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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: Nationally significant infrastructure projects Planning issues in energy projects Environmental information Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Nationally significant infrastructure projects Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 published Royal Assent for the Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 ( IWA 2024) was granted on 3 June 2024, with publication following on 12 June 2024. The Act overhauls the legal framework for securing consent to deliver major infrastructure across Wales and within the Welsh marine area. It introduces a new system for ‘ Significant Infrastructure Projects’, authorised through a ‘ Welsh Infrastructure Consent’, which closely mirrors the development consent order regime under the Planning Act 2008 in England. See News Analysis: Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 receives Royal Assent. Planning issues in energy projects Labour Party proposes publicly owned Great British Energy company If victorious at the 2024...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies; authorisation, approval and supervision; prudential requirements; financial crime and sanctions; conduct requirements; complaints, compensation and claims management; regulation of benchmarks and IBOR reform; banks and mutuals; investment funds and asset management; regulation of insurance; 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 Wider Implications Framework Annual Report published The second Wider Implications Framework Annual Report details how members—the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA), Financial Ombudsman Service ( FOS), Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS), Money and Pensions Service ( Ma PS) and the Pensions Regulator ( TPR)—worked together in its second year. See: LNB News 10/06/2024 54. Authorisation, approval and supervision FCA publishes user guide for submitting modification by consent under COBS/ COLL/ SUP The FCA has issued a user...
At the Manchester manifesto launch, the Labour leader pledged his administration would set up a National Wealth Fund capitalised at £7.3bn ( US$9.3bn) across the next Parliament. Its purpose is to speed the shift to clean energy and support industry while drawing in private co‑investment alongside public funds. The fund’s remit would be clean power and industrial investment, targeting £3 of private capital for each £1 of state funding. A Labour administration would likewise undertake a wide-ranging review of pensions, including measures to lift workplace scheme investment into domestic markets. “ This is a changed Labour Party with a plan for growth,” Starmer told delegates. “ We are pro‑business and pro‑worker — the party of wealth creation.” He added that his party, polling 20 points ahead of the governing Conservative Party, reaffirmed prior commitments not to raise income tax, National Insurance or VAT if...
Interpreting statutory language— Applying common law principles in the context of judicial review: R (on the application of LJ Fairburn & Son Ltd and others) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 65 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The decision explores how common law protections operate through statutory construction where property rights are interfered with, seemingly in the absence of an entitlement to compensation. When construing para [5(2)] of Schedule 3 to the Animal Health Act 1981 ( AHA1981), the court found the text sufficiently equivocal to justify giving the claimants the benefit of the doubt on the interpretative question. Accordingly, the claimants succeeded on their reading of the point in time at which compensation is engaged where birds are condemned for culling to contain the spread of Avian Influenza (‘ AI’). Put...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Reputation management Data protection Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Information technology Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies ' Brussels Effect' of EU AI Act is uncertain, legal pros say Law360 reports that Big Law practitioners supporting cross-border clients on the EU AI Act highlight major doubts around ambiguous terminology in the 458-page law, how its hefty eight-figure penalties will be enforced, and whether it will shape a worldwide benchmark under the so-called ‘ Brussels effect’. See: ' Brussels Effect' of EU AI Act is uncertain, legal pros say. Internet Distance contract information obligations in case of conditional payments ( VT, UR v Conny Gmb H) In VT, UR v Conny Gmb H, Case C-400/22, it was determined that Article 8(2) of Directive 2011/83/ EU, the EU Consumer Rights Directive on formal requirements for distance contracts, obliges a trader to ensure that, when a...
At Silverstone, the Midlands Grand Prix circuit, the Prime Minister unveiled his party’s general election manifesto, promising to cut employees’ National Insurance contributions, taken from wages, to 6% by April 2027—provided the Conservatives overturn their roughly 20-point polling gap. The Conservative administration has already reduced the rate in two stages, from 12% in November to 8% in March. The 80-page manifesto also outlines an ambition to scrap the levy altogether over time. Sunak restated his party’s adherence to the pensions triple lock, ensuring the state pension rises each year by average earnings, inflation, or 2.5%, whichever is higher. He also reiterated a May pledge that state pension payments would always remain below the income tax threshold, as part of a plan......
