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Corporate weekly highlights—23 October 2025

Corporate weekly highlights—23 October 2025

The following Corporate news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Corporate weekly highlights—23 October 2025

FCA fines and bans adviser for insider dealing

FCA fines and bans adviser for insider dealing
FCA publishes Primary Market Bulletin 59 and review of compliance with delayed disclosure of inside information requirements under UK MAR

FCA publishes Primary Market Bulletin 59 and review of compliance with delayed disclosure of inside information requirements under UK MAR
European Parliament rejects committee position on sustainability omnibus and delays vote

European Parliament rejects committee position on sustainability omnibus and delays vote

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Separate legal personality and the corporate veil

Separate legal personality and the corporate veil

Separate legal personality and the corporate veilCorporate legal personality—the Salomon principleA properly formed registered company is a separate...

A company’s constitution

A company’s constitution

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—fundamentals

Allotment and issue of shares—fundamentals

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 shares

Private companies limited by shares

Private companies limited by sharesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of a private company limited by shares. It also covers key...

Practice notes

Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public company

Holding an AGM of a private company or unlisted public companyThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidelines and market practice relating to the...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Removal of a director

Removal of a directorThis note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Appointment, retirement and resignation of a director.For an...
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30th May
Practice notes

Unlimited companies

Unlimited companiesThis Practice Note summarises the main features of an unlimited company and why an unlimited company might be used as a vehicle to...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Loan notes—fundamentals

Loan notes—fundamentalsThis fundamentals note considers some of the key characteristics of loan notes which may be issued by a private limited company...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Private equity investment—ratchets

Private equity investment—ratchetsA ratchet in private equity is a mechanism to vary the amount of equity held by founders, managers and employees...
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30th May
Practice notes

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ remunerationCompany directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration...
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30th May
Practice notes

Drag along and tag along—fundamentals

Drag along and tag along—fundamentalsDrag along and tag along rights are common provisions in private equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) and corporate...
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30th May
Practice notes

A guide to share purchase agreements

A guide to share purchase agreementsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the agreement for the sale and purchase of shares in a private limited...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Transfer of shares—law and procedure

Transfer of shares—law and procedureThere are a number of circumstances in which shares in a company may be transferred, the most common of which are...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Companies limited by guarantee

Companies limited by guaranteeWhat is a company limited by guarantee?Limited companies can be either limited by shares or by guarantee. A company...
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30th May
Practice notes

Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)

Quorum requirements for general meetings (including AGMs)This Practice Note summarises the law relating to quorum requirements for a company’s general...
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30th May
Practice notes

Company records—a company's statutory registers

Company records—a company's statutory registersThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) requires companies to keep the following statutory registers:•the...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Fiduciary duties of directors

Fiduciary duties of directorsThis Practice Note summarises the traditional fiduciary duties of company directors, including the duty to act in the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Share certificates

Share certificatesShares in a company can be issued as certificated shares or uncertificated shares.Shares issued by private companies and unlisted...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Issue of redeemable shares

Issue of redeemable sharesA limited company having a share capital may issue redeemable shares. Redeemable shares are a statutory concept contained in...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Directors’ board meetings—fundamentals

Directors’ board meetings—fundamentalsUnlike company general meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs), there are no specific provisions in the...
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30th May

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If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application

Contributory negligence in personal injury claims

Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a

Glossary—Latin legal terms

Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin