Commission under Article 58(2)(b) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation ( EU) 2016/679 ( UK GDPR), following an August 2021 breach. Attackers gained entry to the Commission’s Microsoft Exchange Server holding personal data for about 40 million people. Their unauthorised access continued until October 2022, with repeated intrusions unnoticed due to inadequate security, including failure to apply the latest security updates and weak password policies. See: LNB News 31/07/2024 92. European Commission releases 2nd report on EU GDPR application On 25 July 2024, the European Commission published its second report on the application of the EU’s General Data...
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In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Environment IP Life sciences TMT Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Commission releases July 2024 infringement package The European Commission has unveiled the July 2024 infringement package, outlining the EU Member States it is pursuing for not meeting their obligations under EU law. This July 2024 package features letters of formal notice sent to Italy for incorrectly transposing Directive 2008/98/ EC (the Waste Framework Directive), and to Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden for failing to comply with Regulation 2022 ( EU) 2022/2065, the EU Digital Services Act ( EU DSA), among other concerns. See: LNB News 25/07/2024 42......
UK developments HMT publishes consultation and guidance on TCFD-aligned disclosure in annual reports HM Treasury ( HMT) invites views on the proposals in its Phase 3 Exposure Draft for Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, aligning disclosure within annual reports. The draft focuses on recommended reporting across the TCFD framework’s Strategy pillars. Submissions are requested by 19 September 2024. See: LNB News 25/07/2024 67......
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and State aid Public procurement Management and strategic planning Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines EC advances action against UK over non-compliance with free movement. The European Commission ( EC) has confirmed it will issue a reasoned opinion ( INFR(2020)2202) to the United Kingdom, alleging a failure to meet EU law obligations on the free movement of EU citizens and their families—specifically the right to move and live freely across the territories of EU Member States under Article 45 of the Treaty on the...
In this issue: Occupational disease Road traffic accidents Fraud and fundamental dishonesty Case management Costs and funding Other PI & Clinical Negligence news Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information New content Occupational disease Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in low-level exposure mesothelioma cases On 28 June 2024, the Supreme Court declined permission to appeal in White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and in Cuthbert (executrix of the estate of Derek Barry Cuthbert, deceased) v Taylor Woodrow Construction Holdings. Earlier, the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) had rejected both appeals. The claims alleged that two deceased workers developed mesothelioma during employment spanning the 1950s to the 1970s. The appellate court concluded that the trial judge had been entitled to find no breach of duty by the...
Allianz reported it reviewed 32,000 sector claims from the past five years and concluded that accidents accounted for 63% of all aviation insurance filings. This covers outright crashes and collisions, plus incidents linked to adverse weather and technical faults. Airlines are contending with rising expenses and a lack of seasoned mechanics. According to the insurer’s study, aviation insurance premiums will reach a 20-year peak in 2024, with total costs to operators exceeding US$8bn overall, per its report. “ Runway excursions are on an upward trend in 2024 compared with 2023, with at least 23 logged globally between January and May 2024,” said Cristina Schoen, global head of aviation claims at Allianz Commercial......
Original news Mr G ( CAS-30170- T9C1)—27 June 2024 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman partly upheld a complaint about reclaiming a spouse’s pension overpayment that continued in error after the complainant remarried. Given repeated warnings in annual newsletters that the pension would cease on remarriage, the Ombudsman decided the complainant ought to have appreciated this, so a change of position defence was unavailable. There was no limitation bar: the Scheme could not reasonably have detected the mistake sooner, and time only began running much later when it was discovered. However, the Scheme committed maladministration by assuming Treasury guidelines obliged recovery in every instance. It fettered its discretion by failing to weigh hardship and by not considering whether Mr G had any repayment defences. The Scheme was therefore ordered to pay £500 to Mr G for significant distress and inconvenience. The...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions Other financial crime Lex Talk®Risk & Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection France restricts access to beneficial ownership registry Law360 reports that France is dialling back access to its beneficial ownership information register by introducing a filtering system that limits what was previously a fully public database from 24 July 2024, the French Finance Ministry said on 29 July 2024. See News Analysis: France restricts access to beneficial ownership registry. Financial sanctions Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) ( Amendment) ( No 3) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/834 Made under the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act 2018 ( SAMLA 2018) in connection with assimilated law, these Regulations amend one item of UK secondary legislation and revoke another concerning sanctions. They came into force on 31 July 2024. See: LNB...
In this issue: Leasing property Property development Residential property Key developments and horizon scanning Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers Leasing property Code—terms of renewal lease In EE Ltd v AP Wireless II ( UK) Ltd [2024] UKUT 216 ( LC), the Upper Tribunal ( Lands Chamber) fixed the terms of a replacement lease for a telecommunications site under the Electronic Communications Code. The earlier lease had ended and the claimants sought new Code rights from the present landlord. Two issues were in dispute: (1) the conditions allowing the landlord to bring the new lease to an end for redevelopment, and (2) the level of rent or consideration payable. The parties’ valuers advanced divergent figures—£1,000 per annum for the claimants and £2,850 per annum for the respondent. The Tribunal found for the respondent on the break right, permitting termination for...
In this issue: Budgets and Finance Bills Business structures VAT Taxes management and litigation International Employment Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Budgets and Finance Bills Autumn Budget date announced The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, stated in the House of Commons that the Autumn Budget will take place on 30 October 2024. See: LNB News 29/07/2024 82. Government publishes draft provisions for Finance Bill 2024 The government has released draft clauses for inclusion in Finance Bill 2025 ( FB 2025, also referred to as Finance Bill 2024–25), accompanied by explanatory notes and other supporting materials. It has also issued multiple policy papers setting out intentions to introduce further legislation across several areas at Autumn Budget 2024. The...
Original news Mrs E ( CAS-31211- Y0H1)—20 May 2024 Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman upheld a complaint concerning a death benefit payment. The scheme had paid the benefit to the member's former spouse instead of his widow, maintaining they were compelled to do so because the benefits had been placed in a trust for her at the time. Yet the rules had been revised and, in effect, granted the trustees complete discretion over death benefit payments even where an individual trust existed. By not exercising that discretion in this case, the trustees committed maladministration and were instructed to revisit the decision and award compensation for significant distress and inconvenience. This determination from the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman serves as a clear reminder that when trustees possess a discretion, they must actively apply it. What were the facts?......
In this issue: Ukraine conflict Cases and decisions Types of insurance Regulation New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Ukraine conflict Sanctions A marine underwriter cautioned that sanctions levelled at the Kremlin following its invasion of Ukraine could prevent it from honouring claims for collisions involving ships insured by Russian competitor IPJSC Ingosstrakh. See News Analysis: UK insurer warns over collisions with Russian ‘ Shadow Fleet’. Cases and decisions Shipping ( MOK Petro Energy FZC v Argo ( No.604) Ltd and other companies) The Commercial Court dismissed the cargo owner’s claim against the defendant cargo insurers, finding the claimant failed to prove the cargo of unleaded petrol was contaminated with water after loading, and therefore no entitlement arose to recover the difference between the cargo’s sound value and its actual...
Summary The Pensions Ombudsman has partly upheld a complaint about reclaiming an overpaid pension. The statutory Teachers’ Pension Scheme did not properly exercise its discretion under its rules or the general law of unjust enrichment, and proceeded as though Treasury guidance obliged recovery. It also breached section 91 of the Pensions Act 1995 ( PA 1995) by recovering the overpaid sums without first securing a court order. The determination underlines that pension schemes must give genuine consideration to any discretion available to them. What were the facts? Mrs L was a member of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. She retired from the Scheme in 2010 and received both a lump sum and a pension......
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