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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: Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing Other financial crime Data protection Other Practice Compliance updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Financial sanctions OFSI reissues General Licence on funds of non-designated third parties The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ( OFSI) has reissued General Licence INT/2024/4761108 under Regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit) Regulations 2019, concerning funds of non-designated third parties where designated credit or financial institutions are involved. The General Licence is valid until 27 May 2026. See: LNB News 29/05/2024 15. OFSI updates Oil Price Cap General Licence– INT/2024/4423859 OFSI has revised the Oil Price Cap General Licence– INT/2024/4423859 and the related publication notice. The amendment removes coverage for supplying or delivering Russian oil by, or providing relevant services to,...
In this issue: Tax treatment Corporate Governance Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Tax treatment HMRC publishes employee share schemes statistics for the tax year ending 2022 HMRC has released figures for the tax year to 2022 covering the tax-advantaged employee share schemes—company share option plans ( CSOPs), enterprise management incentives ( EMI), save as you earn ( SAYE) and share incentive plans ( SIPs). Drawn from share scheme returns, the data sets out how many companies run schemes, how many employees receive or are granted awards, the value of those awards, how many options are exercised, and estimates of the income tax and National Insurance contributions ( NICs) relief obtained. Employees are estimated to have benefited from £840m of income tax relief and £560m of NICs relief in that year across the four schemes EMI...
Beyond the items reported in full in the Financial Services news feed on 30 May 2024, subscribers may wish to note the following further developments: Insurance Europe: Capital Markets Union: insurance industry sets out proposals to unlock investment across Europe Insurance Europe releases 2023–2024 annual report FCA Decision Notices: Auto Channel Ltd Carlisle Van Centre FPK Sales Limited Pro- Bike HM Treasury Notices: Russia, 30/05/2024 Somalia, 30/05/2024 UK Finance issues...
In this issue: Data protection Financial sanctions AML, CTF & counter-proliferation Other financial crime Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Data Protection and Digital Information Bill lost in Parliament wash-up period The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill fell during the wash-up period ahead of Parliament’s prorogation on Friday 24 May 2024, and its dissolution on 30 May 2024 for the UK general election set for 4 July 2024. At dissolution, all unfinished business is dropped. First read in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023, the Bill was intended to deliver substantial reforms to data law. See: LNB News 29/05/2024 66. Financial sanctions OFSI reissues General Licence on funds of non-designated third parties The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has reissued General Licence INT/2024/4761108 under Regulation 64 of the Russia ( Sanctions) ( EU Exit)...
In this issue: Key developments and materials Legislation: some statutory instruments approved prior to prorogation of Parliament Types of pension schemes Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials Snap 4 July election leaves pension reform in disarray The UK government’s move on 22 May 2024 to call a snap general election for 4 July has, according to experts, placed the pensions landscape in limbo, casting doubt on whether the next government will pursue the ambitious reform programme. Around a dozen regulatory initiatives are paused as the civil service enters pre-election purdah. While the two main parties appear to agree on many pensions policy themes, notable differences remain, and industry voices are growing louder for clear manifesto commitments. ‘ One of the big questions surrounds the fate of the recently reformed pensions tax system, as well as...
State aid Court of Justice dismisses Ryanair’s appeal regarding State aid granted by Finland in favour of Finnair due to the Covid-19 outbreak The Court of Justice delivered its ruling in Case C-353/21 P, Ryanair v Commission, brought as an appeal against the General Court’s judgment in Case T-388/20, which had rejected an action to annul the Commission decision of 18 May 2020. That decision endorsed a Finnish State guarantee supporting a €600m loan to Finnair to lessen the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on the airline ( SA.56809) (the Commission’s 2020 decision). The Court of Justice dismissed the appeal in full. The Commission had authorised the Finnish State guarantee under Article 107(3)(b) TFEU, considering it necessary, suitable and proportionate to address a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State. The General Court also found that a possible collapse of Finnair would have had...
In this issue: Employment Tribunals Horizon scanning Brexit, retained EU law and assimilated law Employment contract Benefits Prohibited conduct protection at work Diversity and gender pay Maternity, parents and carers Coronavirus ( COVID-19) Data protection and employee information Individual rights arising from union membership Confidentiality, duties and restriction: enforcement ESG and sustainability: employment issues New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New Q& As Employment Tribunals HMCTS reform project—further update for ET professional representatives ( May 2024) HM Courts & Tribunals Service has circulated a letter from Senior Project Manager, Michael Nuna, sent on behalf of Mark Lewis, Employment Tribunals Service Manager. It sets out key details regarding the My HMCTS portal to be used by claimant...
