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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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Mergers The CMA opened a phase 1 probe and called for comments on Macquarie Asset Management’s expected purchase of a joint controlling stake in Last Mile Infrastructure ( Holdings) Limited—see further, case page Following a phase 1 review, the CMA approved Nationwide Building Society’s proposed takeover of Virgin Money UK PLC—see further, case page After phase 1 scrutiny, the CMA also cleared Roche Diagnostics Limited to acquire specified entities owned by Lumira Dx Group Limited (in administration) and Lumira Dx International Limited (in administration)—see further, case page NOTE— For all current CMA merger matters, see further, UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker Private actions The CAT has posted the application in Waterside Class Limited v (1) Mowi ASA, (2) Mowi Holding SA, (3) Grieg Seafood ASA, (4) Salmar ASA, (5) Lerøy Seafood Group ASA, and (6) Scottish Sea Farms Limited, a collective damages claim by...
Jump to: General Brexit headlines Editor's picks—the practice area/sector view New and updated Brexit related content Lex Talk®Brexit: a Lexis®Nexis community Useful information General Brexit headlines This section contains key overarching Brexit news headlines. Weekly round-up of EU- UK TCA Specialised Committees’ publications—16 July 2024. This overview highlights publications released by the Specialised Committees formed under the EU- UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement between 10 July 2024 and 16 July 2024. See: LNB News 16/07/2024 71. Editor's picks—the practice area/sector view This section presents key Brexit updates selected by Lexis+®UK lawyers from their respective practice areas. Financial Services ESMA consults on draft RTS on order execution policies under Mi FID II. The consultation outlines criteria for investment firms to create and review the effectiveness of their order execution policies. Responses are invited by 16 October 2024. Drawing on stakeholder input, ESMA will finalise a report and send the...
Mergers The Commission received notifications for: CVC/ Waldakt/ Resurs ( M.11636) (simplified merger procedure) Goldman Sachs/ Groupe Crystal ( M.11607) (simplified merger procedure) It released the Advisory Committee’s Opinion, the Hearing Officer’s Final Report, and the Summary of the Commission decision in Orange/ Mas Movil ( M.10896)—see further, Opinion of the Advisory Committee, Final Report of the Hearing Officer and Summary of the Commission decision Note— For all ongoing merger probes before the Commission, see further, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker State aid The Commission adopted two approvals under EU State aid rules: Czechia’s compensation to Czech Post for providing Data Box Information System services for...
King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and others [2024] EWCA Civ 719 The opposing position put forward in this case—and endorsed by the Commercial Court at first instance—was that, in this situation, the other party’s sole remedy is damages for breach of contract, rather than a claim in debt. On that footing, recovery would be confined to compensation for proved loss. The distinction between debt and damages is critical: Damages: the claimant must prove loss and satisfy the principles of causation, mitigation and remoteness. Debt: the claimant need only show that a contractual sum is due and has become payable, and does not have to prove loss. In addition, damages are compensatory, whereas debts are not. Background The case concerns contracts for the sale of four vessels under the 2012 Norwegian Saleform. The sales were governed by four separate...
At the Court of Appeal, judges rejected Emotional Perception AI’s assertion that the technology behind its recommendation algorithm was ‘fundamentally different’ from accepted meanings of a ‘computer’ and a ‘computer’ programme. Writing for the court on 19 July 2024, Judge Colin Birss stated: ‘ The first point to make is that, however it is implemented, such a machine [an artificial neural network] is clearly a computer—it is a machine for processing information’. In turn, the court aligned with the Comptroller- General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks that the Patent Act 1977 ( PA 1977) provisions excluding patentability for computer programmes applied to Emotional Perception’s invention. The judges also concluded that the judge at an earlier hearing was wrong to hold that the AI company’s artificial neural......
The convention has stood at the vanguard of global action against bribery and remains indispensable, given corruption erodes fair markets, hampers economic growth, weakens democratic institutions and damages the rule of law. Over the past twenty-five years, it has raised public consciousness and spurred statutory reforms across numerous countries, reshaped business behaviour and energised civil society. Yet it has also confronted enduring obstacles, including patchy enforcement and political headwinds. This piece reviews the convention’s achievements and difficulties, and underscores its role in expanding transparency and accountability around the world. Background The convention is a binding international accord among signatories that commit to outlaw the bribery of foreign public officials and to undergo rigorous peer evaluation of progress in putting the convention into effect. Parties must hold companies and individuals to account through effective and proportionate penalties, and extend mutual legal assistance to overseas...
