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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: Abolition of the lifetime allowance The Pensions Regulator Pensions dashboards Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Abolition of the lifetime allowance HMRC publishes Pensions Schemes Newsletter 159 — April 2024 HMRC has issued Pensions Schemes Newsletter 159 for April 2024, which includes, amongst other items, extra guidance on the abolition of the lifetime allowance ( LTA). In particular, HMRC has clarified how tax should be applied to benefits where an individual had become entitled before 6 April 2024, but the benefits are paid on or after that date......
In this issue: Finance Companies and corporation tax Private equity and venture capital Stamp and transfer taxes VAT Employment taxes Individuals and income tax Reorganisations, restructuring and insolvency Lex Talk®Tax: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers New and updated content Useful information Finance Court of Appeal reviews the scope of ‘annual interest’ and ‘beneficial entitlement’ for interest WHT ( Hargreaves Property Holdings Ltd v HMRC). As noted in Tax weekly highlights—18 April 2024, the Court of Appeal in Hargreaves affirmed the FTT and UT decisions that the company was required, under section 874 of the Income Tax Act 2007, to deduct withholding tax from specified interest payments. The company maintained that the beneficial entitlement exception in ITA 2007, s 933 was engaged because the right to the...
Kingdom of Spain v RWE Renewables Gmb H and RWE Renewables Iberia, S. A. U. What are the practical implications of this case? The decision carries considerable importance for parties seeking to enforce intra‑ EU ICSID awards beyond the EU. It should further reinforce investors’ position over the longer term. For investors, it is reassuring that German courts are unlikely to obstruct the execution of intra‑ EU ICSID awards outside the EU. Moreover, the Court’s robust rebuke of the abusive reliance on the standstill clause in the context of EU State aid rules warrants particular attention and careful scrutiny. What was the background? The RWE Companies obtained an ICSID award against Spain for USD 28,080,000.00 plus interest, issued on 18 December 2020. Subsequent procedural steps included the following: April 2021: Spain commenced annulment proceedings before an ICSID ad hoc committee; on 20 March 2024 Spain’s...
In this issue: Investigating criminal conduct Criminal procedure and evidence Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls Cybercrime and data protection offences Environmental offences Financial services and pensions offences Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences Local authority prosecutions Money laundering International Lex Talk® Corporate Crime: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Investigating criminal conduct Court upholds lawfulness of raid on broker in cum-ex fraud probe. The London premises of commodity broker MCML Ltd were searched at the behest of Danish prosecutors examining a purported £56m tax fraud; a London court confirmed the search was lawful on 17 April 2024. See News Analysis: Raid on broker in cum-ex fraud case was...
In this issue: Leasing property Transferring property Property development Environment, energy and buildings Property taxes Property in Scotland Lex Talk®Property: a Lexis®Nexis community Further property updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts Trackers New Q& As Leasing property Competing views on a tenant’s ‘holding’ in renewal claims for business tenancies arose in Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Medley Assets Ltd [2024] Lexis Citation 358, a contested application under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( LTA 1954). The landlord relied on ground (f), contending it reasonably needed possession to undertake substantial works. A significant subsidiary issue was the scope of the tenant’s holding, turning on the meaning of that expression in LTA 1954, s 30, and whether it matched or differed from ‘holding’ in LTA 1954, s 32 (property to be comprised in any new tenancy). This, in turn, framed the breadth of the court’s inquiry into what works were practically achievable. The court...
In this issue: Status and worker categories Employment tribunal equality claims Whistleblowing Individual rights arising from union membership Confidentiality, duties and restrictions: enforcement Employment tribunals Employment Appeal Tribunal Pensions Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Status and worker categories Food delivery companies to introduce right to work checks for substitute drivers The Home Office has stated that, following discussions with the UK government, Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats plan to curb misuse of driver account sharing by their drivers. Each platform has agreed to implement new procedures enabling verification that any substitute couriers have permission to work in the UK. All three companies have reiterated plans to roll out checks to confirm substitutes’ legal right to work. Deliveroo has already begun, adding right to work screenings for substitutes at the registration stage earlier this month. See: LNB News 30/04/2024 76. Department for Education updates guidance for employers...
