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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: Ukraine conflict Cases and decisions Market practice Types of insurance Regulation New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Ukraine conflict Aviation claims Chubb rebutted assertions that it is liable to several Irish lessors for two aircraft, insured for more than US$180m and marooned in Russia, arguing the airframes are not physically lost and any indemnity would be precluded by the reinsurance policy’s war-risk exclusion. See News Analysis: Chubb invokes war exclusion in US$180m Russian aircraft suit. Cases and decisions Insurance Act 2015 ( MOK Petro Energy FZC v Argo ( No.604) Ltd and others) The Commercial Court refused the claimant company’s bid to revise its pleadings in its contractual dispute. The claimant had originally contended that, as the parties had opted out of section 10 of the...
The Serious Fraud Office ( SFO) and the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) are aligned on the potential for closer collaboration and joint investigations, a senior FCA official said today. Steve Smart, the FCA’s director of enforcement, told an event that the two bodies must work together more, and do so more effectively. He said they are actively promoting deeper collaboration and the possibility of additional joint operations. Under the guidelines that govern cooperation between the agencies, they may conduct either joint or parallel investigations into the same issue. In reality, Smart acknowledged, most matters progress in parallel. He noted that in this arena, when people refer to joint operations, it usually means two organisations are each running their own parallel investigation or operation. He called this dynamic ‘interesting’ and suggested it reflects current practice more than genuine joint working. Even so, he...
PI & Clinical Negligence weekly highlights—27 June 2024 In this issue: Clinical negligence Case management High court decides on consequential matters in claim involving injury sustained during rugby match Other PI and clinical negligence news Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Clinical negligence Minor’s claim for damages for negligent management during labour and delivery dismissed In LN (a child, by his litigation friend, MC) v Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1478 ( KB), the King’s Bench Division rejected the child claimant’s action seeking compensation for personal injuries and consequential losses said to have resulted from the negligent handling of his mother’s labour and birth by the defendant NHS Trust. A post‑natal chest X‑ray demonstrated a large right‑sided tension pneumothorax with mediastinal shift. By the time of the proceedings, the medical experts were agreed that the claimant showed...
In this issue: Air quality and climate change Trees Buildings and building regulations Planning policy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Air quality and climate change Supreme Court rules on downstream environmental impacts ( Finch v Surrey County Council) In R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others [2024] All ER ( D) 71 ( Jun), the Supreme Court allowed an appeal against a Court of Appeal decision concerning the Town and Country Planning ( Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/571 (the 2017 Regulations). The appeal examined the duty to undertake an environmental impact assessment ( EIA) for a proposal to drill for oil under the 2017 Regulations. The core question was whether the planning authority responsible for the EIA, prior to granting planning permission, had to evaluate the climate effects of greenhouse gas...
Broadstone, in its latest insurance risk monitor, cautioned that intensifying geopolitical strains — notably the Israel– Gaza and Russia– Ukraine wars — could dampen economic activity, drive up inflation and heighten market volatility. It called on insurers to gauge the probability and potential costs of any further geopolitical deterioration through structured scenario analysis. Bharat Raj, head of London markets at Broadstone’s insurance, regulatory and risk division, underscored that today’s unsettled geopolitical setting is a major global worry, highlighting the long-running conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East......
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other ADR and arbitration-related developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Arbitration in England & Wales Court of Appeal—enforcement— New York Convention Award In Eternity Sky v Zhang [2024] EWCA Civ 630, the Court of Appeal confirmed the established English approach that New York Convention awards should, in the main, be enforced. The public policy defence is interpreted with great stringency, and any party relying on it must plead and prove it with clarity and precision. The court also recognised that meaningful consumer protection forms a key strand of public policy, embedded in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 ( CRA 2015). Where the CRA’s substantive criteria are satisfied—namely that the party is a consumer, the contract bears a close connection with the UK, and a core term lacks transparency and is...
Sian Participation Corp (in liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd ( Virgin Islands) [2024] UKPC 16 What are the practical implications of this case? For insolvency practitioners, the decision confirms that, even where the underlying liability is governed by an arbitration clause, the court’s threshold on a winding-up petition remains the familiar one: is the debt genuinely disputed on substantial grounds, rather than a mere ‘cloud of objection’? It is no longer sufficient for the company simply to decline to admit the debt, as under the former Salford approach. One would anticipate the same stance being taken across other insolvency processes, such as a petition for administration. In tandem, the ruling removes any distinction in treatment between exclusive jurisdiction clauses and arbitration clauses. The policy objective of encouraging arbitration does not warrant treating arbitration clauses differently from exclusive jurisdiction clauses when deciding whether a winding-up petition should be...
In this issue: EU fundamentals Banking and finance Competition and state aid Financial services Free movement, immigration and employment Energy Environment Life sciences TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals Council of the EU opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova Following its decision of 14–15 December 2023, the Council of the EU has formally commenced accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova. It underlined that both are already close partners of the EU and, as future member states, will be expected to continue upholding the values set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, including freedom, dignity, equality and the respect for human rights. The EU has now invited the European Commission to evaluate Ukraine’s and Moldova’s preparedness for opening...
Fidelis, in a High Court defence, argued that Rise Aviation 1 ( Ireland) Ltd, EOS Aviation 7 ( Ireland) Ltd and Wilmington Trust SP Services ( Dublin) Ltd have no cover under the relevant policies and that it is not obliged to pay for the grounded aircraft. The defence, filed on 7 June 2024, states that Russian law, which governs the policies, means the claimants are not insured parties but only beneficiaries or payees, and thus have no entitlement to, or claim for, an indemnity for the losses they say they incurred. Rise, EOS and Wilmington Trust contended that a panel of reinsurers — including Convex Insurance UK and Fidelis — should disburse US$77.2m for three aircraft stranded in Russia, amounting to 95% of the total US$81.3m value that was reinsured. They said the three aircraft were on lease to JSC Stock Company Ural...
In this issue: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Latest Q& As Financial sanctions OFSI releases General Licence: Payments to the FCA INT/2024/4836676. On 20 June 2024, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation formally issued the General Licence allowing for the settlement of payments to the Financial Conduct Authority by, or on behalf of, a Designated Person. See: LNB News 21/06/2024 23. Russian billionaire loses bid to overturn EU sanctions. Law360 reports that on 19 June 2024, the EU’s General Court maintained sanctions against Igor Rotenberg, determining there is sufficient evidence he benefited from Russia’s support for companies he managed and in which he owned shares. See News Analysis: Russian billionaire loses bid to overturn EU sanctions......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar outlines key upcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Right to work checks guide updated for PSS holders but still silent on supplementary work The Home Office has revised its Employer’s guide to right to work checks to capture recent amendments, including removal of follow-up checks for individuals with pre-settled status ( PSS) under the EU Settlement Scheme ( EUSS), and clarification of work permission for asylum applicants holding Application Registration Cards ( ARCs) following Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 590....
Gravesham Borough Council v On Tower UK Ltd [2024] UKUT 151 ( LC) What are the practical implications of this case? Code rights are widely regarded as offering operators greater advantages than renewal rights under LTA 1954, Pt II, due to more favourable valuation assumptions and the curtailed scope for site providers to resist renewals. Put shortly, the Code’s approach to valuation and opposition renders it operator-facing, in contrast to the 1954 Act renewal framework. In consequence of the ruling in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2022] 1 WLR 3360 ( Compton Beauchamp), the Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to entertain an application for a fresh agreement under the Code where the relevant site is held under a tenancy that had the protection of the LTA 1954......
UK developments FCA unveils inaugural ESG investigation into a business — Law360 reports that, on 20 June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) commenced its first enforcement probe into a company regarding climate-related matters, according to lawyers from an environmental legal campaign group. See: FCA unveils inaugural ESG investigation into a business International developments ISSB issues feedback statement on IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards — The International Sustainability Standards Board ( ISSB) has released its 2024 feedback statement concerning the International Financial Reporting Standards ( IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards......
