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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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Summary The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a complaint regarding imprudent and reckless investment choices made by a pension scheme trustee. The trustee committed numerous breaches of trust and infringed statutory investment duties by channelling funds into concentrated, unregulated and very high‑risk assets. The trustee also failed to handle conflicts of interest, deriving personal gain from certain investments and from the Scheme’s administration. The determination makes the trustee personally responsible for repaying nearly £4m to the Scheme. This decision serves as a clear reminder that pension trustees may face personal liability for breaches of their investment obligations. Such decisions were reckless and poorly judged. What were the facts? Mr R, Mr N and Mr O were all members of the AJC2 Pension Scheme (the Scheme). Mr Hoole acted as the Scheme’s sole trustee; the Scheme was said to have more than 100 members, although this figure was...
In this issue: Anti-dumping Trade in goods WTO Customs Lex Talk®International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Anti-dumping Chinese biodiesel to face EU preliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 36.4% MLex reports that the European Commission, in a pre-disclosure issued on 19 July 2024, stated EU buyers of Chinese biodiesel will face provisional anti-dumping tariffs up to 36.4%. See News Analysis: Chinese biodiesel to face EU preliminary anti-dumping duties up to 36.4%. Trade in goods TRA publishes Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24 The Trade Remedies Authority ( TRA) has released its Annual Report and Accounts for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The report also includes a review of TRA’s work during......
Kate Smith, the head of pensions at Aegon, stated on 30 July 2024 that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s announcement in Parliament on 29 July 2024, confirming a cut to the communications budget, could significantly hamper the government’s capacity to promote the initiative to UK savers. The programme, which has suffered delays, seeks to help employees work out their income in retirement more accurately. The portals—known as dashboards—will allow Britons to find what experts reckon is £26bn in unclaimed savings across roughly 2.8 million lost pension pots. Smith cautioned the reductions could be costly and might ‘jeopardise the success of pension dashboards’......
In this issue Tax treatment Regulatory Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment HMRC publishes Employment Related Securities Bulletin 56 HMRC has issued Employment Related Securities Bulletin 56, outlining guidance on tax and reporting duties for dividend income and for share sales and disposals within employee share schemes. On dividend income, it notes: There is no need to report dividends that fall within the £500 dividend allowance, and dividends from shares held in ISAs are always tax-free. Where taxable dividends are £10,000 or less, liability can be settled via a tax code adjustment or by completing a Self Assessment return. If dividends exceed £10,000, filing a Self Assessment return is mandatory. Dividends from non- UK companies may have had withholding tax deducted abroad, which can be...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications Technology sourcing Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies Crypto damages quantification—valuation at the date of breach or date of judgment? In Southgate v Graham [2024] EWHC 1692 ( Ch), the High Court considered an appeal from the County Court which, inter alia, questioned the correct date for assessing damages in a cryptocurrency loan dispute. At first instance, the County Court ruled that damages should be calculated by reference to the cryptocurrency’s fiat value as at the breach date. Given the cryptocurrency’s volatility, that approach would have produced a markedly lower award in fiat than if a later valuation point were used. The High Court allowed the appeal on the valuation-date issue and directed a further hearing to determine the appropriate date. Dan Wyatt and Christopher...
Mergers CMA consults on six draft updated mergers guidance documents to reflect jurisdictional and procedural changes introduced by the DMCCA on the merger regime The Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA) has launched a consultation on a revised set of merger guidance. The draft package includes: Mergers: Guidance on the CMA’s jurisdiction and procedure ( CMA2) Quick guide to UK merger assessment ( CMA18) Mergers exceptions to the duty to refer and undertakings in lieu ( CMA64) Interim measures in merger investigations ( CMA108) Rules of procedure for merger, market and special reference groups ( CMA17) Energy network mergers guidance ( CMA190) The proposed updates to these documents reflect the changes introduced by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA), as well as other legislation and developments in CMA practice......
In this issue: Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) ESG and sustainability: employment issues Status and worker categories Employment contract Pay Whistleblowing Employment Tribunals/ Employment Appeal Tribunal Civil courts Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Materials Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Prohibited conduct (discrimination etc) Complaint by LGBT charity about ‘gender critical’ tweets did not induce or cause chambers’ discrimination of barrister In Bailey v Stonewall Equality Ltd [2024] EAT 119, the Employment Appeal Tribunal confirmed an employment tribunal had not erred in dismissing a barrister’s complaint, based on her gender critical beliefs, that Stonewall, an LGBT campaigning charity, had caused or encouraged her chambers to discriminate against her, contrary to section 111 of the Equality Act 2010. The tribunal...
