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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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Background In September 2021, the Labour Party unveiled its programme for working people, titled ‘ A new deal for working people’, at the Labour Party Conference. Since then, the paper has been revised multiple times, culminating in the final text— Labour’s Plan to make work pay: Delivering a new deal for working people (the New Deal)—issued shortly before the manifesto’s publication in June 2024. The Labour Manifesto confirms the New Deal will be delivered in full. What has the Labour Party promised? Labour has committed to: Table legislation in Parliament within the first 100 days in office, including a new Employment Rights Bill Advance further primary and secondary legislation within the same 100-day period, consulting fully with employers, trade unions and workers on practical implementation before laws are passed Undertake a review of parental leave within the first year of a Labour...
Clean power by 2030 The government has set ambitious goals to double onshore wind, triple solar generation, and increase offshore wind fourfold by 2030. The previous administration's de‑facto block on onshore wind that existed is anticipated to be lifted 'immediately'. It also plans investment in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and marine energy technologies, and to secure the UK's access to long-duration energy storage. At the same time, the government is expected to retain a strategic back-up of gas-fired power stations to safeguard security of supply, and acknowledge a continuing place for oil and gas within the UK's energy mix. Establishment of Great British Energy Within its first year in office, the new government plans to create a publicly owned clean energy company, ' Great British Energy'. Great British Energy will collaborate with energy firms, local authorities and co-operatives to co-invest in clean power schemes,...
The party has historically supported tougher measures against corporations and proposed reviewing the funding of the Serious Fraud Office ( SFO) Having swept into office on 4 July 2024, after 14 years out of power, it plans to step up efforts against fraud—which represents 41% of all crime—and kleptocracy. Under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, formerly the UK’s chief public prosecutor, the administration will roll out a new fraud strategy to address the full breadth of threats set out in Labour’s pre‑election promises. The party has also backed closer scrutiny of the Serious Fraud Office’s funding. These encompass: online threats; risks to the public sector. Louise Hodges, head of criminal litigation at Kingsley Napley LLP, noted the government could find a strong collaborator in a newly energised Serious Fraud Office, ready to concentrate on domestic fraud, run high‑profile operations and adopt a more...
Ngole v Touchstone Leeds ( ET Case No 1805942/2022) The Employment Tribunal partly upheld Felix Ngole’s claim against the health and wellbeing charity Touchstone Leeds in a decision released on 27 June 2024, finding that the charity breached his freedom of expression by rescinding its job offer before allowing him a chance to reply. On 21 June 2024, Judge Jonathan Brain decided that, although it was plain Touchstone feared Mr Ngole’s belief that homosexuality is sinful could lead to discrimination against some service users, the organisation should have taken further steps to obtain reassurance from him that this would not happen. The judge stated that a less intrusive response affecting the claimant’s freedom of expression could have been adopted without unduly compromising the objective, and that withdrawing the offer without first seeking those assurances was therefore...
In this issue: General Election 2024 Trade marks/passing off Patents Copyright & associated rights General IP IP and technology Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information General Election 2024 General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis brings together cross-practice coverage of the 2024 General Election. It features contributions from practice area specialists, Practical Guidance, news, analysis and journal pieces. For IP, the package also reviews the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—parts of which commenced on 24 May 2024 during the wash-up—and sets out the main parties’ manifesto commitments. It further examines AI regulation and the potential impact of those pledges in this sphere. See News Analysis: General Election...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Status and worker categories Pay Prohibited conduct Union status and obligations TUPE and asset purchases Settlement Useful information Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Horizon scanning General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis brings together practice area coverage of the 2024 General Election. It features insights from practice area specialists, practical guidance, news reporting and analysis, and journal content. See News Analysis: General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges. See also our Practice Note: General Election 2024—employment pledge and policy tracker. Status and worker categories Accountant found to be both a partner and a worker In Watson v Johnson [2024] EAT 105, the employment tribunal determined that the claimant (a seasoned tax accountant with expertise in advising on employment status issues) had moved from being an employee of the respondent firm to holding partner status for the purposes of the...
