This Practice Note considers the appointment and removal of alternate directors, their status, powers, duties and liabilities and authority to bind the company. The...
BREXIT IMPACT: The UK corporate reporting framework may be affected by Brexit. For further details of its impact, see Practice Note: Brexit—accounts and reports. This...
The UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sets out standards of good governance in relation to board appointments and...
BREXIT IMPACT: The information to be given when appointing a corporate secretary will be affected by Brexit. For further details, see Impact of Brexit on appointment of...
BREXIT IMPACT: The information to be given when appointing a corporate director will be affected by Brexit. For further details, see Impact of Brexit on appointment of...
This Practice Note outlines some of the key considerations when dealing with claims concerning company directors. It addresses the definition of a director, the likely...
Definition A public company must have a company secretary (as required by section 271 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)), who must have the requisite knowledge and...
FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: On 11 February 2019 the DWP published its response to the consultation ‘Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes—A Stronger Pensions Regulator’...
This Practice Note assumes the following: • the corporate vehicle for the joint venture is a private limited liability company • none of the shareholders of the joint...
The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains provisions that require credit transactions for the benefit of directors, persons connected with directors and related...
The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains provisions relating to the consequences of a failure to obtain the required members' approval of credit transactions made by a...
Definition of 'director' The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) broadly defines a director as 'any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called'. Within...
A director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in: • a proposed transaction or arrangement with the company of which they are a director, or • a...
A director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in: • a proposed transaction or arrangement with the company of which they are a director, or • a...
A Alternate directorAn individual (whether another director or any other person) appointed by a director to exercise that director’s powers and carry out that director’s...
This Practice Note describes the criminal offences that are of most relevance to company directors, and: • focuses on offences which an individual commits as a principal...