In this issue: Criminal procedure and evidence Proceeds of crime Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Consumer protection and cartels Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Useful information Criminal procedure and evidence Top corporate crime cases to watch for the rest of 2024 Key white-collar matters on the horizon include the SFO’s plan to bring bribery charges against individuals in connection with Glencore’s activities in Nigeria, a landmark bitcoin money laundering trial, and the continuing courtroom clashes between Eurasian Natural Resources Corp ( ENRC) and the SFO. For...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Family members under Part 8 and Appendix FM Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Secretary statement on direction of legal migration policy The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, addressed Parliament on the direction of the new Labour government’s future policy on legal migration. She reaffirmed a focus on aligning migration policy with skills and the labour market—a ‘new approach’—to be delivered through a cross‑government programme set out in the pre‑election manifesto and the newly announced Skills England body highlighted in the King’s speech. She also confirmed that ministers will press ahead with the...
In this issue: Financial sanctions Other financial crime Data protection 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 Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) ( Amendment) ( No 3) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/834: These Regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by the Sanctions and Anti- Money Laundering Act 2018 ( SAMLA 2018) in relation to assimilated law. They amend one item of UK secondary legislation and revoke another item of UK secondary legislation concerning sanctions. They came into force on 31 July 2024. See: LNB News 31/07/2024 21. Syria ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) ( Amendment) ( No 2) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/833: These Regulations are made using legislative powers under the Sanctions and Anti- Money...
In this issue: Key R& I developments Insolvency litigation Personal insolvency Corporate insolvency processes Restructuring The office-holder Directors and insolvency Financial institutions R& I in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts New content Key R& I developments South Square Digest— July 2024 The July 2024 issue of the South Square Digest has been released. See News Analysis: South Square Digest— July 2024. Insolvency litigation Appeals arising from deficient judicial reasoning ( Singh v Garcha) On appeal before Mr Justice Zacaroli, the High Court dealt with a largely successful challenge grounded chiefly in the trial judge’s omission to provide reasons for determinations. In short, the appellate court found that, on several matters, the judge’s reasoning was inadequate, so a retrial is required for substantial portions of the appellant’s application. However, the court rejected the appellant’s complaint about the sufficiency of reasons for the finding on detrimental reliance suffered by the second respondent, and it also dismissed an appeal against a costs order in...
In this issue: UK competition policy UK antitrust UK mergers National Security and Investment Act 2021 UK private actions UK digital markets EU antitrust EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Caselex UK competition policy Government launches consultation on turnover and control regulations under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act The Department of Business and Trade ( DBT) has published a consultation on three draft regulations which, for purposes of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA 2024), explain how turnover is to be estimated or calculated and when a person is regarded as having control of an enterprise. The draft regulations are: Competition Act 1998 ( Determination of Turnover for...
Summary The Pensions Ombudsman partly upheld a complaint concerning an inaccurate retirement quotation. Depending on the erroneous figure was unreasonable, as it was not guaranteed and had been issued more than a year before the complainant left by reason of redundancy, notwithstanding his asserted reliance. He had also failed to mitigate any loss by seeking other employment or deferring the start of his pension. However, the Scheme was directed to pay the member £1,000 in compensation for significant distress and inconvenience. The Ombudsman’s decision serves as a reminder that complainants’ reliance on wrong information must itself be reasonable. What were the facts? Mr S was a deferred member of the Husqvarna Pension Scheme (the Scheme). In February 2018, he received a non-guaranteed pension estimate from the Scheme’s pension manager......
In this issue: Education Social care Children’s social care Social housing Healthcare Governance Public procurement Local government finance Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& A Education Dismissal of appeal against SSE’s prohibiting order on teaching issues concerning Christian faith and use of pronouns for students ( Sutcliffe v SSE) The Administrative Court in Sutcliffe v Secretary of State for Education [2024] EWHC 1878 ( Admin) permitted the appellant additional time, yet dismissed his appeal against the Secretary of State’s decision to issue an order preventing him from teaching on matters where his Christian convictions clashed with his professional responsibilities towards the children in his class. The proceedings arose from conduct by a teacher who knowingly used female pronouns for a transgender male pupil ( A) in...