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents IP and technology Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Court of Appeal rules on trade mark royalty provisions ( Virgin Aviation TM Ltd v Alaska Airlines Inc) In Virgin Aviation TM Ltd v Alaska Airlines Inc [2024] EWCA Civ 622, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s construction of a licensing agreement between Alaska Airlines Inc ( Alaska) and the claimant, Virgin, rejecting Alaska’s challenge. The core question was whether a particular clause displaced Alaska’s duty, under the licence, to pay the stipulated ‘ Minimum Royalty’ for each financial year. The court confirmed by declaration that Virgin was entitled to not less than the Minimum Royalty in every financial year, irrespective of Alaska generating any gross sales from use of the...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts Data protection E-commerce International Public procurement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—12 June 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) considered a complaint about a You Tube video on the Sidemen’s channel that referenced the vodka label ‘ XIX Vodka’ in the content. The ASA upheld one point, but dismissed two others after review overall. See: LNB News 12/06/2024 34. Ofcom consults on renewing co-regulatory arrangements for ODPS and VSP Ofcom has opened a consultation on its plans to extend, for a decade to 31 October 2034, the co-regulatory framework governing broadcast advertising, on demand programme service ( ODPS) advertising, and video-sharing platform ( VSP) advertising arrangements in place. The...
In this issue: Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional law Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and State aid Public procurement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit SIs REUL( RR) A 2023 SI Bulletin—drafts laid for sifting on 22 May 2024 The Retained EU Law ( Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 ( REUL( RR) A 2023) equips relevant national authorities with a suite of powers to reshape retained EU law ( REUL) by using secondary legislation to amend, revoke, restate and/or replace assimilated provisions. Before certain statutory instruments—referred to here as ‘ REUL reform SIs’—are formally presented to Parliament, the Act requires an initial sifting stage to determine the correct parliamentary procedure. The sifting committees set out their...
In this issue: Key developments Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments Labour Party proposes publicly owned Great British Energy company The Labour Party has set out plans to create a state-owned energy company, ‘ Great British Energy’, if it wins the 2024 election. The enterprise would prioritise accelerating deployment of both emerging and established technologies, including nuclear, wind and solar, while forging partnerships with private businesses and local authorities to enable community energy schemes. This model is intended to decentralise generation, lessen the nation’s reliance on imported energy, and reinforce the UK’s role in the clean power market over the long term significantly. See: LNB News 06/06/2024 9. Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem publishes decision on modifications to RIGs for RIIO- ED2 Ofgem has issued its decision on proposed changes to the...
The Court of Appeal ruled that Alaska Airlines had undertaken to pay Virgin a minimum royalty rate under a licence agreement and could not avoid that obligation during the contractual term by electing to drop the brand. Delivering the court’s view for the three-judge panel, Lord Justice Stephen Phillips stated that Alaska’s construction of the agreement was wrong, as it would still leave the airline with control over the Virgin brand and the capacity to prevent rivals from using it, at no cost. He explained that Alaska’s stance was that it should be permitted to hold, and effectively sterilise, valuable intellectual property rights for as long as 25 years while paying nothing; however, it is obvious that some remuneration would be both anticipated and required......
Camacho v OCS Group UK Ltd [2024] EWHC 1164 ( KB) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling emphasises the need for exact drafting in contracts and workplace policies and procedures. In this matter, neither the employment contract nor the grievance process made it express that staff agreed to any re-publication of defamatory statements arising during grievance investigations. The court likewise observed that the grievance procedure’s core function is to resolve complaints and does not necessarily, of itself, inaugurate disciplinary proceedings. Advisers should counsel employers with care and precision to ensure their contracts and policies plainly and transparently define the reach and effects of these internal procedures where potentially defamatory allegations may surface or be repeated. The court also confirmed that the principles in Friend v Civil Aviation Authority [1998] IRLR 253 have only a limited application to the consent defence in...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Cross-border disputes Dates for your diary Useful information Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Practice Direction update 168th PD update: Approval has been given by the Master of the Rolls and the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Justice to the 168th update to the Practice Directions under the Civil Procedure Rules ( CPR). This update alters CPR PD 51ZC, prolonging the small claims paper determination pilot until 1 December 2024; that change took effect on 31 May 2024. It also revises CPR PD 74A to provide for the registration of foreign judgments for recognition and enforcement pursuant to the Hague Judgments Convention. The amendments to CPR PD 74A will commence when the Hague Judgments Convention comes into force in the UK—see LNB News 06/06/2024 6—168th Practice...
