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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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The DBT released a progress update on the implementation and operation of Parts 1 to 3 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 on 24 May 2024, fulfilling the requirement in section 213(1) of ECCTA 2023 as required. At the same moment, the department confirmed that further updates will be published every twelve months until 2030. Original news: DBT publishes progress report on ECCTA progress, LNB News 24/05/2024 47. What progress has Companies House made so far? ......
Online marketplaces and e-commerce sites may not be the most obvious targets of the EU’s landmark content-moderation law. Yet a wave of newcomers and mounting worries suggest they could soon sit at the centre of high-profile enforcement. Most coverage and political rhetoric around the Digital Services Act ( DSA)—the EU’s online safety regime applied to Very Large Online Platforms ( VLOPs) since August 2023 and to smaller services from February 2024—has zeroed in on social media. But marketplaces deserve equal attention. As EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton underlined when opening a DSA probe into Ali Express, the law goes beyond hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying; it also obliges e-commerce platforms to take down unlawful or unsafe goods offered in the EU Single Market, and compliance is a prerequisite for operating there. Some of these operations are vast businesses: Amazon, Zalando, Ali Express, Shein and, as of late last...
Meta is facing complaints from 11 European data protection authorities After announcing a privacy policy revision signalling it would use personal data to develop ‘ AI technology’, Meta now faces formal complaints from 11 European data protection authorities. Max Schrems’ campaign group NOYB has lodged cases with privacy watchdogs in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain, urging the regulators to urgently stop the change before it takes effect on 26 June. NOYB has specialised in strategic complaints, including those that led to the invalidation of Meta’s legal basis under contract for processing personal data for advertising. Since then, Meta has switched to the ‘legitimate interest’ legal basis. While the General Data Protection Regulation sets out six potential legal bases for processing personal data, the prevailing doctrine arising from data protection authorities’ guidance and decisions has......
Jump to: General Brexit headlines Brexit SIs and sifting updates Made Brexit SIs laid in Parliament Post- Brexit transition guidance Editor’s picks—the practice area/sector view New and updated Brexit related content Lex Talk®Brexit: a Lexis®Nexis community Useful information General Brexit headlines This section presents the principal, cross-cutting Brexit news headlines. Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee publishes Annual Report 2023 The Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee has issued its Annual Report 2023, the fourth UK– EU annual review of how the Withdrawal Agreement operated from 1 January to 31 December 2023. It records that the six Specialised Committees set up under the Agreement met during 2023, with further virtual and in‑person meetings held throughout the year on implementing the Agreement. The Committee emphasises that this programme of meetings and related engagement in 2023 evidences UK– EU dialogue and...
The new Miami office will consolidate resources to assist brokers, coverholders and managing agents across Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the 330-year-old specialist market. Lloyd's added the office, set to open on 1 September 2024, will act as a hub for Lloyd's across the Americas, alongside its current offices in New York, Rio de Janeiro and Toronto......
Private actions CAT issues judgment regarding revised applications for collective proceedings orders by Commercial and Interregional Cards Claims against Mastercard and Visa The CAT has delivered its judgment in Commercial and Interregional Cards Claims I Limited v Mastercard Inc and Others; Commercial and Interregional Cards Claims II Limited v Mastercard Inc and Others; Commercial and Interregional Cards Claim I Limited v Visa Inc; and Commercial Interregional Cards Claims II Limited v Visa Inc. The ruling addresses a renewed effort to secure Collective Proceedings Orders ( CPO), representing a second attempt by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I Limited ( CICC I) and Commercial and Interregional Card Claims II Limited ( CICC II). The applications were pursued under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998, and were directed at both Mastercard and Visa......