Cats North Sea Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 512 ( TC) What are the practical implications of this case? Although the statutory rules dealing with oil-related operations are fairly narrow in scope, the regimes on transfers of trade and capital allowances have a much broader application. The judgment provides a useful steer on how the FTT is apt to address thorny problems of statutory interpretation under those latter codes. In particular, it highlights the degree to which a legal fiction introduced by a deeming rule within these codes will be given effect. A principal question was whether a trade had been transferred where the transferor conveyed only part of a trade and the transferee was regarded as conducting two trades. The reasoning for treating that outcome as a transfer of a trade, and the effect of the singular encompassing the plural in this...
Res Judicata provides post‑ Brexit shelter for IP rights ( Praesidiad & Guardiar v Zaun) Praesidiad Holding BVBA (formerly Betafence Holding BVBA) and another company v Zaun Ltd [2024] EWHC 1549 ( Pat) What are the practical implications of this case? As the court observed at [62] of the judgment, an inferred disapplication of the statutory form of res judicata in Article 86(5) of Regulation ( EC) 6/2002 is far from enough to infer that parliament intended to set aside the long‑standing principles of res judicata and abuse of process. In essence, the court would not permit a re‑run of issues already taken to a final determination at the EUIPO. Here, the dispute related to the validity of an RCD and its UK cloned right. Nevertheless, the same analysis may equally catch other rights duplicated onto UK registers following Brexit, for example EU trade marks...
Uncertainty remains over whether policyholders can make claims on their cyber-insurance policies after the blackout, which was triggered by a Windows update from IT security firm Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. In a notice on its website, Crowdstrike said the problem affected only Windows computers. The company emphasised this was not a security incident or cyber-attack. It also noted the issue had been identified and isolated, and that a fix had been deployed......
AH v BH [2024] EWFC 125 What are the practical implications of this case? Peel J adjusted the PMA only to the extent needed to meet the wife’s and children’s needs. He also indicated, in broad terms, the markedly higher award the wife might have obtained had there been no PMA and a sharing claim had prevailed. The court examined differing methods of providing housing when balancing PMA terms against the requirements of the financially weaker party. In this case, the wife was not limited to provision akin to an order under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 ( Ch A 1989). Peel J observed he was unaware of any relevant reported authority where a primary carer of children, lacking significant assets, had not been granted a lump sum for housing outright. What was the background? The wife, aged 40 and brought up in country A,...
European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Case C-516/22 ( ECLI- EU- C-2024-231) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment underscores the Court of Justice’s careful stance on arbitration as a parallel route for settling disputes touching on EU law. That outlook is deliberately cautious and firmly supervisory. To preserve the primacy of the EU legal system and consistent construction of EU rules across the internal market, the Court will see to it that executing intra‑ EU arbitral awards, including those issued under international instruments, such as the ICSID Convention, does not inflict irreversible harm on that framework. Consequently, the Court will take every measure to verify such awards’ conformity with EU law and, where that cannot be achieved, bar their enforcement within the EU to the extent that they conflict with EU law. In light of this,...
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Trade marks/passing off Patents IP and technology General IP Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Copyright & associated rights On 30 April 2024, the Court of Justice handed down its decision in La Quadrature du Net ( Case C-470/21), setting out when public bodies may keep and obtain access to personal data — in particular IP addresses — to counter online copyright violations. The court confirmed that any such access is allowed only in narrowly defined circumstances and must be subject to prior judicial scrutiny. The ruling carries notable consequences for data protection and the freedoms of internet users across the EU. Authored by Alexander Schmalenberger, knowledge lawyer at Taylor Wessing in Hamburg. See News...
