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Derivative claims—conditional permission should not be granted where claimant lacks standing (Boston Trust Company Ltd v Verhoef)

Derivative claims—conditional permission should not be granted where claimant lacks standing (Boston Trust Company Ltd v Verhoef)

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Market Tracker daily deal round-up

Market Tracker daily deal round-up

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Henderson v Henderson considered in context of unfair prejudice proceedings (Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor and Scott Taylor Law Ltd)

Henderson v Henderson considered in context of unfair prejudice proceedings (Taylor Goodchild Ltd v Taylor and Scott Taylor Law Ltd)

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Market Tracker daily deal round-up

Market Tracker daily deal round-up

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Share certificates

Share certificates

Share certificatesShares in a company can be issued as certificated shares or uncertificated shares.Shares issued by private companies and unlisted...

De facto and shadow directors

De facto and shadow directors

De facto and shadow directorsDefinition of 'director'The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) broadly defines a director as 'any person occupying the position...

Allotment and issue of shares—introductory points

Allotment and issue of shares—introductory points

Allotment and issue of shares—introductory pointsThe allotment of shares and issue of shares is governed by statute and the applicable statutory...

Schemes of arrangement—procedure

Schemes of arrangement—procedure

Schemes of arrangement—procedureProduced with input from Rebecca Cousin of Slaughter and May on market practice.This Practice Note looks at the...

Practice notes

Comfort letters in a US IPO

Comfort letters in a US IPOThis Practice Note provides an overview of the purpose, content and scope of a comfort letter prepared by the auditors of a...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Form of transfer of shares

Form of transfer of sharesThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, eg upon a sale of the shares, through...
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19th May
Practice notes

Sale of treasury shares

Sale of treasury sharesA limited company may hold, or deal with, shares in itself, if certain conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)...
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19th May
Q&As

What is the definition of body corporate as used in s 1159 of the Companies Act 2006?

What is the definition of body corporate as used in s 1159 of the Companies Act 2006?Section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), for the...
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19th May
Precedents

Anti-embarrassment clause—share purchase agreement

Definitions Delete the existing definition of ‘Consideration’ in Precedent: Share purchase agreement—pro-buyer—corporate...
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19th May
Practice notes

The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) Corporate Governance Code

The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) Corporate Governance CodeThe Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is an independent membership organisation that...
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19th May
Practice notes

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules requirements—the annual financial report

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules requirements—the annual financial reportThis Practice Note discusses the requirements of the Disclosure...
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Produced in partnership with Tessa Park of Moore Kingston Smith 19th May
Practice notes

Directors’ decision-making—written resolutions and decisions by sole directors

Directors’ decision-making—written resolutions and decisions by sole directorsThis Practice Note outlines the written resolution method directors may...
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19th May
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Practice notes

The Duomatic principle

The Duomatic principleThe principle definedCompany decisions are made by way of resolutions of the shareholders. There are three ways in which a...
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Produced in partnership with Philip Hinks of 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) 19th May
Practice notes

Continuing obligations—vote holder and issuer notification rules (DTR 5)

Continuing obligations—vote holder and issuer notification rules (DTR 5)This Practice Note focuses on the notification obligations of holders of...
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19th May
Practice notes

Acting in concert

Acting in concertProduced with input from Rebecca Cousin of Slaughter and May on market practice.This Practice Note summarises the rules and guidance...
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19th May
Q&As

Can a capital contribution/gift by a shareholder be treated as distributable reserves?