HMRC v Burlington Loan Management DAC [2024] UKUT 152 ( TCC) Background of the dispute After LBIE’s collapse, trading in its debt claims sprang up on a secondary market. The administrators ultimately realised enough assets to discharge all liabilities in full, creating a surplus from which statutory interest on those debts was paid. The Supreme Court determined that the statutory interest arising in the LBIE administration constituted yearly interest and was therefore subject to UK income tax withholding unless an exemption or relief applied (see News Analysis: Administration— Supreme Court confirms statutory interest can be yearly interest ( HMRC v Joint administrators of LBIE)). In the circumstances here, a claim against LBIE was transferred by SICL—then in liquidation—to Burlington, via an interim assignment to a broker engaged by SICL’s liquidators to sell the claim. As LBIE’s liquidators had already returned the £142m principal to SICL, the right...
Wilmott Dixon Construction Ltd v Prater Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 1190 ( TCC) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling marks the first reported instance of a court considering an application for a BLO under section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ( BSA 2022). Under BSA 2022, s 130, the High Court may issue a BLO where it regards it as just and equitable to do so. A BLO provides that a ‘relevant liability’ incurred by one corporate body (the original body) is also owed by a corporate body linked with it (the associate). ‘ Relevant liabilities’ include those arising from ‘building safety risks’, or under the Defective Premises Act 1972. Corporate bodies are associated if one controls the other, or a third body controls both, in accordance with BSA 2022, s...
Tesco Stores Ltd v Element and others [2024] EAT 83 Judge Timothy Kerr has scuppered Tesco’s attempt to overturn two case management directions that compel it to disclose documents connected to its defence in equal pay claims pursued by thousands of employees. In a decision dated 23 May and issued on 31 May 2024, he emphasised that appeal tribunals should be slow to interfere with case management orders made by a judge who grasps the dynamics of the litigation. Judge Kerr further noted that tribunals ought to treat with scepticism any proposals likely to cause protracted delay, save where the case features unrealistically short deadlines. He observed that the need to ‘get on with it’ in litigation of this kind requires starting tasks such as disclosure before the ultimate ambit is known or the final timetable is fixed, a point he said Tesco’s highly...
In this issue: Nationally significant infrastructure projects Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Related Documents Nationally significant infrastructure projects Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 receives Royal Assent The Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 ( IWA 2024) obtained Royal Assent on 3 June 2024. IWA 2024 reshapes the legal framework that regulates the consenting pathway for the development of significant infrastructure in Wales and the Welsh marine area. It establishes a new regime for ‘ Significant Infrastructure Projects’, under which proposals receive a ‘ Welsh Infrastructure Consent’ ( WIC), which is, in many respects, comparable to the development consent order ( DCO) process set out in the Planning Act 2008 ( PA 2008) in England. The Developments of National Significance ( DNS) regime was introduced in 2015......
LCP reported that its yearly poll of scheme trustees also indicated that a significant cohort of pensions specialists firmly believes managing systemic climate threats should be part of a trustee’s responsibilities. The firm did not reveal how many people were surveyed, or when fieldwork took place, but said the complete annual survey will be released publicly in full in June 2024. Aaron Punwani, LCP chief executive, welcomed the fact that several schemes have adopted net-zero targets. However, Punwani urged an updated interpretation of trustees’ fiduciary duty, so they can consider climate risk over the long term......
The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2024] EWCA Civ 300 What are the practical implications of this case? Section 43 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 stipulates that dealings between entities within the same VAT group are to be disregarded, and any supply by a member is treated as made by the representative member. Regulation 90 of the VAT Regulations 1995, SI 1995/2518, provides that continuous supplies are regarded as made at the time an invoice is issued or payment is received, whichever occurs earlier. The point arising in this appeal is which provision takes priority. Put simply, the dispute concerns which of these VAT rules governs in priority here. In the absence of a Supreme Court ruling resolving the interaction of these two provisions, the Court of Appeal’s judgment cautions suppliers about the consequences to weigh when deciding to leave a VAT...