In this issue: King's Speech 2024 Share capital Equity capital markets Financial services regulation for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information King's Speech 2024 King's Speech 2024— Key themes and proposals At the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024, His Majesty King Charles III set out the government’s priorities and policy plans for the next parliamentary session. The programme contains 40 legislative proposals scheduled for consideration during 2024–2025. In his remarks, the King confirmed the government’s legislative programme would be mission-led and anchored in the principles of security, fairness and opportunity for all. See: LNB News 17/07/2024 113. King's Speech 2024— Corporate At the same State Opening on 17 July 2024, His Majesty outlined the government’s priorities and proposed policies for the coming session. The King’s...
Mergers Following a phase I review, the Commission approved the move to share joint control of Hempel A/ S by Hempel Invest A/ S and CVC Capital Partners plc ( M.11590)—for more, see Midday Express. The Commission has acknowledged the filing in Harng Central Department Store/ Globus Holding ( M.11631) under the simplified merger procedure. NOTE— For every ongoing merger probe before the Commission, consult the EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Upcoming dates: for forthcoming EU competition milestones, see the EU Competition calendar......
In this issue: King’s Speech 2024 Criminal procedure and evidence Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Food safety and hygiene offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Corporate Crime in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information King’s Speech 2024 King’s Speech 2024—criminal justice and law enforcement His Majesty the King outlined the government’s priorities and intended policies for the forthcoming parliamentary session at the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. As in November 2023, public safety was central to the address, and the new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, pledged to clamp down on anti‑social behaviour, reclaim our streets and...
Manolete Partners plc v Bell and others [2024] EWHC 1636 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision offers additional backing to office-holders and funders bringing claims against delinquent directors. Where there is no sign that creditor interests were considered, the director will be judged by an objective benchmark, as set out in HLC Environmental Projects Ltd (in liq) [2013] EWHC 2876 ( Ch). It is also noteworthy that when a hybrid matter becomes a solely Part 7 claim, it may still remain on the insolvency list. What was the background? BSS was incorporated on 27 April 2010 as Building Software Solutions Ltd, later changing its name to BSS LED Ltd (“ Company”) on 3 May 2012. On 15 October 2018 it adopted its current name, inserting the characters “[ R& D]”. The Company stopped trading on 31 March 2019 and all...
In this issue: Kings speech Sanctions Aviation finance Shipping finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets Regulation for derivatives lawyers Technology in banking & finance transactions Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Kings speech King's Speech 2024— Financial Services Delivered on 17 July 2024, the King’s Speech outlined a Bank Resolution ( Recapitalisation) Bill intended to reinforce the UK’s resolution framework, equipping the Bank of England with a wider, more agile set of tools to handle the collapse of smaller banks. Its purpose is to ensure that, when intervention in troubled institutions is required, parts of the costs of managing those failures are not transferred to taxpayers. See: LNB News 17/07/2024 54. Source: King's Speech 2024: background briefing...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Accountability, culture and social governance Prudential requirements Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Regulation of derivatives Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Mi FID II Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies ESAs highlight role of behavioural insights in supervisory and policy work The three European Supervisory Authorities — the European Banking Authority ( EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ( EIOPA) and the...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Repairing obligations and dilapidations Rent and rates Enforcing security and property insolvency Trespass and adverse possession Disputes and remedies Service charges Easements and covenants Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Key developments and horizon scanning King’s Speech 2024—property measures The 2024 King’s Speech set out property measures anticipated from Labour’s election campaign, including ending ‘no-fault’ evictions in the private rented sector and progressing Law Commission proposals on enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to manage. The supporting background briefing, adding further detail, confirms reforms will include regulating ground rents—trailed during Labour’s campaign but excluded from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ( LFRA 2024)—and also points to abolishing residential forfeiture. That issue has been contemplated for a considerable time: the Law Commission’s 2006 report, ‘ Termination of Tenancies for Tenant Default’ (which was not confined to...
In this issue: Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills Corporate Governance Remuneration issues for financial services firms Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills King’s Speech 2024 At the State Opening of Parliament held on 17 July 2024, His Majesty King Charles III set out the government’s priorities and proposed policies for the forthcoming parliamentary session. This includes 40 legislative proposals to be addressed during the 2024–25 parliamentary session. Although no measures directly relating to share incentives were put forward, the announcements of greatest relevance included: a Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill with the purpose of ‘strengthening’ corporate governance......
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