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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: King's Speech 2024 Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection E-commerce International Public procurement Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As 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 outlined the government’s agenda and priority policies for the forthcoming parliamentary session, setting out 40 legislative proposals for the 2024–25 period. He stated that the 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—key Commercial announcements In the same address, His Majesty detailed priorities for the new session, with Commercial highlights including the proposed Product Safety and...
In this issue: Medical devices Disputes and regulatory enforcement Pharmaceutical regulation Competition in life sciences Advertising of medicines Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Medical devices EU AI Act appears in the Official Journal The Official Journal now includes Regulation ( EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024, establishing harmonised rules for artificial intelligence and amending Regulation ( EC) 300/2008, Regulation ( EU) 167/2013, Regulation ( EU) 168/2013, Regulation ( EU) 2018/858, Regulation ( EU) 2018/1139 and Regulation ( EU) 2019/2144, together with Directive 2014/90/ EU, Directive ( EU) 2016/797 and Directive ( EU) 2020/1828 (the EU Artificial Intelligence Act or EU AI Act). See: LNB News 12/07/2024 26. King’s Speech 2024—key Life sciences...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions Financial crime Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection King's Speech 2024—key information law announcements On 17 July 2024, during the first State Opening of Parliament of the newly elected government, His Majesty King Charles III set out the administration’s programme and legislative priorities. For Information Law, the principal measures highlighted are the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill alongside the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill. Commentary on the King’s Speech 2024 is provided by Rhiannon Webster, partner and head of UK data privacy and cybersecurity at Ashurst, Jason Raeburn, partner at Paul Hastings, and Edward Machin, counsel at Ropes & Gray. See: LNB News 17/07/2024 62......
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International Arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration and related news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Arbitration in England & Wales King's Speech 2024—key arbitration announcements The Prime Minister’s Office has released background briefing notes for the King’s Speech 2024 containing details of the Arbitration Bill. The notes set out the Bill’s territorial reach and its purpose—namely to implement the proposals arising from the Law Commission’s 2022 review of Arbitration Law, and to do so across the specified jurisdictions. Commentary on the Bill’s inclusion is provided by Matthew Saunders, partner at Ashurst LLP, and Jason Raeburn, partner at Paul Hastings LLP. See: LNB News 17/07/2024 63. CIArb—recommendations for UK government following 2024 election The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ( CIArb) has presented seven proposals for the UK government after the 2024 general...
In this issue: Planning policy Development consent orders Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Planning policy King’s Speech 2024—key planning announcements At the first State Opening of Parliament under the new administration on 17 July 2024, His Majesty King Charles III outlined ministers’ priorities and the legislative programme. Among the headline measures for planning law and practice that the government intends to take forward this Parliamentary session are the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the High Speed Rail ( Crewe to Manchester) Bill. Additional proposals likely to interest planning practitioners include the English Devolution Bill, the Holocaust Memorial Bill and the Great British Energy Bill. Analysis is provided by Stephanie Hall ( Davitt Jones Bould), Richard Sharpe ( Sharpe Pritchard) and Carina Wentzel ( Norton Rose Fullbright). See: LNB News 17/07/2024 93. High Court quashes out of town...
In the EU’s lower-tier General Court, judges held that the Commission was entirely within its rights to classify Byte Dance as a gatekeeper, marking the first substantive ruling delivered under the new Digital Markets Act ( DMA). In a statement, the court said Byte Dance’s submissions lacked adequate and convincing evidence to clearly rebut the presumption that the company has a significant impact on the internal market, that Tik Tok serves as an important gateway enabling business users to reach their end users, and that Byte Dance holds an entrenched and durable position. In September 2023, the Tik Tok platform was labelled a core platform service, alongside other providers including Alphabet ( Google’s parent), Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft......
In this issue: Key developments and materials New technologies Internet Data protection Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management Telecommunications Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Key developments and materials King’s Speech 2024—key TMT announcements His Majesty, King Charles III, outlined the administration’s priorities and intended measures for the forthcoming parliamentary term during the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. Central strands for TMT comprise creating fresh statutory frameworks to enable the growth and roll-out of cutting-edge data uses via the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill, strengthening the UK’s product safety and metrology regime through the Product Safety and Metrology Bill, and bringing in restrictions to curb advertising and brand presentation for vapes and consumer nicotine products under the Tobacco and Vape Bill. Rosie Burbidge, Partner at Gunnercooke LLP, comments on the Tobacco and Vape Bill. See: LNB News 17/07/2024 84. King’s Speech 2024— Key themes and...
Taxi licensing— When is a contract for hire of a PHV not a contract...when it’s a booking! ( DELTA Merseyside Ltd & Veezu Holdings Ltd v Uber Britannia) DELTA Merseyside Ltd & Veezu Holdings Ltd v Uber Britannia Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 802 What are the practical implications of this case? Local authority licensing officers and lawyers can likely breathe a sigh of relief, as they no longer face the possibility—subject to any attempt by Uber to go to the Supreme Court, with the Court of Appeal having refused permission—that they must decide whether private hire vehicle operators are contracting with passengers, as the (now discharged) High Court declaration had required when interpreting LG( MP) A 1976, Pt II. Private hire vehicle operators remain free to enter agreements with drivers and with customers/passengers (who are not invariably the same party) in any manner allowed by law,...
Finanzamt T v S , Case C‑184/23 The taxpayer ( S) controlled a university medical department and a second company ( U). All entities formed a German VAT group. S was the controlling company of both entities within the German VAT group structure. U furnished S with services such as cleaning, linen care and passenger transport in relation to the university medical department building. That building was used for a blend of taxable commercial activities and non‑economic teaching functions. At first, the German tax authorities considered U’s supplies not subject to VAT because they were made within a VAT group. Nonetheless, it also maintained that, where the services related to the non‑economic teaching activities, a deemed supply of services arose as they had been carried out for non‑business purposes. This dispute had already been resolved by the Court of Justice in the...
In this issue: Key developments and materials WTO Anti-dumping Trade in goods Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials EU AI Act published in the Official Journal Regulation ( EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishes harmonised rules for artificial intelligence and revises Regulations ( EC) No 300/2008, ( EU) No 167/2013, ( EU) No 168/2013, ( EU) 2018/858, ( EU) 2018/1139 and ( EU) 2019/2144, plus Directives 2014/90/ EU, ( EU) 2016/797 and ( EU) 2020/1828. Known as the EU Artificial Intelligence Act ( EU AI Act), it has now duly been published in the Official Journal. Refer to: LNB News 12/07/2024 26 for details. WTO WTO members explore ways to boost LDCs’ participation in services trade The WTO’s Sub- Committee on least-developed countries ( LDCs) convened to examine ways and means to boost LDCs’ capacity to...
In this issue: Probate Court of Protection UK taxation for private clients HMRC manuals tracker Contentious trusts and estates Art and heritage property, landed estates and farming families International pensions, insurance and tax‑efficient investments Further Private Client updates this week Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Helpful information Probate HMRC form P1000 published online HMRC has, for the first time, made form P1000 for death estates available online. See: LNB News 15/07/2024 7. Court of Protection Court of Protection finds it is in the best interests to withdraw clinically assisted nutrition and hydration for a 70-year-old man in a permanent vegetative state ( NHS North West London Integrated Care Board v Z) In NHS...
In this issue EU fundamentals Banking and Finance Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Council of the EU agrees its position on the 2025 EU draft budget The Council of the EU has settled on its stance for the 2025 draft budget, setting overall commitments at €191.53bn and payments at €146.21bn. It underscores the need for the budget to keep demonstrating the EU’s solidarity with Ukraine and to tackle associated crises. The Council argues the budget must be grounded in real needs, practise careful fiscal planning, and retain adequate headroom under the multiannual financial framework ( MFF) ceilings to manage unexpected events and confront the Union’s challenges, while still...
In this issue: King’s Speech Automatic enrolment Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers King’s Speech Government outlines new Pension Schemes Bill in King’s Speech The Pension Schemes Bill, set out in the King’s Speech and intended to extend and apply across Great Britain, covers (among other matters): long-anticipated legislation for commercial superfunds. The superfund market is currently operating under a temporary regime introduced in 2020. One superfund— Clara Pensions—has completed two transactions so far, while other participants have voiced concerns about uncertainty and fluid requirements. For more detail, see Practice Notes: the DWP’s permanent regime for DB superfunds and TPR’s interim regime for DB superfunds measures to weed out small, under-performing defined contribution pension schemes via a new Value for Money ( Vf M) framework. New Vf M powers for the Pensions Regulator ( TPR) were first...