In this issue: Commercial Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT Lex Talk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Commercial Council of the EU adopts Directive on right to repair The Council of the EU has approved a Right to Repair Directive aimed at encouraging the fixing of broken or faulty goods. It seeks to make repair services easier to access, more transparent and appealing, and brings in measures that include a European online portal for consumers to find repair providers, plus a 12-month extension to the legal guarantee when a customer chooses repair instead of replacement. Following signature by the President of the European Parliament and the President of the Council, the Directive will be published in the Official Journal of the EU and will...
In this issue: Key developments and horizon scanning Enforcing security and property insolvency Contractual issues Disputes and remedies Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Latest Q& As Key developments and horizon scanning Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 This Act stops the granting or assignment of certain new long residential house leases; reshapes the rights of long-lease tenants to purchase the freehold of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to act collectively to enfranchise or manage buildings containing their flats; gives such tenants the right to reduce rent under their leases to a peppercorn; and regulates residential landlord–tenant relationships, estate management and rentcharges. It also amends the Building Safety Act 2022 in relation to fixing...
The insurer reported a growing array of routes for providers under £150m ( US$192m) in size to secure a pension risk transfer. According to Joe Hathaway, associate partner for risk settlement at Aon, the market for pension scheme risk settlement remains buoyant; despite chatter that smaller schemes are being squeezed out by the wave of mega deals, that is not what their experience shows in practice. Hathaway also noted that there are now 'more options and resources' on hand for smaller pension plans than before, he said......
In this issue: International Taxes management and litigation VAT Employment taxes Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information International Upper Tribunal dismisses HMRC’s appeal in Burlington Loan Management In Burlington Loan Management, the UT rejected HMRC’s appeal, endorsing the FTT’s conclusion that the Irish tax‑resident company could claim the UK– Irish DTT exemption from UK withholding tax on UK‑source annual interest. Despite the fact the Irish entity had acquired the relevant debt from a Cayman Islands company (which itself did not qualify for any UK withholding tax relief), the FTT was, on the evidence, entitled to find that neither party’s primary objective was to secure the treaty withholding exemption, meaning the DTT’s anti‑abuse clause was not triggered. See: HMRC v...
In this issue: Anti-dumping Customs Lex Talk® International Trade: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Anti-dumping Correction to Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2022/191 concerning anti-dumping duties on imports of specified iron or steel fasteners noted in the OJ. Commission Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2024/1513 of 31 May 2024 amends Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2022/191, which set a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners from the People’s Republic of China, has been issued in the Official Journal. See: LNB News 04/06/2024 13......
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Eversheds Sutherland are acting for Intel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is advising Apollo-managed funds and affiliates, and Latham & Watkins LLP is advising Apollo co-investors. Intel will hold a controlling 51% stake in the joint venture and retain full ownership and operational control of Fab 34 and its assets, the statement said. Fab 34 is a high-volume fabrication facility engineered for wafers on the Intel 4 and Intel 3 process technologies. Intel said it has invested US$18.4bn in Fab 34 to date......
In this issue: Public procurement Governance Social housing Education Social care Healthcare Lex Talk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Public procurement Welsh Government publishes statement on PA 2023 commencement regulations The Welsh Government has issued a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office, Rebecca Evans, regarding the Procurement Act 2023 ( Commencement No 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/716. These regulations activate the practical and operational legislative duties under the Procurement Act 2023 ( PA 2023). SI 2024/716 sets 28 October 2024 as the start date for the substantive PA 2023 provisions and ends the existing framework. The Welsh Government notes that further commencement regulations will be needed to bring additional PA 2023 provisions into effect, which will likewise require consent of Welsh Ministers. See: LNB News 31/05/2024 8. Procurement Act 2023 (...
On 31 May 2024, TPT Retirement Solutions reported that 75% of the more than 2,000 people surveyed by Censuswide in May 2024 want political parties to prioritise workplace pension reform ahead of the forthcoming general election. The study also found that almost nine in ten want the winner of the 4 July 2024 contest to do more to help people save for retirement, while roughly six in ten worry they are not saving enough. According to David Lane, TPT’s chief executive, the findings underline working people’s desire for pension reform. He added that most are not saving enough for retirement and many find retirement decisions difficult......
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