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Companies House has updated its guidance on the identity verification standard for Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs). The changes add...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has opened a public consultation on the Draft International Standard for the ISO Net Zero...
Spotlight on Corruption has highlighted the importance of effective enforcement of Companies House’s new identity verification requirements under the...
This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: a third progress report on implementation of ECCTA 2023 published by the Department for...
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...
A guide to asset purchase agreementsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the agreement for the purchase of some or all of a company's assets (the APA).See Precedent: Asset purchase agreement—pro-buyer—corporate seller—conditional—long form.The APA records the terms by which the buyer agrees to
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
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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