In this issue: Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework Competition in life sciences Medical devices Intellectual property Commercialisation Research and development Data protection and life sciences Advertising of medicines Lex Talk®Life Sciences: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Pharmaceuticals—regulatory framework MHRA publishes its strategic approach to AI The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) has set out its strategy for artificial intelligence, mirroring the government’s white paper, ‘ A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, and its guiding principles of safety, security, fairness and accountability. It evaluates AI’s opportunities and risks in three roles: as the regulator of AI products, as a public service making time-critical decisions, and as an organisation that bases decisions on evidence. See: LNB News 30/04/2024 78. EFPIA publishes circular economy white paper for pharmaceutical industry The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ( EFPIA) has unveiled a white paper on the circular economy in response to the...
In this issue: Courts and the legal profession Damages Starting a claim or counterclaim Coroners' inquests New content Lex Talk®PI & Clinical Negligence: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Useful information Courts and the legal profession Minutes from King’s Bench Division court user meeting on 25 April 2024 The published minutes from the King’s Bench Division court user meeting held on 25 April 2024 are now available. The agenda covered seal date markings on court documents, timings for listing applications, the necessity of supplying bundles for hearings, delays affecting Foreign Process, and directing writs of possession to the local District Registry rather than the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, plus other matters including CE- File rejections. See: LNB News 01/05/2024 85. Mo J updates payment of court fees for whiplash...
Working on Wellbeing Ltd (trading as Optima Health) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2024] EWHC 766 ( TCC) What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment stands as both a warning and a reference point for suppliers and contracting authorities on managing non-compliant tenders. For authorities, there are two principal lessons: Non-compliance can be complex to assess, so decisions must be robust, impartial and well-evidenced. The court placed weight on DWP’s structured approach, noting it mapped out and evaluated multiple options, which underpinned the finding that DWP acted lawfully and rationally when making the Decision. Clear, unambiguous tender documentation is essential. Although the court found entirely in DWP’s favour, shortcomings linked to its tender materials prolonged the mini-competition and fuelled the dispute. For example, it took 12 months and five versions of the Pricing Schedule before a...
In this issue: Key R& I law developments Insolvency litigation International restructuring and insolvency Corporate insolvency processes Restructuring Directors and insolvency The office-holder Daily and weekly news alerts Corporate Rescue and Insolvency ( April 2024 edition) New Q& A Key R& I law developments The Insolvency Service has released its March 2024 monthly figures for company and individual insolvencies. There were 1,815 registered corporate insolvencies, 17% down on March 2023, yet still above levels seen during the coronavirus ( COVID-19) period and across 2014–2019. Personal insolvencies totalled 8,708, representing a 9% decrease from March 2023. See: LNB News 26/04/2024 64. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/ Draft: amendments have been laid to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 to give effect to the 2019 Hague...
Williams v Williams [2024] EWHC 733 ( Fam), [2024] All ER ( D) 65 ( Apr) What are the practical implications of this case? The decision is noteworthy because it supplies the first judicial guidance on whether a final divorce order can be undone where the application was correctly and procedurally advanced and granted, even though the client had not, in fact, given any instructions for the application to be issued. The court’s reasoning confirms that rescinding a final divorce order is, at best, a theoretical possibility in exceptionally limited situations; the procedural mechanisms in FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, r 4.1(6), or the so‑called ‘slip’ rule in FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, r 29.16, are not available when the mistake did not stem from the court. A key factor highlighted is the societal significance of marital status and the consequent need for certainty as to...
EU developments The Council of the EU has formally approved the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council that revises the EU Accounting Directive (2013/34/ EU). This measure, which sets time limits for adopting sustainability reporting standards for particular sectors and third‑country undertakings, also amends the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, allowing the companies concerned extra time to implement the European Sustainability Reporting Standards. The Act has now been adopted and will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, entering into force on the twentieth day after that publication. See: LNB News 30/04/2024 43. Source: Council adopts directive to delay reporting obligations for certain sectors and third country companies. The European Parliament has, at first reading, adopted the legislative proposal for a...
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents Geographical indications Lex Talk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Comparative advertising— High Court gives preliminary ruling on features compared ( Gibraltar v Viovet) The High Court, in Gibraltar ( UK) Ltd v Viovet Ltd [2024] EWHC 777 ( Ch), delivered a preliminary view on which attributes were set against each other in comparative adverts for veterinary nutraceuticals. The ruling underscores that implied messaging can matter as much as explicit claims when deploying comparative advertising. Online customers selecting a trade marked product were presented with the retailer’s own-brand option and prompted to ‘ Swap and Save’. The retailer said the comparison was limited to price, whereas the trade mark owners argued the ads...
