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Corporate weekly highlights—25 February 2021

Corporate weekly highlights—25 February 2021

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Market Tracker weekly highlights—25 February 2021

Market Tracker weekly highlights—25 February 2021

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Registrar of Companies ordered to remove non-compliant documents (Re Peter Jones (China) Ltd)

Registrar of Companies ordered to remove non-compliant documents (Re Peter Jones (China) Ltd)

The following Corporate news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Registrar of Companies ordered to remove non-compliant documents (Re Peter Jones (China) Ltd)

Directors’ duties to disclose conflicts of interest (Fairford v Cohoon)

Directors’ duties to disclose conflicts of interest (Fairford v Cohoon)

The following Corporate news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Directors’ duties to disclose conflicts of interest (Fairford v Cohoon)

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Issue of redeemable shares

Issue of redeemable shares

A limited company that proposes to issue redeemable shares must comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).Why do companies issue...

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ remuneration

Company directors are not, by virtue only of their office as director, automatically entitled under company law to remuneration for services as a...

Alternate directors

Alternate directors

This Practice Note considers the appointment and removal of alternate directors, their status, powers, duties and liabilities and authority to bind...

Registration of company charges

Registration of company charges

BREXIT IMPACT: The law as set out in this Practice Note may be affected by Brexit. For further details on the potential impact of Brexit, see Impact...

Practice notes

A guide to share purchase agreements

This Practice Note provides an overview of the agreement for the sale and purchase of shares in a private limited company (target): the share purchase...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Shareholder resolutions

The agreement of the members of a company is required to make certain changes to a company, such as amending its constitution, name or share capital,...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Intention to float announcements in Main Market and AIM IPOs

What is an intention to float announcement?An intention to float announcements (ITF) is generally the first announcement to the public by an issuer of...
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Produced in partnership with Louise Wolfson. 12th Jan
Practice notes

Insider lists

This Practice Note considers the obligation of an issuer who issues or proposes to issue financial instruments which are within the scope of the...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Company records—a company's statutory registers

Coronavirus (COVID-19) IMPACT: Certain filing and registration deadlines are extended by temporary measures introduced to mitigate the consequences of...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Provisional allotment letter

Important-this provisional allotment letter (pal) is of value and is negotiable. It requires your immediate attention. The offer expires at [insert...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Unregistered companies

What is an unregistered company?An unregistered company is a rare form of incorporated company that is not formed or registered under the Companies...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Removal of a company secretary

This Practice Note focuses on how a company secretary of a public company (as defined) or a private company (as defined) may be removed.It does not...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Protection of minority members—a quick guide

A minority member in a company does not have much power to influence its management or any majority member(s) and, therefore, sometimes their...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Drafting and negotiating ancillary documents in a share purchase transaction

This Practice Note is part of the Share purchase transaction toolkit.In order to effect all aspects of the transaction, each share purchase...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) Corporate Governance Code

The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is an independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-sized quoted companies. One...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Demergers—an introduction for corporate lawyers

A demerger is a transaction whereby a business carried on by a company within a group is taken out of that group and run under separate management but...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Sub-division and consolidation of shares

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some Companies House filing and other administrative procedures have been...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Changes in share capital—accounting treatment

It is a fundamental rule of English company law that a limited company having a share capital must maintain that capital. This capital maintenance...
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Produced in partnership with Tessa Park of Moore Kingston Smith 12th Jan
Practice notes

Corporate representatives

As a corporation (as defined) has no physical presence, it must appoint an individual to attend and act on its behalf at a general meeting of a...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Letter—consent to act as a director

The [Secretary OR Directors][insert company name][insert company address][Insert date]Dear [[insert name] OR Company Secretary]Re: [insert company...
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9th Nov

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Arbitration agreements—definition, purpose and interpretation

This Practice Note considers the nature and scope of arbitration agreements with a particular focus on arbitration agreements pursuant to the law of England and Wales, although it also discusses the concept from an international perspective and includes some comparative examples from other

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Written basis of plea and Newton hearings

When defendants are guilty, they have a choice to plead guilty or to put the prosecution to proof. When they plead guilty they may benefit from a reduction in their sentence as a result, see Practice Note: Credit for guilty plea. However, the Sentencing Council's overarching guidelines on reduction

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Transferred malice

The principle of transferred maliceIf a person has a malicious intent towards X and, in carrying out that intent, injures Y, he is guilty of an offence. So, if D shoots at A with intent to kill him but kills B by mistake it is murder; the mistake as to the identity of the victim is irrelevant as D

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Claims for use and occupation, mesne profits, double rent and double value

This Practice Note provides guidance on claims for ‘use and occupation’ or mesne profits, and how and when double rent or double value can be claimed.Claims for use and occupationA claim for use and occupation is possible where there is occupation of land without an express agreement fixing the