In this issue UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of benchmarks and IBOR reform Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products ( PRIIPs) Dispute resolution for financial services lawyers Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Regulation of insurance Fintech and cryptoassets Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Amendments to EEA Agreement Annex IX ( Financial Services) 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 The FCA has released policy statement PS24/5 confirming the final regulatory fees and levy rates for 2024/25,...
By declining to apply the two-year statute of limitations that usually governs CAT claims, the specialist antitrust tribunal ruled that allegations brought by the UK Department for Health and Social Care ( DHSC) and other government bodies could instead benefit from the more flexible timetable used in the High Court, where the authorities first issued proceedings before the case was sent to the CAT. The crux was whether the claims—part of years of EU and UK enforcement concerning Lundbeck’s antidepressant, citalopram—were “made” or commenced within two years of the Court of Justice’s March 2021 judgment upholding €146m in fines against the defendants. Although these proceedings did not formally start until the transfer from the High Court to the CAT in July 2023, the tribunal decided it was sufficient that the government filed a claim form within the two-year window, in February 2023. As the...
In this issue: Standard form contracts Building Safety Construction disputes Procurement in construction Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Construction trackers Standard form contracts JCT has confirmed the timetable for the 2024 Intermediate Building Contract suite, with publication set for 10 July 2024. Alongside the core contracts, sub-contracts and guidance, JCT will also issue the Intermediate Building Contract 2024 and the Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2024 Admin – Contract Administration Model Forms. These materials will be available via the JCT online store, JCT On Demand or the Construct digital subscription service, or to order in hard copy from the release date, with reference copies appearing on Lexis+® within Practice Note: JCT contracts 2024 shortly after publication. See: LNB News 27/06/2024 86. RIBA has launched a new Building Regulations Principal Designer Professional Services Contract, suitable for appointing a Building Regulations Principal Designer by a...
In this issue: Environment, energy and buildings Property development Transferring property Property taxes Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Environment, energy and buildings Supreme Court rules that the Water Industry Act 1991 does not bar a nuisance or trespass action The Supreme Court, sitting unanimously, allowed the appeal in The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2024] UKSC 22, [2024] All ER ( D) 10 ( Jul), determining that the Water Industry Act 1991 ( WIA 1991) does not preclude a nuisance or trespass action for pollution arising from the discharge of foul water, even in the absence of any negligence or deliberate misconduct whatsoever. Nicholas Ostrowski, Barrister at Six Pump Court and counsel to the appellant, discusses the...
In this issue: Public company takeovers Members Directors Restructuring and insolvency for corporate lawyers Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Useful information Public company takeovers Re Network International Holdings Plc In Re Network International Holdings Plc [2024] All ER ( D) 147 ( Mar), the Chancery Division permitted an extension to the long-stop date for a recommended acquisition of the whole of the issued and to-be-issued share capital of Network International Holdings plc (the Company), to be effected by a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006. The Company, acting as applicant, sought an order approving the time extension and postponing the hearing for sanction of the scheme to a date yet to be fixed. The court concluded it had...
In this issue: Environmental impact assessment Best consideration and the Crichel Down rules Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Related Documents Environmental impact assessment Supreme Court declares planning permission unlawful for not addressing downstream greenhouse gas emissions from oil production ( R ( Finch) v Surrey CC) In R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others [2024] UKSC 20, the Supreme Court ruled, by a 3:2 majority, that consent for commercial oil production was unlawful because it failed to evaluate the ‘downstream’ greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions that will inevitably occur when the refined fuel is burnt. The omission to assess downstream, or ‘ Scope 3’, GHG emissions contravened the Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA)...
GEMA v GL, Case C‑135/23 What are the practical implications of this case? The reach of the Court of Justice’s ruling is unclear. It could be read as finding that any property with a television or radio for short‑term lets (such as Air Bn B) communicates all broadcasts to the public. Consequently, a copyright licence would be needed before any EU premises can be let, or the television and radio removed. Unlikely the judgment covers a single one‑off short let, but the more a letting resembles a hotel, the likelier a licence is required. The line between those who must obtain a licence to let and those who do not remains uncertain. What was the background? There is a block of 18 apartments used for short‑term lets......