In this issue: Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Nationally significant infrastructure projects Permitted development Planning enforcement Lex Talk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Related Documents Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ( DLUHC) has issued a progress note on delivering measures in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 ( LURA 2023) aimed at accelerating housing site build-out. The package features the introduction of completion notices, a power to refuse to determine applications, and requirements for development progress reporting. DLUHC also confirmed it will consult on these tools as well as on proposals for a build-out financial penalty to push developers to deliver homes faster. See: LNB News 29/04/2024 27. Nationally significant infrastructure projects New guidance for nationally significant...
In this issue: Key DR developments Claims and remedies Pre-action and limitation Litigation Applications—general Evidence and disclosure New content Dates for your diary Useful information Lex Talk®Dispute Resolution: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Key DR developments Minutes KBD court user meeting minutes released: The record of the King’s Bench Division ( KBD) court user meeting held on 25 April 2024 is now available. The agenda covered seal dates on court papers, time slots for applications, supplying hearing bundles, delays with Foreign Process, and directing writs of possession to the local District Registry rather than the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, plus other items including CE- File rejections—see: LNB News 01/05/2024 85— Minutes from King’s Bench Division court user meeting on 25 April...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Consumer protection Contracts E-commerce International Sale and supply of goods 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 Platforms hear non-binding EU court opinion proposing limits on the licence to deploy data for targeted ads If the judiciary adopts a legal opinion from the EU’s highest court dated 25 April 2024, social media firms could also potentially confront two possible constraints on how they handle data for personalised advertising. Delivering a non-binding view for the Court of Justice in litigation featuring Meta Platforms and Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos advised that, under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation ( EU) 2016/679 ( EU GDPR), companies like Meta may not process data for personalised advertising without time limits, and that information being publicly available does not, by itself, permit its use for ad...
In this issue: Public company takeovers Equity capital markets Company disclosures, records and registers Competition law Accounts and reports Lex Talk®Corporate: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Public company takeovers Takeover Panel proposes to narrow the scope of companies to which the Code applies The Takeover Panel ( Panel) has issued consultation paper PCP 2024/1, outlining a revised jurisdictional framework that would tighten the group of companies to which the Takeover Code ( Code) applies under section 3 of the Introduction to the Code. The proposals aim to reorient the Code’s application towards companies registered in the UK and listed in the UK (or listed in the recent past) that would reasonably anticipate being subject to takeover regulation, while also...
In this issue: Corporate governance HMRC Manuals tracker Useful information Weekly highlights from other practice areas Corporate governance Ocado shareholders approve new remuneration policy At Ocado Group PLC’s AGM this week, investors backed a new directors’ remuneration policy ( DRP), with 80.57% of votes cast in favour. The policy brings in a performance-linked long-term incentive scheme featuring annual rolling awards and a three-year measurement period, delivering a ‘base’ opportunity of 400% of salary for the CEO and 350% for the CFO where stretching goals are achieved. Those potential maxima are subject to a further multiplier of up to 1.5 times—taking them to 600% and 525% respectively—tied to Ocado’s relative TSR against the FTSE 100. For 2024, the CEO, Tim Steiner, will also see upside elements from the company’s contentious value creation plan folded into his grant (the plan itself will not run in 2024), including a heightened...
In this issue: Business tenancies Disputes and remedies Property Disputes in Scotland Lex Talk®Property Disputes: a Lexis®Nexis community Additional Property disputes updates Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary New and updated content Trackers Latest Q& A Business tenancies Competing approaches to a tenant’s ‘holding’ in claims for renewal of business tenancies ( Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Medley Assets Ltd) In Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Medley Assets Ltd [2024] Lexis Citation 358, a contested application to renew a business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( LTA 1954) was examined. The landlord relied on ground (f), asserting a reasonable need to recover possession to undertake substantial works. A key ancillary question concerned the scope of the tenant’s ‘holding’, hinging on how that term is construed in LTA 1954, s 30, and whether it...
Simon and Joanne Holding v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 337 ( TC) The FTT heard an appeal against a closure notice assessing the appellants to SDLT on the footing that a purchase of a property (being a dwelling) together with land was entirely residential for SDLT purposes. The taxpayers contended, unsuccessfully, that a number of fields comprised within the property were not the grounds of the dwelling for the purposes of section 116(1)(b) of the Finance Act 2003 and instead were non‑residential land, with the consequence that the lower non‑residential rates of SDLT ought to have applied to the transaction. HMRC, however, successfully argued that the whole of the land, including the fields, amounted to the grounds of the relevant dwelling for SDLT, so the higher residential rates were engaged. In addressing whether land forms part of the ‘grounds’ of a dwelling, the FTT applied an...
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