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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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Criminals have adjusted to shifts in EU rules on payment services to dupe people into surrendering their personal details, the European Banking Authority ( EBA) has warned. In turn, the EBA has set out steps, complementing European Commission plans, to reduce the threat of payment scams, noting that customer authentication requirements, which have curbed fraud-based theft of consumer data, have prompted offenders to alter their methods. The EBA, in its opinion, said criminals have been able to rework their approaches, giving rise to more sophisticated fraud, notably by exploiting social engineering. An increasing share of scams now hinges on manipulating victims, or blends social engineering with technical deception to trip up consumers, the EBA said. Such schemes include authorised push payment attacks aimed at consumers, as well as other comparable fraud patterns observed by the authority......
Banking & Finance— April 2024 case round-up Binyon and another (as joint administrators of VE Global UK Ltd) v Suzerain Investment Holdings Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 749 ( Ch) — Debenture—void—section 859H Companies Act 2006. The court held the debenture was void against the administrators under section 859H for non-registration. Companies House certificate for an amendment agreement did not assist: the amendment extended the debenture’s terms only and created no charge, while the security-creating debenture itself had not been registered. Perhar v Freestone and others [2024] EWHC 945 ( Ch) — Challenge to appointment of administrators—implied term—debenture—enforceability of floating charge—event of default. The appeal from a decision implying an enforceability term to give the debenture business efficacy was allowed. Given the significance of such an implication, the legal and factual issues must be resolved at a full trial listed for November 2024. See: Sophie...
Aon stated on 29 April 2024 that the total, marginally higher than the US$15bn in insured losses logged for the same period in 2023, was also influenced by Japan’s Noto earthquake. The disaster, which hit the East Asian nation in January 2024, was the priciest event of the first quarter of the year, with economic losses put at US$17.6bn, according to Aon plc. In the US, around US$8.5bn in insured loss events were recorded, largely stemming from severe storms during the opening three months of the year. Across Europe, storms and flooding generated US$1.1bn of insured losses, while the tally from the Noto quake is anticipated to top US$1bn......
Niprose Investments Ltd v Vincents Solicitors Ltd [2024] EWHC 801 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling highlights practical lessons for conveyancers and prospective claimants: Context-driven duty: a conveyancer’s care obligations are not fixed; they depend on the client’s grasp, the deal’s character, and any warning signs. Precision in pleadings is crucial: claimants must plead with particularity and evidence. Broad allegations across multiple claimants and defendants seldom succeed. Causation is central: showing risk alone is inadequate; claimants must connect the adviser’s alleged missteps to defined, quantifiable loss. Significance of warning notices: advisers may need to anticipate SRA alerts and similar guidance, which can lift expected standards in some settings. Developing area of law: conveyancers should track new judgments and industry updates, as these may shape liability in complex or...
Whistleblowers may submit pertinent details, either anonymously or openly, in any of the EU’s official languages and in any suitable format (such as reports, memoranda, email correspondence, data metrics, internal studies, decisions, or pertinent circumstances). The whistleblower tools provide a safe channel to disclose this information......
See Q& A: Do the FCA and the SRA use the same metrics when judging PEPs? Under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 ( MLR 2017), SI 2017/692, a politically exposed person ( PEP) is an individual entrusted with prominent public functions, excluding those who are middle-ranking or in more junior posts. Family member includes: the PEP’s spouse or civil partner the PEP’s children, and the spouses or civil partners of those children the PEP’s parents A known close associate means: a person known to share joint beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement with a PEP, or otherwise to have close business relations with a PEP a person with sole beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement that is known to have been...
See Q& A: Do the FCA and the SRA use the same metrics when judging PEPs? Within the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds ( Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 ( MLR 2017), SI 2017/692, a politically exposed person ( PEP) is defined, for the purposes of those measures, as an individual entrusted with prominent public functions, rather than someone holding a middle-ranking position or a more junior official capacity as such, as set out expressly therein......