In this issue: Data protection Confidential information Key developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection Data Protection and Digital Information Bill lost in Parliament wash-up period The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill fell during the wash-up ahead of Parliament’s prorogation on Friday 24 May 2024 and its dissolution on 30 May 2024 for the UK general election scheduled for 4 July 2024. All unfinished business lapses at dissolution. First read in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023, the Bill was set to introduce notable data reforms. See: LNB News 29/05/2024 66. EDPB issues Opinion on use of airport passengers’ biometric data in accordance with EU GDPR The European Data Protection Board ( EDPB) has issued an Opinion on the use of facial recognition for...
In this issue: Company disclosures, records and registers Brexit Corporate governance Competition law Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Company disclosures, records and registers Companies House publishes draft Identity Verification rules Companies House has issued draft identity verification rules, exercising the power granted by regulation 5 of the Registrar ( Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024. These rules set out the contact details, personal data and categories of supporting proof an applicant must submit when seeking to confirm their identity, together with the additional actions required before an application can be determined. The draft is accompanied by two Schedules that specify the approved evidence for identity checks undertaken by the Registrar and, separately, by an Authorised Corporate Service Provider. The framework is intended to...
In this issue: General election 2024 Criminal Procedure and evidence Appeal and judicial review Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Money laundering Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information General election 2024 General election announced for 4 July 2024 Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has sought and obtained the King’s consent to dissolve Parliament and has announced a general election for 4 July 2024. Parliament was prorogued on 24 May 2024, and dissolved on 30 May 2024 in accordance with the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 ( DCPA 2022). This analysis reviews what the announcement means for Bills currently before...
In this issue: Practice and procedure Financial provision Relationship breakdown Public children Lex Talk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New legislation New Q& As Useful information Practice and procedure Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 5 of 2024 The fifth update to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 ( FPR 2010) Practice Directions in 2024 has been published, revising FPR 2010, PD 7A, PD 9A, PD 12B, PD 12B ( Pilot), PD 12F, PD 36N and PD 36ZE. This is Update No 5 of 2024 in total. Within FPR 2010, PD 9A, the existing pre-action protocol annexed to the Practice Direction is substituted with a new pre-application protocol, and that new pre-application protocol is also inserted as an annex to FPR 2010, PD 12B and FPR 2010, PD 12B ( Pilot). In addition, a new Practice Direction, FPR 2010, PD 41G ( Proceeding by Electronic Means: Certain...
STLC Europe Sixteen Leasing Ltd STLC Europe Sixteen Leasing Ltd says six of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft were covered for war risks, yet a host of insurers — including AXA, AIG, Allianz and Liberty Mutual entities — have declined to indemnify the losses, according to a High Court claim dated 3 May 2024 that has only recently been made public. These allegations follow High Court Judge Andrew Henshaw’s March 2024 ruling dismissing jurisdiction objections to numerous compensation claims brought by aircraft lessors. As a consequence, major insurers now face more than £13bn of claims in London. STLC said it leased the jets to S7 Airlines, which is headquartered in Russia, and that the planes were insured with Ingosstrakh Insurance Co Ltd from May 2021 to May 2022. Ingosstrakh then reinsured the aircraft with American International Group UK Ltd and AXA XL Insurance Co UK Ltd to...
In February 2024, the packaging materials supplier Bunzl disclosed an agreement to purchase Nisbets from UK investment firm Key West Holdings, saying the move would strengthen its catering equipment distribution operations. It also indicated that an additional payment for the 80% holding might be made in 2024, contingent on financial performance that year. The agreement further included an option to purchase the remaining 20% of Nisbets at a future date. However, it noted that completion of the Nisbets acquisition, with its registered office in Bristol, is subject to regulatory approvals and regulatory clearances......