In this issue: The King’s Speech 2024 Key developments Status and worker categories Equality, diversity and inclusion Redundancy Unfair dismissal Employment Tribunals Financial services and banking: employment issues Immigration Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content IRLR Highlights— August 2024 Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As The King’s Speech 2024 King’s Speech 2024— Employment His Majesty, King Charles III, outlined the government’s agenda and planned measures for the forthcoming parliamentary term during the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. The 2024 King’s Speech concentrates on raising the living standards of working people via economic expansion and on ‘taking the brakes off Britain’. A headline employment proposal is the Employment Rights Bill, reflecting the government’s pledge to implement its ‘ Plan to Make Work Pay:...
High Court Judge David Foxton stated, in a judgment released on 16 July 2024, that a provision in an Amlin policy issued to Bintan Mining Corporation relieves the insurer of liability because the now-insolvent company failed to satisfy an arbitration award it owed. He found the wording of the 'pay first' clause (under which an insured must discharge sums due to a third party before seeking indemnity from its insurer) to be 'wholly unambiguous'. He rejected submissions that, as a matter of construction, the clause should not operate where a third party attempts to enforce rights under the policy. The case arises from King Trading Ltd’s 2017 charter of the vessel Solomon Trader to Bintan. The mining company obtained cover with Amlin the following year for charterers’ liability risks in relation to the vessel, which later ran aground in the Solomon Islands in 2019....
R ( Care Northeast) v Northumberland County Council 2024 EWHC 1370 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The court sets out a rigorous roadmap for how a public body should exercise discretionary decision-making. The judgment offers a careful analysis of the method to be adopted when exercising such discretion. First, define the issue it must resolve; next, make suitable enquiries to underpin the choice; finally, provide adequate justification for the outcome. The ruling will aid practitioners in scrutinising decision-making procedures and documenting the rationale for choices made under an authority’s discretion, prior to starting a challenge. It also promotes swift engagement and questions about whether a decision is lawful. Where determinations on public finances and budgets could be affected, virtually no delay will be tolerated if a claim seeks to quash the decision. This framework will help ensure decisions are...
In this issue: Key DR Developments Court information Claims and remedies Costs and funding Cross-border disputes Evidence and disclosure Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR Developments King’s Speech 2024 Key announcements: The Prime Minister’s Office has issued briefing notes on the King’s Speech 2024. They outline the Arbitration Bill, its territorial reach, and steps to implement the 2022 Law Commission’s recommendations on Arbitration Law. Commentary on the Bill’s inclusion is provided by Matthew Saunders, partner at Ashurst LLP, and Jason Raeburn, partner at Paul Hastings LLP—see: LNB News 17/07/2024 63— King’s Speech 2024—key Arbitration announcements. CPRC minutes June 2024 minutes of the CPR Committee meeting: The Civil Procedure Rule Committee met on 7 June 2024 in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building ( Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference, covering several topics, including changes to CPR 25 (interim remedies and security for costs) and the “costs...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Data protection Reputation management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials King's Speech 2024—key Information Law announcements At the first State Opening of Parliament under the newly elected government on 17 July 2024, His Majesty King Charles III outlined the administration’s priorities and planned legislation. For Information Law, notable strands are the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill. LNB News 17/07/2024 62 Data protection Court of Justice on retaining and accessing IP addresses to combat online copyright infringements ( La Quadrature du Net) In La Quadrature du Net and others v Prime Minister, Minister of Culture, Case C-470/21, the Court of Justice examined the legality of public authorities retaining and obtaining access to personal data—specifically IP addresses—for the purpose of addressing copyright infringements online. The ruling assessed whether such retention and access to data are lawful in that...
In this issue Financial sanctions Financial crime Data protection Other practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions Hellard v OJSC Rossiysky Kredit Bank (in liquidation) The Chancery Division handed down decisions concerning the applying trustees in bankruptcy of M, an insolvent individual who moved to the UK from Russia in 2015. The trustees sought the court’s assistance by directions under s 303(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 and/or declaratory relief. The court concluded that, in carrying out their functions as bankruptcy trustees, they were not thereby contravening the prohibitions on providing financial services contained in the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019. See: [2024] All ER ( D) 48 ( Jul). OFSI updates guidance on financial sanctions for Russia The Office of Financial Sanctions...
Richard Hermer KC, the government’s most senior law officer, has no current intention to initiate committal proceedings against Gerrard, following the High Court’s 2023 request that the lawyer general consider prosecuting the law firm’s former head of white-collar crime, his office said on 17 July 2024. A spokesperson for the lawyer general’s office added that law officers take decisions in the public interest independently of government, including whether to consent to prosecutions or to pursue contempt proceedings......
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