William v Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust [2024] EAT 58 What are the practical implications of this decision? The ruling clarifies causation in whistleblowing detriment cases. It confirms that the EAT’s earlier decision in Malik still stands as good law, despite the Supreme Court’s judgment in Jhuti. That is because Jhuti dealt specifically with unfair dismissal, not detriment. Consequently, in detriment claims the enquiry remains on why the decision‑maker acted as they did. There is no need to employ a ‘composite approach’ that blends another person’s motive with the decision‑maker’s act. This is the same test applied in discrimination claims (see CLFIS( UK)). The EAT’s decision is significant in settling this point of principle. Yet it is unlikely to alter practice materially, since the principle in Jhuti is narrow and tightly defined, and the factual patterns in which it would have been engaged (even if...
Mergers Alpha Theta/ Serato merger meets the test for reference for phase 2 The CMA has concluded, following its decision, that the planned purchase of Serato Audio Research Limited ( Serato) by Alpha Theta Corporation ( ATC) satisfies the criteria for a phase 2 reference. Based in Japan, ATC markets DJ software worldwide for laptops and desktops via rekorbox, and supplies DJ hardware sold under the Pioneer DJ and Alpha Theta brands worldwide too. ATC additionally offers We DJ, a DJ software product exclusively for mobile and tablet devices. Serato, headquartered in New Zealand, also sells DJ software on a global basis, with sales in the UK as well......
A Court of Appeal panel, ruling unanimously, held that the policy held by Italian restaurant Bellini’s indemnified only losses arising from material harm to the premises. Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, stated in his judgment that the cover concerns business interruption losses of assorted types, but only where physical damage is the cause. He added that it is not, and cannot sensibly be read as, any form of non-damage cover. Had it succeeded, the claim would have markedly expanded insurers’ liabilities. This case is among the earliest to examine whether business interruption policies lacking non-damage extensions would respond to government-mandated closures of businesses during the coronavirus lockdown......
In addition to the stories covered in full in the Financial Services news feed on 1 May 2024 OJ: Council Implementing Regulation ( EU) 2024/1271 (29 April 2024) implementing Regulation ( EC) No 1183/2005 on restrictive measures re the Democratic Republic of the Congo OJ: Council Implementing Decision ( CFSP) 2024/1240 (29 April 2024) implementing Decision 2010/788/ CFSP on restrictive measures re the Democratic Republic of the Congo FCA: Memorandum of Understanding between the Gambling Commission and the Financial Conduct Authority Council of the EU: proposal to amend Regulation ( EU) No 575/2013 on credit risk, CVA risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor FCA: Decision Notice: Middlesex Cars Ltd PRA: Regulatory Digest – April 2024 FCA: Decision Notice: Investoz Ltd (formerly CLR Auto Ltd) FCA: Decision Notice: MS Cars Worksop Limited HM Treasury: updated Russia financial sanctions guidance ESMA: annual transparency calculations for non-equity instruments, bond liquidity data and...
Meade v (1) Westminister City Council (2) Social Work England ( ET Case No 2200179/2022, 2211483/2022) Employment Judge Richard Nicolle, in a remedy judgment released on 1 March 2024, decided that the social work regulator and Rachel Meade’s managers at the council must pay an injury to feelings sum of £40,000 together with aggravated damages. The judgment further makes the regulator liable for an additional £5,463 by way of exemplary damages. Nicolle J recorded that, in the tribunal’s view, every witness for the respondents failed to recognise that the claimant’s gender-critical beliefs were legitimate and views she was free to express, a failure which underpinned the awards made as clearly set out in the same published ruling......
See Q& A: A DIY Will includes a bequest saying: ‘ I leave to my daughter X my property and the funds at the bank. Should she have no surviving children, it is my wish that my estate, or the equivalent of it, goes to Y’. The Will’s residuary section is left entirely blank and no beneficiary of the residue is identified. Is the gift of the bank funds effective, or does it fail for uncertainty? Is there also a partial intestacy of the residue, or does the substitution provision preserve matters and evidence an intention that the residue passes to X instead? The enquiry concerns construction and interpretation of the Will, including whether the specific legacies in favour of the testator’s daughter encompass any residuary estate. The answer will ultimately turn on......
