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This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: updated HMLR guidance on dissolved overseas entities, the FCA's assessment of T+1...
HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 78—Overseas entities. A new section entitled Dissolution of overseas entities has been added to...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a blog by Jamie Bell, Head of Capital Markets, assessing market participant readiness for the UK's...
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1061, amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 on the format, content, scrutiny and approval of...
Separate legal personality and the corporate veilCorporate legal personality—the Salomon principleA properly formed registered company is a separate...
A company’s constitutionWhat is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as...
Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentalsSTOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which...
Private companies limited by sharesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of a private company limited by shares. It also covers key...
Is a director's knowledge attributed to the company for whom they serve?This issue has arisen numerous times in the courts, in a wide range of contexts, both criminal and civil.In El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings plc, Lord Hoffmann and the other members of the Court of Appeal, in a case concerning
Can a sole director of a company hold a board meeting with themself as the sole attendee?This Q&A considers the situation where a private company limited by shares has only one director and whether that director is required to hold board meetings to make decisions in relation to the company’s
Directors’ long term service contractsThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires any provision in a director's service contract under which the guaranteed term of the director's employment is, or may be, longer than two years to be subject to approval by the members of the company. Approval is
Loans to directors, connected persons and related arrangements—requirement to obtain members’ approvalThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) contains provisions that require loans from a company to its directors or persons connected with its directors and related arrangements to be approved by the members
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