Adam Tolley KC of Fountain Court Chambers, acting for the Home Secretary, contended that two police officers injured on duty who later became disabled should be prevented from using the Employment Tribunal to pursue disability discrimination claims. He told the court that such matters ought not to be heard by an employment tribunal but resolved in another forum instead, elsewhere. In other circumstances the officers might reasonably have qualified for a payment under regulation 12 of the Police Injury Benefit Regulations, yet that provision applies solely to officers who depart the force within 12 months of the injury. In the two cases, brought by N Clark of Derbyshire Constabulary and Michaela Bell of West Midlands Police, each maintains that their impairments emerged gradually over time and that they fell foul of the time bar. Tolley further argued they should not be...
Milan Andrea Postiglione, Anna- Lena Klein and Marije Knijff will constitute the Milan bench, chosen by the UPC after the UK bowed out in 2021. Paris and Munich are the other two headquarters of the central division, alongside Milan. Postiglione is a judge in the business section of the Court of Rome; Klein has served as a judge at the Regional Court Munich I since December 2014; and Knijff is a judge within the patent chamber of the District Court of the Hague......
The share of upheld complaints climbed to 36% in the latest year, having been 27% or lower across each of the preceding three years overall. Complaints about closures linked to financial crime concerns or politically exposed persons have nearly trebled since 2020–2021 period. The committee is worried about the effects of account closures (debanking) on individuals and businesses. To deal with the issue properly, it needs to understand and remedy certain unhelpful and counterproductive aspects of anti-money laundering ( AML) laws. This article will set out the principal questions around crimes and immunities, the risks facing banks and the choices available to them, and, lastly, the potential for genuine change. Crimes and Immunities The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA 2002) bars banks from handling funds that contain any proceeds of any criminal conduct, where they know or suspect that this is the case. It also...
The dispute stemmed from a 2012 agreement for the modernisation of DBS’ services (the ‘ Agreement’), under which TCS undertook to assume control of and operate DBS’ legacy platforms whilst creating new digital offerings. From day one, the programme suffered delays, prompting a reset of contractual milestones. TCS maintained that DBS was the source of those delays and, in particular, that DBS’ IT hosting provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprises ( HPE), caused a critical delay. DBS contended that the true cause was that TCS’ software was not ready to be deployed on the infrastructure owing to slippage in the development and testing of the software, and further said it bore no responsibility for HPE’s activities. TCS sought £110m in delay damages. DBS advanced a counterclaim for delay, together with claims tied to deficient software quality. A separate,...
Crescent Petroleum Company International Ltd and another company v Retirement, Saving and Welfare Fund of Oil Industry Workers [2024] EWHC 835 ( Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? The decision illustrates how a judgment creditor can pursue enforcement measures against a judgment debtor via IA 1986, s 423. Where the debtor has divested an asset to a third party, the usual relief is an order compelling the transferee to reconvey the property to the transferor, after which allocation amongst the transferor’s creditors is dealt with by the ordinary rules. Nonetheless, IA 1986, s 425 provides the court with latitude to frame relief under IA 1986, s 423 directly against the transferee, requiring the asset to be conveyed to the judgment creditor without a prior re-transfer to the transferor. This route applies where assets have been moved away from the debtor in...
Anderson v CAE Crewing Services Ltd [2024] EAT 78 On 22 May 2024, the EAT issued a judgment holding that the lower tribunal had wrongly concluded CAE Crewing Services bore no liability for the actions of two doctors who examined flight attendant Jessica Anderson for a fit-to-fly certificate. Judge James Tayler found the Employment Tribunal had misapplied the law by framing the question as whether the doctors conducting the fitness-to-fly examinations were agents of the employer. Having reached a non-liability finding, the tribunal then gave reasoning on Anderson’s substantive disability discrimination claims that was incomplete and inadequate, he said. The judgment records that in January 2019 Anderson entered into a contract with CAE Crewing Services, a business that supplies airlines with cabin crew. Members are expected to hold fit-to-fly certificates issued by aviation medical examiners. An examiner assessed Anderson in December 2018; she also has a heart...
More organisations also join regulatory network as cross-border collaboration continues to grow. Online safety regulators globally have set out their collective vision for making international regulatory approaches to online safety more consistent, harmonised and aligned, 24 May 2024. The GOSRN unites 18 regulators and observers spanning five continents. On 24 May 2024, GOSRN released its second position statement, detailing how regulators will collaborate to meet the global realities of online safety regulation. Statement follows: Earlier this month, Ofcom issued its draft guidance on safeguarding children online in the UK. This builds on cross-border collaboration......
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