An open letter dated 26 April 2024 bears signatures from a spectrum of bodies, among them UK Finance and the Association of British Insurers. It presses the Chancellor of the Exchequer to confront the FCA’s plans, which, the signatories contend, would undermine the UK’s competitiveness. The regulator outlined proposals in February 2024 that, it claimed, would strengthen the deterrent impact of enforcement and permit it to name publicly the targets of its inquiries. The coalition, which also features The City UK and the Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association, argued the plans are out of step with other markets and supervisors. They warned this would render the UK an ‘international outlier’ on enforcement. ‘ As drafted, the proposals are likely to harm the competitiveness of the UK’s financial services industry by deterring investors, and to produce poorer outcomes for...
Ghaoui v Waltham Forest London Borough Council [2024] EWCA Civ 405 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision offers down-to-earth direction for homelessness officers on handling human rights considerations when judging suitability, confirming that, even where human rights are engaged, the task remains essentially practical rather than a purely legal one. Officers should focus on pinpointing and balancing the pertinent factors as mandated by the Homelessness ( Suitability of Accommodation) ( England) Order 2012, SI 2012/2601, and take their cue from the statutory Homelessness Code of Guidance. Paragraph 1.28 of the Code imposes an obligation to consider human rights implications in the exercise of the authority’s powers. The exercise is not meant to be a piece of legal theorising, and the presence of EHCR principles does not require an officer to undertake a ‘structured human rights analysis’ for each...
Bourne (as liquidator of MM Apartment Letting Ltd) and another company v Manukyan and another [2024] EWHC 832 ( Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The judgment acts as a helpful illustration of the principles the court will apply and consistently enforce in situations of this nature where numerous unexplained transfers have been made from a company’s bank account ahead of its liquidation, and the sole director fails to provide an adequate justification. What was the background? The applicant liquidator sought relief against Mr Manuk Manukyan, the sole director of MM Apartment Letting Ltd (the ‘ Company’), under IA 1986, ss 212, 238 or 239 in respect of: a dividend declared and paid in June 2018 after the deemed commencement of the winding up petition, where the payment was effected without a validation order; and various payments between 14 August 2017 and 13 April 2018 made by the...
Butlins Skyline Ltd said in a High Court claim issued on 24 April 2024 that its five insurers ( Aviva Insurance Ltd, QBE UK Ltd, Dual Corporate Risks Ltd, Everest Insurance ( Ireland) DAC, and Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd) must pay under a policy that protects the holiday park against accidental damage. Its filing says the resort was hit by flooding in September 2024 after heavy rainfall there. The claim reports ‘extensive damage’, with around 320 units inundated up to 300 millimetres, or more than 11 inches, above ground level, and a further 385 units indirectly impacted by the floods, according to Butlins......
Qubic Advisory Services Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKUT 106 ( TCC) The supply of investment gold falls outside VAT by virtue of Group 15 in Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 ( VATA 1994), and traders dealing in such gold must comply with particular invoicing and record‑keeping obligations set out in regulation 31A of the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 ( SI 1995/2518). Under SI 1995/2518, reg 31A, suppliers are obliged to issue invoices and retain records containing the details specified in a Notice issued by HMRC. The relevant Notice is Gold imports and exports VAT Notice 701/21 ( Notice 701/21), which sets out, with the force of law, the information that must appear on invoices and the records that must be maintained. Notice 701/21 also makes clear that these obligations bite when exempt investment gold is delivered to, or...
A D Bly Groundworks and Civil Engineering Ltd and another v HMRC [2024] UKUT 104 ( TCC) Each taxpayer instructed the same firm of chartered accountants to set up a UURBS arrangement that committed them to paying pensions in future to directors and certain key employees. They recorded accounting provisions in their accounts to reflect the obligation to meet those later pension payments. Amounts booked ranged from 80% to 100% of pre-tax profits for each accounting period. The UURBS was disclosed to HMRC under the DOTAS rules. The FTT had rejected the taxpayers’ challenges to HMRC’s refusal to allow the provisions. The companies then appealed thereafter to the UT. The principal point at issue only......
Mergers Secretary of State makes statement to Parliament on Red Bird IMI/ Telegraph Media Group merger Addressing Parliament, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports provided an update on the proposed takeover of Telegraph Media Group Ltd ( TMG) by RB Investco Ltd, and on her continuing assessment of the deal, which follows a public interest intervention. She confirmed that RB Investco had informed her of its plan to dispose of the call option agreement granting it the right to acquire TMG, thereby in effect stepping back from the purchase......
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