NOTE In Thomas v Southwark Council [2024] EWHC 2739 ( Ch), delivered on 31 October 2024, the High Court overturned, on appeal, the Pensions Ombudsman’s determination in this case to the extent it concerned the cohabiting partner’s pension, and remitted the appellant’s application to the respondent ( Southwark Council) for reconsideration and a fresh decision. For further details, see News Analysis: Council must reconsider appellant’s application for cohabiting partner’s pension ( Thomas v Southwark Council). Original news Mr S ( CAS-92836- R6B0)—23 February 2024 Summary The Pensions Ombudsman dismissed a complaint about a scheme’s refusal to pay a death grant and a cohabiting partner’s pension. The scheme properly exercised its discretion in declining the death grant, because the complainant had been incorrectly described as a husband on the death benefit nomination and was not identified in the will. There was also no evidence of financial...
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Patents IP and technology 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 Copyright & associated rights Injunction granted against Craig Wright ( Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright; Wright v BTC Core) In High Court proceedings brought by Crypto Open Patent Alliance ( COPA) against Craig Steven Wright, the court found squarely and decisively against Dr Wright’s assertions that he created Bitcoin as ‘ Satoshi Nakamoto’. On the final day of the hearing earlier this year, Mr Justice Mellor stated the evidence was overwhelming and unequivocal: Dr Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper, did not act under the name Satoshi Nakamoto between 2008 and 2011, did not devise the Bitcoin system, and did not write the early iterations of the Bitcoin software at all. The recently issued written...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Costs and funding Injunctions Case management Applications—specific Evidence and disclosure Settlement 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 changes Civil Procedure ( Amendment No 3) Rules 2024, SI 2024/839, update the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 ( SI 1998/3132), which regulate practice and procedure in the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court. The reforms address ten areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution ( ADR); how Judges are cited within the CPR; expansion of Fixed Recoverable Costs ( FRC); the deadline for seeking permission to appeal from the Court of Appeal to the UK Supreme Court; the process for references relating to...
In this issue Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental liabilities, due diligence and insurance Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Key developments and materials Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Water, flooding and drainage Lex Talk®Environment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change Energy Secretary discusses the climate emergency with COP leaders Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, met Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma ( President for COP26), HE Mukhtar Babaye ( COP29 President Designate), and HE Ana Toni, Brazil’s National Secretary for Climate Change and head of COP30, to consider the escalating urgency of the climate crisis. See: LNB News 29/07/2024 31. Energy for...
In this issue: Adjudication Litigation Arbitration Procurement in construction Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Construction trackers Adjudication Sub-contractor’s claims against contractor were not settled by a CVA ( Henry Construction v Pro MEP) In Henry Construction Projects Limited v Pro MEP Ltd [2024] EWHC 1825 ( TCC), the TCC ruled that an adjudicator’s decision was enforceable against the contractor, firmly dismissing contentions that the sub-contractor’s claims were compromised by a company voluntary arrangement, and that the adjudicator’s decision had been obtained by fraud. See News Analysis: Sub-contractor’s claims against contractor were not settled by a CVA ( Henry Construction v Pro MEP). Litigation Claim for introducer fees to proceed to trial despite various challenges ( Matrix Receivables Ltd v Musst Holdings Ltd) In Matrix Receivables Ltd v Musst Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 1495 ( Ch), the defendant’s move to strike out and/or secure...
Antitrust Commission launches consultation on draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses The Commission has launched a consultation on draft Guidelines addressing exclusionary abuses of dominance (the Draft Guidelines). Background By way of background, in March 2023 the Commission issued a Call for Evidence seeking views on adopting guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance. Stakeholders generally welcomed the initiative and asked for clarity and legal certainty in the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary behaviour. In parallel with the Call for Evidence, the Commission, on the same day, released a Communication (with an Annex) amending its 2008 guidance on enforcement priorities relating to exclusionary abuses. In March 2023, a Policy Brief entitled ‘ A dynamic and workable effects-based approach to Article 102 TFEU’ was also published......
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