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The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (FS(BR)A 2013) (the Banking Reform Act) received Royal Assent on 18 December 2013, and introduced key changes to the UK banking sector.
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Banking regulation—Ghana—Q&A guideThis Practice Note contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to banking regulation in Ghana published as part of the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series by Law Business Research (published: March 2022).Authors: WTS Nobisfields—Theophilus Tawiah; Peggy
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
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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