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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: Company law and regulatory Corporate Governance Weekly highlights from other practice areas Company law and regulatory FCA Primary Market Bulletin 49—updated review on LTIP reporting Following the Financial Conduct Authority’s ( FCA) publication last month of Primary Market Bulletin 49, which assessed how 25 premium listed companies met long-term incentive plan ( LTIP) disclosure requirements under the Listing Rules ( LR) (see News Analysis: Share Incentives weekly highlights—23 May 2024— Company law and regulatory), the FCA has now released an updated version of its conclusions. While the original note had identified certain LR disclosure shortcomings among some of those issuers, the revised bulletin now records that the FCA ‘established high levels of compliance with the rules’. For instance, the earlier report indicated that only 10 of the 25 companies seeking approval for a new or revised LTIP had issued a...
In this issue: New technologies Internet Data protection Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Reputation management Lex Talk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information New technologies EU’s AI liability rules might not arrive after all MLex: Providers and operators of artificial intelligence in the EU may ultimately avoid bespoke AI liability rules. The draft Directive on AI liability is being examined by the European Parliamentary Research Service and could be set aside, as both the European Parliament and the Council question its added value alongside domestic regimes and the EU Product Liability Directive. With the EU AI Act formally adopted and due to take effect in July 2024, attention now turns to its roll-out and the required...
In this issue: Brexit headlines Brexit SIs Post- Brexit transition guidance Constitutional and administrative law Equality and human rights Information law Subsidy control and State aid Public procurement Projects and infrastructure Management and strategic planning Lex Talk®Public Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Brexit headlines Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee publishes Annual Report 2023 The Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee has released its Annual Report 2023, the fourth UK– EU annual overview of how the Withdrawal Agreement operated from 1 January to 31 December 2023. It records that the six Specialised Committees created under the Agreement met during 2023, alongside a number of virtual and in-person sessions across the year focused on the Agreement’s...
Dawnvale Cafe Components Ltd V Hylgar Properties Ltd [2024] EWHC 1199 ( TCC) What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment carries significant weight for practitioners drafting settlement agreements following adjudications in construction matters where further disputes may loom. It reinforces the need for exact wording in Tomlin Orders/ Settlement Agreements, above all when delineating what has been compromised. The court concluded that the settlements’ wording—specifically the phrase ‘all claims the claimant may have against the defendant arising from or in connection with these proceedings’—did not prevent Hylgar from seeking additional losses in a subsequent adjudication. The judge observed that any wish to extinguish future claims should have been made plain by referencing all claims arising from or connected with ‘the contract’, ‘the works’, or ‘the dispute(s)’, rather than ‘these proceedings’. Where the parties aim to draw a line under every...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection International Public procurement Supplier management Lex Talk®Commercial: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Advertising, marketing and sponsorship ASA rulings—5 June 2024 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) looked into a complaint about an email communication that breached the rules by directly advertising to consumers unlicensed nicotine-containing e‑cigarettes and their component parts. The ASA duly upheld the complaint. See: LNB News 05/06/2024 27. Consumer protection Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 This Act sets out regulation of competition in digital markets; amends the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and makes other provision concerning competition law; makes provision relating to the protection of consumer rights and confers further such rights; and for connected purposes. It came into force in part on 24 May 2024, and will come fully into force on such day as the...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Private children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis Nexis® community Daily and weekly news alerts New content Updated content Useful information Practice and procedure Artificial intelligence in the family justice system The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory ( NFJO) has issued a briefing, AI in the family justice system. The NFJO explains that the paper is designed to spark debate and reflection on how artificial intelligence could enhance the experiences of families and professionals using the family justice system. It also sets out the associated challenges and risks, and considers governance options that promote safe and equitable use. See: LNB News 03/06/2024 15. Private children Transgender adolescents and the capacity to consent to treatment ( EF v LM and another) EF v LM [2024] EWHC 922 ( Fam), [2024] All ER ( D) 23 ( May) signals...