In this issue Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other Practice Compliance updates this week Lex Talk® Practice Compliance: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Financial sanctions OFSI issues General Licence INT/2024/4888228 on payments for statutory audits OFSI and HM Treasury have released a new General Licence INT/2024/4888228 covering payments for statutory audits. Taking effect on 27 June 2024, it permits payments to Statutory Auditors for a statutory audit by a designated person ( DP), or by others acting for a DP. See: LNB News 01/07/2024 45. OFSI updates General Licence on Oil Price Cap Exempt Projects and Countries OFSI and HM Treasury have revised General Licence INT/2022/2470156 on Oil Price Cap Exempt Projects and Countries and the related publication notice. The amendment extends the expiry date for the Schedule 1 Exempt...
In this issue: General Election 2024 Sentencing Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Money laundering Lex Talk®Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information General Election 2024 General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis collates coverage of the 2024 General Election by practice area. It features perspectives from practice experts, Practical Guidance, news, analysis and journal content. See News Analysis: General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges. Spotlight on Corruption publish analysis of manifesto commitments on corruption Spotlight on Corruption has issued an assessment of UK parties’ manifesto promises on corruption and related matters. The review...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment Insurance and reinsurance IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Council confirms nominations for key EU roles The European Council convened on 27 June 2024 to set its strategic agenda for 2024–2029 and to settle key appointments for the coming institutional cycle. António Costa, former Prime Minister of Portugal, was chosen to serve as President of the European Council from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2027, succeeding Charles Michel. The Council also backed Ursula von der Leyen as its pick for a further term as President of the European Commission, and nominated Kaja Kallas, the current Estonian Prime Minister, for High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The Commission Presidency still requires approval by the European Parliament, while the High...
Jellycat asserts that the German supermarket chain has been selling a lookalike of its ‘ Dexter Dragon’ soft toy in shops across the UK since late April, as stated in its High Court claim. In submissions on 13 June, now public, the company argued the designs are so alike that an informed user would not gain a different overall impression. The soft toy maker maintains that Aldi’s dragon teddy replicates both the shape and stance of Dexter Dragon. According to the claim, both versions show a dragon resting on its stomach with four legs outstretched and ‘protruding, scalloped ears’. The two dragon toys are also said to have comparable scales along their spines and scalloped wings......
In this issue: Arbitration in England and Wales International Arbitration Investmenty treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Sector- and industry-specific arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments General Election 2024 New Law Journal Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England and Wales Privy Council—insolvency proceedings vs choice of forum clauses In Sian Participation v Halimeda [2024] UKPC 16, the Privy Council ruled that the Salford approach should be dispensed with. Even where the debt stems from a contract containing an arbitration clause or an exclusive jurisdiction clause, a creditor may petition to wind up the debtor company unless the company can show the liability is disputed on genuine substantial grounds. The mere presence of a choice of forum clause within the underlying agreement does not affect the ordinary threshold test that applies......
Additionally, some EU nationals delivering services to their Russian subsidiaries will not need to secure a licence. By contrast, UK sanctions on Russia have never included the so‑called partner countries’ subsidiaries exemption, so UK businesses or UK nationals supplying business services to Russian entities have always had to seek a licence. For context, after the EU adopted its 12th sanctions package on 19 December 2023, the partner countries’ subsidiaries exemption was scheduled to be withdrawn over six months. Accordingly, from 20 June 2024, EU companies and EU nationals must obtain a licence from the competent authorities of the Member States to provide business services or software to their Russian subsidiaries. In this article, we analyse how the German, French, Italian and UK regimes are addressing this question. Restricted services and software From 30 September 2024, EU entities will be prohibited from supplying specified business...
In this issue Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Lex Talk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem has confirmed changes to the Regulatory Financial Performance Reporting ( RFPR) template and guidance for RIIO‑2, intended to sharpen and clarify what network licensees must report. The revisions apply from 28 June 2024 and follow Ofgem’s earlier notice proposing amendments to the RFPR template and guidance for RIIO‑2. See: LNB News 01/07/2024 9. Electricity Code Modifications: National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker now brings together all live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GD), the System Owner -...
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