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—13 June 2024 In this issue: Insolvency litigation Corporate insolvency processes Personal insolvency Restructuring Directors and insolvency International restructuring & insolvency R& I in Scotland Daily and weekly news alerts Key dates for R& I professionals Insolvency litigation BHS directors to pay liquidators £27m for wrongful trading Law360: On 11 June 2024, a London judge directed two former directors of the collapsed retailer BHS to pay £13.5m each to the liquidators, having determined they knew the company was beyond recovery when it was acquired in 2015. See News Analysis: BHS directors to pay liquidators £27m for wrongful trading and [2024] EWHC 1417 ( Ch). Declaration of trust held to be a transaction defrauding creditors ( Wade v Singh) The liquidators sought to enforce a judgment against a property jointly owned by the judgment debtor and his...
In this issue: Trade in goods Anti-dumping WTO Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trade in goods EU Regulation revising checks on food imports to safeguard public health featured in the Official Journal. Commission Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2024/1662 of 11 June 2024 amends Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures for the entry into the Union of specified goods from certain third countries, implementing Regulations ( EU) 2017/625 and ( EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council, and has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The Regulation will take effect on 2 July 2024. See: LNB News 12/06/2024 16. Regulation on registering imports of titanium dioxide originating in the PRC published in the OJ. Commission Implementing Regulation ( EU)...
In this issue: Corporate Governance General Election 2024 Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate Governance FRC chief expresses concern at the role of proxy advisers in executive pay Richard Moriarty, head of the Financial Reporting Council ( FRC), is said this week to have urged boards to resist proxy advisers seeking to block increases in executive pay. He also signalled that the FRC is reviewing the influence of proxy advisers and considering tougher supervision. He raised doubts about whether expectations of proxies in the UK Stewardship Code should be revisited; the Code is being consulted on by the FRC, with an updated draft anticipated next year (see: Share Incentives weekly highlights—29 February 2024— Corporate governance). His remarks come amid repeated assertions from business leaders in recent months that more generous executive awards would bolster UK competitiveness and help British firms attract global talent with less friction (see: Share...
In this issue Financial provision Public children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New Precedent New Practice Note Updated content Useful information Financial provision Unequal division of property on divorce—the importance of the source of assets ( Standish v Standish) In Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567, [2024] All ER ( D) 104 ( May), the Court of Appeal considered cross-appeals arising from Moor J’s first instance award of £45m to the wife from total assets of £132m. On appeal, the wife pursued an equal division (£66m), while the husband sought to pare back her award to £25m. The Court of Appeal dismissed the wife’s challenge and upheld the husband’s cross-appeal, reducing the wife’s entitlement under the sharing principle to £25m. The matter was nevertheless remitted to first instance to decide whether £25m would satisfy the wife’s needs, as Moor J had made no such...
High Court judge Neil Calver ruled Hamilton Corporate Member Ltd, along with other reinsurers, owed no payment to Anham because, whether or not the premises were taken 'by reason of a governing authority', an exclusion ultimately applied. He said the term 'seizure' in the reinsurance clause bears its plain, ordinary and natural meaning and is not confined to measures by a lawful government or sovereign power. In 2021, after US forces left Afghanistan, the Taliban swept across the country. They took control of the warehouse in August that year, and Anham sought to be indemnified for that loss, the judgment records. The reinsurers contended they were not responsible for the warehouse, as the circumstances, in their view, fell outside the scope of the reinsurance under the policy wording. An exclusion clause of......
In this issue: Data protection Reputation Management Databases Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Meta faces 11 EU complaints over forthcoming plans to channel personal data into AI. MLex: The company’s revised privacy policy faces scrutiny by EU data protection regulators, after Max Schrems and his advocacy group lodged complaints across 11 European nations......
In this issue Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other Risk & Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New and updated content Data protection Meta faces 11 complaints across the EU over its forthcoming policy to use personal data for AI training. According to MLex, European data protection authorities will examine the new approach after filings by Max Schrems and his advocacy group in 11 countries. The grievances challenge Meta’s reliance on legitimate interest as the legal ground for processing users’ data to train unspecified AI tools. With the policy set to take effect in three weeks, regulators may need to resort to an expedited procedure. See News Analysis: Meta receives 11 EU complaints over upcoming policy to feed personal data to AI... Financial sanctions The Office of Financial Sanctions...
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