In this issue: Intellectual property Research and development Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Competition in life sciences Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Intellectual property EPO registers more than 27,000 patents in the Unitary Patent system The European Patent Office ( EPO) reports registering over 27,000 unitary patents in the Unitary Patent’s inaugural year, following its launch in June 2023. This means nearly one in four (23%) granted European patents now cover all participating Member States, with the share continuing to rise. The newly established Unified Patent Court ( UPC) has handled around 350 matters to date and also provides a single forum for disputes concerning both unitary patents and non‑unitary European patents. In addition, the European Commission plans a unitary...
International Distributions Services Plc, the present owner of Royal Mail, stated on 29 May 2024 that EP Corp Group AS, which has lodged a takeover proposal, intends to press ahead with establishing the UK’s first collective defined contribution ( CDC) pension arrangement. CDC plans are risk-sharing vehicles, unfamiliar in Britain but commonplace in Canada and the Netherlands. Under these pensions, assets are combined within a broader collective fund instead of being allocated to form a personal savings pot for individual savers overall......
The challenger bank has faced scrutiny since 2021, when the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) began investigating its anti-money laundering and financial crime controls and systems in that year. The watchdog is reviewing matters spanning October 2018 to June 2022. In its annual report released today, Monzo noted the FCA has narrowed the scope of the ongoing investigation. In November 2023, the FCA told Monzo it was no longer pursuing criminal liability in relation to Monzo’s compliance with the......
Lewes Crown Court has ordered Lee Bartholomew, former company director of 1066 Target Sports Ltd., to pay a £7,500 penalty to TPR, plus £7,500 in legal costs ordered by the court. According to TPR, he appeared before the court in the southern county of East Sussex on 31 May 2024, TPR said. The regulator brought a prosecution in 2023, alleging that he had failed to provide necessary information during its investigation into his shooting range. He had denied the allegation in June 2023, before later pleading guilty to doing so. In his ruling in the case, Judge Stephen Mooney said Bartholomew chose to withhold documentation he ought to have provided, knowing that disclosing it would alert the regulator that he was not paying money where he should have done......
In this issue: Case management Other PI & Clinical Negligence news Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Case management Litigation funding agreements—termination clauses The Lexis Nexis® Restructuring & Insolvency and Dispute Resolution practical guidance teams have released a fresh Practice Note entitled ‘ Litigation funding agreements—termination clauses’......
Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—6 June 2024 In this issue: Key R& I law developments Insolvency litigation Restructuring Corporate insolvency processes The office-holder Daily and weekly news alerts New content Key R& I law developments Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 This Act introduces regulation of competition within digital markets, revises the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 with additional competition law measures, and enhances consumer protection by providing and extending rights, together with related purposes. Certain provisions took effect on 24 May 2024; the remainder will commence on a day set by Regulations made by the Secretary of State. See: LNB News 04/06/2024 9. Insolvency litigation Monies paid to a bankrupt’s son were after-acquired property ( Hyde v Djurberg) It is uncommon for a bankrupt to receive a significant payment that a trustee in bankruptcy may claim as...
In this issue Projects Procurement in construction Standard form contracts Construction industry news Lex Talk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Projects IWA 2024 receives Royal Assent The Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 ( IWA 2024) achieved Royal Assent on 3 June 2024. It reshapes the law around consenting for major infrastructure schemes in Wales, including the Welsh marine area. The Act establishes a new route for ‘ Significant Infrastructure Projects’, to be determined by a ‘ Welsh Infrastructure Consent’, which aligns in many respects with the development consent order process under England’s Planning Act 2008. See News Analysis: Infrastructure ( Wales) Act 2024 receives Royal Assent. Procurement in construction Welsh Government publishes statement on PA 2023 commencement regulations The Welsh Government has issued a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance,...
In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Other ADR and arbitration-related news Lex Talk®Arbitration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Arbitration in England & Wales Commercial Court— AA 1996, s 67— BIT award—addition of new ground of challenge—rejected In Czech Republic v Diag [2024] EWHC 708 ( Comm), the principal judgment of 8 March 2024 was delivered by Mr Justice Foxton in the English Commercial Court. Foxton J determined that the Czech Republic sought, belatedly, to introduce a fresh challenge under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerning the second claimant’s true nationality—a point that was, in principle, capable of grounding a jurisdictional objection. However, the state, exercising reasonable diligence, could and should have identified this contention during the BIT arbitration itself....