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Leasing property Transferring property Investigating title Residential property Property taxes Property in Scotland Additional property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning BPF publishes new planning and carbon manifestos The British Property Federation ( BPF) has released fresh planning and carbon manifestos in the run-up to the general election. Its planning manifesto, ‘ Building More, Building Better’, urges the next government to refine current frameworks and policies to deliver a planning regime that is swift, effective and predictable, firmly underpinning productivity and sustainability across the UK. The carbon manifesto, ‘ Building a Sustainable Future’, asks the incoming administration to partner with the building industry to devise a comprehensive net zero carbon roadmap for the real estate sector across all asset classes and tenures, covering existing stock and new development. See: LNB News 21/06/2024 41. Sources: BPF calls for next...
In this issue: Copyright & associated rights Patents Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Copyright & associated rights AI companies might need licensing agreements to use content protected by copyright in the EU for AI training Artificial intelligence ( AI) developers including Open AI and Google Deep Mind could be required to obtain licensing agreements from European rights holders to employ copyrighted material when training generative AI tools and systems such as Chat GPT and Gemini. The European Commission intends to cultivate a market for training data by unveiling a stronger reservation‑of‑rights mechanism, allowing rights holders to guard their content against automated data scraping practices. See News Analysis: AI companies might need licensing agreements to use EU‑copyrighted content for AI training......
In this issue: Standard form contracts Building safety Expert witnesses Construction industry news Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Standard form contracts CLLS publishes 2024 edition of Letter of Intent The CLLS has released the refreshed 2024 edition of its Letter of Intent. Our commentary reviews the revisions made. See News Analysis: City of London Law Society publishes 2024 edition of Letter of Intent. Court refuses declaratory relief in JCT termination payment dispute ( Shaylor v Valesecure) In Shaylor Group Ltd (in administration) v Valesecure Property Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] EWHC 750 ( TCC), the Technology and Construction Court declined to issue declarations regarding the contractor’s right to payment after the termination of a JCT-based contract. In doing so, the court explored noteworthy issues of contractual interpretation, including the methodology for assessing sums owed to the...
In this issue: Environmental, social and governance Equity capital markets Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Useful information Environmental, social and governance ISSB publishes feedback statement on its Consultation on Agenda Priorities for 2024—2026 The International Sustainability Standards Board ( ISSB) has released a feedback statement following its May 2023 ‘ Request for Information’ on agenda priorities. That request invited views on the ISSB’s work priorities for the coming two years. The feedback statement summarises respondents’ input and sets out the ISSB’s 2024—2026 work plan. In line with the feedback received, the ISSB will give strong priority to supporting implementation of IFRS S1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information, and IFRS S2, Climate-related Disclosures. A slightly lower degree of attention will be directed towards...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Judicial review Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and State aid Public procurement Management and strategic planning Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines Weekly digest of EU– UK TCA Specialised Committees’ publications—25 June 2024. A summary of material issued by the Specialised Committees created under the EU– UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement ( TCA) between 19 and 25 June 2024. See: LNB News 25/06/2024 24. Post- Brexit transition guidance Weekly digest of HMRC import, export and customs guidance—24 June 2024. An outline of amendments to HMRC import, export and customs guidance covering 18 to 24 June 2024. See: LNB News 24/06/2024...
In this issue: Data protection Reputation management Public sector information Databases Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Competing rights and the ongoing relevance of EU case law in the UK—in what circumstances can a data controller refuse to disclose third party identities in response to a data subject access request? ( Harrison v Cameron and another company) On 7 June 2024, the High Court delivered its judgment, deciding the Claimant had no right to be told who had received recordings of telephone conversations in which he had issued verbal threats against a supplier’s director and the director’s family. The Court accepted that, ordinarily, Article 15(c) of the Assimilated Regulation ( EU) 2016/679 ( UK GDPR) would oblige the Defendant to provide those identities in reply to a data subject access request....
In this issue: Sustainable finance and ESG round–up LIBOR and benchmarks Lending Acquisition finance Aviation finance Real estate finance Sustainable finance Debt capital markets 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 a summary of this week’s Sustainable finance and ESG developments, see: Sustainable finance and ESG weekly round-up—27 June 2024. LIBOR and benchmarks Why timing makes UK LIBOR judgments controversial On 27 March, in R v Hayes and Palombo, the Criminal Division of the UK Court of Appeal considered whether the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo were safe in relation to the London Interbank Offered Rate ( LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate ( EURIBOR) cases. For further detail, refer to News...
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