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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 a 28 June 2024 filing seeking to compel arbitration, the image platform informed the court that lead plaintiff, Larion Krayzman, agreed to user terms through his subscription, which encompass a privacy policy and a content licence. According to the company, that licence obliges him to resolve any disputes arising under the agreement through arbitration. Krayzman alleges i Stock Photo breached the federal Video Privacy Protection Act ( VPPA) by deploying Facebook’s Meta Pixel to target i Stock users with adverts on the platform. As i Stock Photo summarised, the plaintiff argues this routine, widely used tactic violates the VPPA by purportedly transmitting his and the putative classes’ personally identifiable information to Facebook......
In this issue: Trespass and adverse possession Electronic Communications Disputes and remedies Neighbour and party wall disputes Repairing obligations and dilapidations Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Latest Q& As Trespass and adverse possession Adverse possession and estoppel under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 to the Land Registration Act 2002 ( El Massouri v Omani Estates Ltd) In El Massouri v Omani Estates Ltd [2024] All ER ( D) 72 ( Mar), [2024] EWHC 534 ( Ch), the claimant obtained planning consent and extended her top-floor flat into the loft above. That loft space had been demised to the defendant’s predecessor in title, with the lease granted without section 5 Landlord & Tenant Act 1987 notice and without the...
In this issue: General election 2024 Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information General election 2024 General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis brings together coverage of the 2024 General Election by practice area. It includes commentary from practice area specialists, Practical Guidance materials, news, analysis and journal articles. For further information, see News Analysis: General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges. Trusts Constructive trust and transfer for CGT purposes ( Morgan v Revenue and Customs Commissioners) The FTT examined a dispute about whether a constructive trust arose over a property so that a disposal occurred for capital gains tax ( CGT) in the 2015–16 tax year, or instead whether the...
In this issue: General Election 2024 Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Confidential information Consumer protection Contracts E-commerce Public procurement Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers General Election 2024 General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis provides an overview of coverage of the 2024 General Election by practice area. It brings together insights from practice area experts, Practical Guidance, news and analysis, and journal content. For Commercial, it also examines Bills that fell during the wash-up, including the Data Protection and Digital Information ( No. 2) Bill, Artificial Intelligence ( Regulation) Bill, and Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty ( Human Rights and Environment) Bill, alongside Labour’s manifesto commitment to introduce new consumer...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—4 July 2024 In this issue: Restructuring Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Insolvency litigation International restructuring and insolvency Financial institutions R& I in Scotland Lex Talk® Restructuring & Insolvency: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New content Latest Q& A Restructuring Market Insights Trend Report—developments in Part 26A restructuring plans during 2023. What patterns are emerging in Part 26A restructuring plans ( RPs)? The Market Insights Trend Report delivers detailed evaluation of RPs brought forward in 2023 and shares perspectives on what we and our contributors anticipate through 2024 and beyond; Tom Smith KC ( South Square), Katharina Crinson and Craig Montgomery ( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), Paul Sidle, Richard Hodgson and Nick Le Masurier ( Linklaters LLP), Adrian Cohen and Sunay Radia, Mc Dermott Will & Emery LLP. See News Analysis: Market Insights Trend Report—trends in Part 26A restructuring plans in 2023. Judgment Alert Consort Healthcare ( Tameside) Plc v Tameside and Glossop...
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG round–up Banking and finance case round-up Procurement Act 2023 LIBOR and benchmarks Lending Aviation finance Sustainable finance Derivatives Structured products and securitisation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Sustainable finance and ESG round–up Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up For this week’s coverage of Sustainable finance and ESG developments, see: Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round–up—4 July 2024. Banking and finance case round-up Banking & Finance— June 2024 case round-up For an overview of the June 2024 cases we highlighted in Banking & Finance, refer to News Analysis: Banking & Finance— June 2024 case round-up. Procurement Act 2023 Cabinet Office publishes new guidance documents for Procurement Act 2023 The Cabinet Office has issued guidance relating to the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023): three new documents for the...
