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Draft regulations on Companies House’s new powers
A number of draft regulations under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the ECCTA) that will give Companies House additional powers …
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Radical reforms to Companies House and corporate liability for economic crimes
Overview of the reforms introduced by the ECCTA The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), first laid in Parliament in September …
Carillion director disqualification proceedings – Insolvency Service drops proceedings against non-executive directors
On the eve of trial, the Insolvency Service (IS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, has discontinued disqualification …
Court of Appeal upholds decision that exercise of conversion rights in articles was a variation of class rights
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision that exercising a right in a company’s articles of association to convert preference shares to …
Our latest podcast on activism and AGMs
In the latest episode of our shareholder activism podcast series, we talk about activism and AGMs. We discuss in particular: why we see more activism …
Reform of Companies House
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (ECCT Bill) which contains, among other things, draft amendments to the Companies Act 2006 …
Register of overseas entities owning UK property – updating process now live
Entities on the register of overseas entities owning UK property can now file their annual update statement. Companies House has …
High Court confirms refusal of permission for ClientEarth derivative action against Shell directors
The High Court yesterday handed down a judgment confirming its earlier decision to refuse climate-change activist ClientEarth’s application for …
On the horizon – our podcast on material upcoming developments
We have released the latest episode in our ‘on the horizon’ podcast series, in which we discuss the more material developments that we expect to see in …
Half-yearly corporate update – our latest briefing
We have published our half-yearly update briefing which summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation that have occurred over the …
IA guidance on requisitions and our latest shareholder activism podcast
The Investment Association (IA) has published guidance on Effective requisitioning of shareholder resolutions. It is intended to provide institutional …
Proposed amendments to the “directing mind and will” of a company
The government is proposing to significantly reform the so-called “identification” principle for certain economic crimes in an amendment to the …
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