If so, there has not yet been a clear precedent of an individual successfully suing the Government for breaking EU commercial law.There is also the possibility that the EU will take the same view at Britain’s judiciary and decide that Lloyd’s could not have known how big the asbestosis claims would become. One Lloyd’s underwriter said: “Given that the US has changed the law about who can claim over asbestos-related illnesses right up until this year it would have been impossible for anyone to know in the Eighties how many people would be able to claim. And if the EU decides the UK regulators were negligent it will have to find the same for most other countries in the EU because their regulators dealt with insurers facing the asbestosis problem in the same way.”Even if the EU drops the case, the effect will be damaging both for Lloyd’s and the Government. This case is not against Lloyd’s, so the organisation will not have to find compensation from funds which have already been depleted this year by £1.9bn of World Trade Centre claims. But it brings the spotlight back to Lloyd’s past problems and may make some companies looking for insurance or reinsurance shun Lloyd’s.

The developments are also worrying for the Government, which denies that it messed up regulation of Lloyd’s. But as the case follows similar claims over the Equitable Life crisis, the public’s confidence in financial services will be further undermined.. BSkyB HAS won the chance to revitalise Channel 4’s early- morning schedules after paying £12m to produce a replacement for The Big Breakfast. It represents Sky’s second incursion into terrestrial television in the past week, with the broadcaster winning the contract to provide early-morning news for Channel 5.Four companies were shortlisted for the Channel 4 contract, including the current maker, Planet 24, with a revised version of the show. The Big Breakfast will end on 29 March next year after 10 years.The new show, as yet unnamed, will occupy the same 7am to 9am slot.

Sharon Powers, Channel 4 editor for the breakfast period, said: “We were thrilled with this pilot and felt it was a genuinely distinctive offer at breakfast time. The new show will include topical entertainment stories, news, weather and sport in a contemporary way, to arm the viewer with all the information they need for the day ahead.”Danielle Lux, head of entertainment and comedy, said she believed the show would provide a clear alternative to other breakfast programmes.Tim Gardam, Channel 4’s director of programmes, paid tribute to The Big Breakfast, which drew 1.5 million viewers when it began with Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin. He said: “It represented a breakthrough for television entertainment … and created a style that has been widely imitated.” Other presenters include Denise Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan.On Monday Channel 5 announced it would cease taking its morning news from ITN and would instead broadcast Sky News bulletins.

That will give Sky its first broadcast on terrestrial television.. First he was sacked from his radio show Then he decided to sue. Now even his trademark spectacles are being removed from the television screen

First he was sacked from his radio show Then he decided to sue. The same logo has been used for eight years.Ginger Productions, which SMG bought from Evans, its founder, in January last year for £225m, is revealed in Broadcast magazine today to be talking to design consultants about a new image for the company and its credits.