In this issue: Companies and corporation tax Capital gains tax General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges Taxes management and litigation Employment taxes International Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Companies and corporation tax Court of Appeal applies Ramsay principle to overturn Upper Tribunal decision in ‘magic’ capital allowances tax scheme ( HMRC v Altrad Services Ltd and Robert Wiseman and Sons Ltd) As noted below, in HMRC v Altrad Services Ltd and Robert Wiseman and Sons Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 720, the Court of Appeal concluded that, interpreting the legislation purposively, a scheme designed to produce additional capital allowances failed, as the taxpayers had not ‘ceased to own assets’ for the purposes of section 61(1)(a) of the...
In this issue: General election Governance Environmental law and climate change Public procurement Children's social care Social care Planning Highways Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As General election General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges This News Analysis brings together the 2024 General Election coverage by practice area. It features expert commentary from practice specialists, Practical Guidance, news, analysis and journal pieces. For Local government, the coverage also explores manifesto commitments from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and the Green Party. It further assesses local government funding, antisocial behaviour, education and social care, considering how each manifesto could affect these priorities. See News Analysis: General Election 2024—parliamentary process, wash-up and manifesto pledges......
Engineer. AI Global Ltd v APPY PIE Ltd and another company [2024] EWHC 1430 ( IPEC) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision is highly significant for advisers guiding clients in the AI and technology space on trade mark strategy and protection. Generic sector terms (for example, ‘ Builder’), even when paired with tech-related suffixes such as ‘.ai’ or ‘ Pro’, or given only slight stylisation, are liable to be treated as descriptive and lacking inherent distinctiveness. Advisers should caution clients against choosing such terms as their brands. Distinctiveness is always assessed from the standpoint of the relevant public for the goods or services associated with the mark. The ruling further highlights the vital importance of the quality and consistency of evidence in trade mark matters, particularly where a claimant must establish acquired distinctiveness or reputation....
The Wolfsberg Group In a statement, the Wolfsberg Group observed that banks have ramped up the number of reports submitted to government financial intelligence units, yet this surge has not yielded added benefit for law enforcement or curbed money laundering. Representing 12 international banks, the group urged firms to improve how they evaluate the effectiveness of their suspicious transaction monitoring. Institutions, it said, should deliver better-quality suspicious activity reports, also referred to as suspicious transaction reports. “ The group does not consider that the value extracted from the ever-rising volume of SARs/ STRs is proportionate to effective outcomes in the dispute against financial crime,” the Wolfsberg Group noted. At present, financial institutions are structuring their suspicious transaction monitoring programmes to meet technical compliance requirements, even when that leads to unproductive activities, according to the statement......
The CBI said In its review of long‑term patterns, the rise in costs was attributed to several forces, notably: higher inflation, more claims from motorists overall, greater uptake of comprehensive cover, and costlier accidental damage Together, these materially accounted for £60m of the £105m increase in total damage-claim costs. The report noted that, in the first half of 2023, the average time to conclude damage claims was 0.4 months, compared with 3.2 years for injury claims. Consequently, shifts in the number of claims reported to insurers will take longer to show up in injury settlements than in damage claims, the CBI said......
In its 25 March draft regulatory technical standards, ESMA set out essential guidance on the data that must be submitted to national competent authorities ( NCAs), which will oversee the vetting of proposed acquisitions of a qualifying holding in relevant CASPs. By way of context, Mi CA establishes a harmonised authorisation regime for running a CASP across the European Union and for accessing the EU passport. The overarching aim is to foster fair competition among CASPs and a more secure landscape for crypto-asset investors by verifying the robustness and reliability of authorised service providers, together with their leadership and shareholders, regardless of the member state that granted authorisation. Thereafter, any subsequent alteration to the governance or ownership of an authorised CASP stemming from a merger or acquisition must undergo prior scrutiny by the NCA supervising the target. This review is poised to...
The first six months of 2024 have again been lively for developments in environmental law. The Environment team at Lexis Nexis® highlight a selection below. They are also closely watching this week’s election outcome and will provide insight on what it signifies for environmental law... Chemicals Throughout 2024, the regulatory framework for chemicals has continued to shift in the post- Brexit context. After Defra set out the government’s plans for an alternative transitional registration model ( ATRm) for UK REACH in late 2023, it launched a consultation on an alternative ATRm for UK REACH in May 2024. These proposals respond to industry concerns over the costs of accessing EU data packages to support UK REACH transitional registrations. A second consultation, to be backed by a Statutory Instrument and a final impact assessment, is planned to...
