Corporate Notes

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Corporate criminal liability for economic crimes – Government guidance published

The Home Office has published statutory guidance for organisations on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud, which will come into force …

Company law – government announces proposed changes to company law, including non-financial reporting requirements

The Department of Business and Trade (DBT) has announced in a ministerial statement details of changes it proposes to make to company law and to …

Companies House – implementation plan published for ECCTA

Companies House has published an outline implementation plan for the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), which recaps the …

Companies House – guidance on new powers to issue financial penalties

Since 2 May 2024 Companies House has had the power to impose civil financial penalties for most offences under the Companies Act 2006. Exercise of this …

Directors’ duties – former directors liable to pay £110 million for misfeasance

The High Court has ordered two former directors of British Home Stores (BHS) to pay compensation of £110 million in respect of misfeasance claims brought …

On the horizon – our podcast on material upcoming developments

We have released a new episode in our ‘on the horizon’ podcast series, in which we discuss the more material developments that we expect to see in the …

Half-yearly corporate update – our latest briefing

Directors’ duties – Court makes substantial wrongful trading and misfeasance award against former directors

Seven years after the British Home Stores Group Limited, a well known high street retailer, and its operating subsidiaries entered liquidation, the High …

Corporate governance – HSF Governance Insights 2024

Companies House – more draft secondary legislation under ECCTA laid

Further sets of regulations and rules to be made under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) have been laid, including …

New power for Companies House to impose civil penalties in force from today

The second tranche of significant company law provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) that expand the powers of …