In this issue: Cases and decisions Types of insurance Market practice Regulation New and updated content Case trackers Key dates Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Insurance: a Lexis®Nexis community Cases and decisions Insurance ruling highlights stringent bar to amend policy wording ( Project Angel Bidco Ltd ( In Administration) v Axis Managing Agency Ltd). On 2 May 2024, in Project Angel Bidco Ltd ( In Administration) v Axis Managing Agency Ltd, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales affirmed the lower court’s October 2023 ruling and dismissed the insured, Project Angel Bidco Ltd’s, appeal. See News Analysis by Joseph Moore, partner, and Laura Mc Cann, senior associate, at Travers Smith LLP: Insurance ruling stresses high hurdle to fix policy wording ( Project Angel Bidco Ltd ( In...
The retirement savings firm reported a poll of over 1,000 adults in which nearly one in three said they had to use savings just simply to cover the years until state pension age or due to redundancy or reduced pay. Just Group also noted that more than half of respondents had left work earlier than they had anticipated. Stephen Lowe, group communications director at Just Group, said a third of over-55s withdrew pension funds before stopping work. ‘ Some did so by choice and others out of necessity,’ Lowe said. It seems that drawing on pensions ahead of leaving full-time employment is assisting significant numbers of people to cope with......
See Q& A: When it comes to applying for probate, should a personal representative who questions the validity of the Will and believes the last Will is invalid, when cited to take or refuse probate, accept probate and apply for it in their name, or should they refuse probate? Authorities on the validity of Wills span widely—from Banks v Goodfellow through Kenward v Adams (1975), and from Parker v Felgate to Baker v Hewston—illustrating the breadth and diversity of the jurisprudence. The personal representative ( PR) is central to handling and distributing the deceased’s estate (see: Personal representatives—overview). Section 25 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 stipulates that PRs must ‘collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to the law’. These responsibilities are demanding, and a PR should recognise the potential for personal...
The consultation stemmed from a 27 February 2024 address delivered by Therese Chambers, the FCA’s joint executive director for enforcement and market oversight, unveiling the proposal—widely dubbed a plan to name and shame. It has triggered a pronounced pushback from the market, the influential financial services trade body UK Finance, the House of Lords and, most unusually, the UK chancellor. More extraordinary still, on 2 May 2024, FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi was called before a House of Lords committee to explain and justify why the regulator had not halted the proposal in response to these objections. Proposal At present, those under investigation are generally not named until the FCA finishes its investigation and determines misconduct. The FCA now proposes to release details about investigations at an early point, including progress updates, as well as also announcing the closure of...
Sherman v Reader Offers Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 412 What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment delivers detailed guidance on: pinpointing the exact time and date on which a binding contract was concluded between the parties, and proportionality Commercial advisers should avoid partisan, selective readings when interpreting contractual material. Here, the language used during the telephone discussions, coupled with the paperwork sent by the defendant, aligned with the claimant’s case that the contract was formed on the later date. The Court of Appeal further rejected the lower courts’ reliance on the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (the 1992 Regulations), SI 1992/3288, for determining the point of formation. Those Regulations do not supplant the classical law of formation, which obliges the court to analyse what the parties said and did in order to identify the stage at which, as...
Mergers The Commission approved BASF SE’s acquisition granting sole control of Harbour Energy Plc and, indirectly, selected assets of Wintershall DEA AG ( M.11470) following a phase I review—see further, Midday Express The Commission received notifications in: VTTI/ Shell/ Dragon LNG ( M.11572) (simplified merger procedure) EFMS/ Permira/ Universidad Europea ( M.11549) (simplified merger procedure) The Commission issued the public version of its decision in Iberdrola/ BP/ JV ( M.11128)—see further, decision NOTE— For all live merger investigations before the Commission, see further, EU mergers—ongoing cases tracker Antirust The Court of Justice held a hearing in Case C-2/23 FL und KM Baugesellschaft and S, a national reference from Austria seeking clarity on whether information from leniency statements and...
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This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
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