The Motor Insurers Bureau ( MIB) has called on motorists using the M4 corridor to keep valid, suitable insurance in place at all times, warning of the legal penalties for failing to comply. This corridor borders the M4 motorway from London through to South Wales, and the bureau has begun an eight-week awareness push across the area, featuring roadside billboards, washroom posters, fuel pump covers, and digital screens at petrol stations......
Mergers The CMA has issued a notice ending the previously granted extension, made under section 39(4) of the Enterprise Act 2002, to the inquiry timetable for its ongoing phase 2 review of Alpha Theta/ Serato—see the case page for details. NOTE— For an overview of all current mergers before the CMA, consult the UK mergers—ongoing cases tracker. Private actions The CAT has posted the application in Bulk Mail Claim Limited v International Distribution Services Plc (formerly Royal Mail Plc), seeking to initiate collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act. The claim, brought by Bulk Mail Claim Limited against International Distribution Services Plc (formerly Royal Mail Plc), relies on Ofcom’s 2018 decision that Royal Mail infringed the Chapter II prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 102 TFEU by proposing discriminatory pricing (a ruling upheld by the CMA and the Court of...
(1) Bicknell (2) The British Medical Association v NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Commissioning Board [2024] EAT 103 The Employment Appeal Tribunal ( EAT), in [2024] EAT 103, held that the employment tribunal had been entitled to find that GP clinical lead Marcus Bicknell could not invoke the Transfer of Undertakings ( Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, SI 2006/246 ( TUPE). He was therefore unable to rely on TUPE in challenging his dismissal from NHS Nottingham City Commissioning Group as part of his claim......
HMRC v Altrad Services Ltd and Robert Wiseman and Sons Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 720 The taxpayers participated in a promoted tax avoidance arrangement intended to take advantage of the capital allowances regime in force during 2010 and 2011. The legislation was later changed, by section 33 of the Finance Act 2011, to ultimately render such structures ineffective. The plan sought to markedly expand the amount of capital allowances available to the corporate taxpayers through a sale and leaseback with a bank. After a few weeks, the companies would obtain the assets again when the bank exercised a put option granted by each company at the outset......
P v Q and Others [2024] EWFC 85 ( B) What are the practical implications of this case? Mrs Justice Knowles characterised the matter as a ‘cautionary tale’ about informal artificial insemination arrangements that proved unreliable, causing ‘devastating’ consequences for the child and the adults, after deception about the method of conception. The judgment also clarifies how the applicable legislative provisions operate in these circumstances... What was the background? P was the child’s biological mother and was married to Q when conception occurred. F was a known sperm donor. P asked the court to declare F the child’s legal father, asserting the child was conceived by natural insemination, i.e. sexual intercourse. F backed P’s application, whereas Q was firmly opposed, maintaining that conception resulted from artificial insemination. Q appears on the birth certificate and, at the time of conception, did not know that P and F had had...
Banking & Finance— June 2024 case round-up Hope Capital 2 Ltd v Jones [2024] EWHC 1308 ( Ch), [2024] All ER ( D) 17 ( Jun) Loan agreement—demand under guarantee The dispute stemmed from a facility advanced by the claimant, a specialist business lender, to a company with security taken over two properties. To support the borrowing, the defendant (a co-director) and a further individual executed a deed of guarantee and indemnity. When the due date arrived, the company made no repayment at all, and receivers were appointed to dispose of the secured properties. Demands were then issued to the defendant under the guarantee, which he did not meet. In an earlier decision, Hope Capital 2 Ltd v Jones [2022] EWHC 3206 ( Ch), the court entered summary judgment for the claimant. In the current proceedings, the defendant appealed that order. The appeal was...
See Q& A: In 2006, the deceased’s spouse set up a nil rate band trust ( NRB) in his Will, funded by a £285k loan note issued by his wife. The loan note was the only paperwork and the trust was never registered on the Trust Registration Service ( TRS). The deceased’s children want the trustees to appoint the value to their own children. Do charges under the relevant property regime arise for this trust? Should the trustees register the NRB trust on the TRS retrospectively and make disclosures to HMRC? Relevant property trust charges For the ten-year anniversary charge, the available nil rate band ( NRB) forms part of a calculation to derive the effective rate ( ER), which then sets the actual inheritance tax ( IHT) rate applicable to the specific trust. The actual rate equals 30% of the ER. As the ER cannot...
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