Can a capital contribution/gift by a shareholder be treated as distributable reserves?The issue is whether capital contributions or gifts by a...
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Produced in partnership with Brenda Hannigan of Southampton University 19th May
Practice notes

The Prospectus Regulation—key changes in comparison to the Prospectus Directive regime

The Prospectus Regulation—key changes in comparison to the Prospectus Directive regimeThis Practice Note provides an overview of the implementation of...
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19th May
Practice notes

Directors’ responsibilities statements—company accounts

Directors’ responsibilities statements—company accountsA company's annual report and accounts will often include an appropriate description of...
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19th May
Practice notes

General meetings—notice requirements for private and unlisted public companies

General meetings—notice requirements for private and unlisted public companiesA general meeting must satisfy certain requirements set out in the...
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19th May
Practice notes

Financial assistance—a quick guide

Financial assistance—a quick guideThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) prohibits: •a public company (or its subsidiary) from giving financial assistance...
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19th May

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Practice notes

Company secretarial resources

Company secretarial resourcesThis Practice Note provides a navigational guide and further links to the company secretarial resources available within...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Glossary of restructuring and insolvency terms

Glossary of restructuring and insolvency termsThis glossary explains many of the terms commonly used in the restructuring & insolvency market. Terms...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Negotiating a share purchase agreement (SPA)—training materials

Negotiating a share purchase agreement (SPA)—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Share transfers—fundamentals

Share transfers—fundamentalsThe focus of this Practice Note is the transfer of the legal title in certificated shares upon a sale that is not a share...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

PSC register—training materials

PSC register—training materialsSeveral aspects of the PSC regime are impacted by Brexit. For further details see Practice Note: PSC register—the...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Secondary equity offers—training materials

Secondary equity offers—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Company constitution—fundamentals

Company constitution—fundamentalsThis note provides an oversight of the law and practice relating to company constitution, with links to relevant...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Share buybacks—a quick guide

Share buybacks—a quick guideA limited company may buy back shares in itself, if certain conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) are...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Deadlock—fundamentals

Deadlock—fundamentalsA deadlock is where parties to an agreement have an irreconcilable conflict and are therefore unable to reach agreement. This...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Equity capital markets—glossary of terms

Equity capital markets—glossary of termsIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Corporate governance—fundamentals

Corporate governance—fundamentalsThe following paragraph from the Cadbury Report has been the generally accepted definition of corporate governance...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Holding a general meeting—fundamentals

Holding a general meeting—fundamentalsThere are two forms of general meetings under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006): general meetings and annual...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Directors' remuneration—training materials

Directors' remuneration—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Protection of minority members—a quick guide

Protection of minority members—a quick guideA minority member in a company does not have much power to influence its management or any majority...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

PSC register—fundamentals

PSC register—fundamentalsThe people with significant control (PSC) register gives more accurate and current information on who ultimately owns and...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Incorporating a limited company—fundamentals

Incorporating a limited company—fundamentalsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Following the COVID-19 outbreak, some Companies House filing and other...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Setting up a company—training materials

Setting up a company—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Public company takeovers—bid planning by offeror—training materials

Public company takeovers—bid planning by offeror—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Corporate joint ventures—glossary of terms

Corporate joint ventures—glossary of termsAAlternate directorAn individual (whether another director or any other person) appointed by a director to...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Audit—fundamentals

Audit—fundamentalsIn the UK, the audit of accounts and reports is governed by the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), Parts 16 and 42.Under CA 2006, s 475,...
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30th Jul

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Fixtures and fittings

Fixtures and fittings

When transferring an interest in land, any fixtures form part of the land and are transferred with it, unless there is express provision to the contrary. Fittings (also known as chattels) do not form part of the land and will not be included unless it has been expressly agreed otherwise. Difficulty

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelines

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelines

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelinesThis Practice Note is concerned with substantive interim injunctions, which are a particular species of injunction granted on a temporary basis ahead of trial. As set out below, there are different considerations depending on whether the interim

Involuntary manslaughter

Involuntary manslaughter

Involuntary manslaughterInvoluntary manslaughter—introductionManslaughter can be classified as either voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary manslaughter consists of those killings which would be murder (because the accused has the relevant mental element—hence the label voluntary manslaughter) but

TCC—preparing for and attending a pre-trial review (PTR)

TCC—preparing for and attending a pre-trial review (PTR)

TCC—preparing for and attending a pre-trial review (PTR)Note:•this Practice Note gives specific guidance on matters proceeding in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) under the provisions set out in CPR 60, CPR PD 60 and the TCC Guide. As these provisions are additional to the general