Following completion of a share purchase transaction, the stock transfer form which effects the transfer of the sale shares from the seller to the buyer will need to be submitted to HMRC for stamping before the transfer can be registered in the target’s register of members, ie stamping will need to take place before legal title to the target’s shares can transfer from the seller to the buyer. Prior to the lockdown measures

The obligation on the parties under CPR 3.13 is to ‘file and exchange’ budgets by the stated time. The rules use ‘exchange’ here rather than serve. This tends to suggest that the usual rules relating to service found in Part 6 of the CPR do not apply to cost budgets. Some caution should be adopted in relation to this approach, however. For example, in CPR PD 3E, para 7.7, there is reference to ‘re-serving’ a costs budget after budgeted costs have been approved or agreed. In cases such as BMCE Bank International Plc v Phoenix Commodities Pvt Ltd the requirement to ‘exchange’ has been assumed to be a requirement to serve.

This response deals with the position before the introduction of the new national restrictions from 5 November. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Covering in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/791, reg 3(1), provides that ‘No person may, without reasonable excuse, enter or remain within a relevant place without wearing a face covering’. In the context of employment, the requirement in SI 2020/791, reg 3(1) does not generally apply to employees or workers (SI 2020/791, reg 3(2)), however it does apply

In what circumstances can an application be made? A charge created by a company must be registered at Companies House. Significant consequences flow from a failure so to register. The requisite forms to effect the registration must be delivered to Companies House by the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the creation of the charge. If the documents are delivered after that date, the Registrar will only register the charge if the documents are accompanied by a court order made following an application under section 859F of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). CA 2006, s 859F is a provision which allows the 21-day period to be extended by application to court. Although the wording of CA 2006, s 859F(3) appears prospective in its nature, in practice, particularly given the test to be applied in CA 2006, s 859F(2),

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 8—Execution of deeds. Section 7 has been revised as temporary guidance for local authorities that was introduced during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has now been made permanent.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published an infosheet following its meeting on 11 November 2024, updating its Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) website. EMA has characterised AMR as a 'growing silent pandemic' that demands immediate and decisive action.

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note explains the effect of the Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (the WA 1837 Amendment Order), SI 2020/952 and the Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order 2022, SI 2022/18 which amend section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 (WA 1837) so as to expressly permit the remote witnessing of Wills during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Background to the changes WA 1837, s 9 as in force immediately prior to the WA 1837 Amendment Order, SI 2020/952 provided as follows (emphasis added): ‘Section 9 – Signing and attestation of wills No will shall be valid unless – (a) it is in writing and signed by the testator or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and (b) it appears that the testator intended by his signature to give effect to the will; and (c) the signature is made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time; and (d) each witness either- (i)

Introduction This schedule forms part of the Company’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety policy to which it is attached. It sets out the steps the Company has identified, in light of the coronavirus risk assessment that we have carried out and relevant government guidance, to try to manage the risk of coronavirus to workers and others in the [factory], as follows: 1 Shift patterns and working groups 1.1 staff are split into teams or shift groups, which will be kept the same during the pandemic; 1.2 direct contact is minimised, eg by using drop-off points or transfer zones for passing on job information, spare parts, samples, raw materials; 2 If someone has COVID-19 2.1 if you have coronavirus symptoms you must stay at home and order a PCR test. You must not attend the workplace while you are waiting for your test result; 2.2 if you have a positive LFD or PCR test result, you must not attend the workplace for ten days after the date your symptoms started (or, if you do not have symptoms, the date your positive test was taken)[. If you receive

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note explains the temporary relaxation of the obligations upon local authorities (LA)s in relation to assessments of Education, Health and Care needs and provision for those in their local authority area. It explains what has changed in terms of legal obligations and the loosening of timescales within which a LA must act to allow for the extreme pressures on resources, and possible lack of key staff for the duration of pandemic management. These relations are only permitted because of a reason relating to the incidence or transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). Coronavirus (COVID-19) response In March 2020, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) was published and within it, the Secretary of State was permitted to give a notice which disapplies or modifies certain legal duties due to the transmission of coronavirus. On 30 April 2020, in accordance with the power granted by CA 2020, s 38, Sch 17 Pt 1, para 5(1) the Secretary

Introduction Where a company: • listed on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and admitted to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) (Main Market) (listed company), or • admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the LSE (AIM company) (together a listed company and an AIM company being a company) wishes to raise capital, eg for working capital purposes, to fund a specific acquisition, future acquisitions or organic growth, or to reduce existing borrowings, it may use either equity financing (by way of a further issue of shares) or debt financing (a bank loan or issue of debt securities) or a combination of both. There are a number of factors which will need to be considered when a company is deciding which route to take to raise capital, including: • how much is to be raised and for what purpose • cost: the cost of debt is largely determined by the interest rate at which a company can borrow (which

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. Community care assessments are conducted by the local authority (LA) where someone aged 18 years or older is ordinarily resident. LAs have a duty to assess an individual once they become aware that they may have needs which should be met. Introduction of care and support needs assessment easements To manage arising care and support assessments during the coronavirus pandemic the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) was introduced. Four key elements provided that: (i) local authorities did not have to conduct detailed assessments of indviduals’ care and support needs; (ii) local authorities did not need to conduct financial assessments under the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014); (iii) local authorities did not have to prepare or review care and support plans under CA 2014; and (iv) local authorities’ duties to meet eligible care and support needs or carers’ needs became replaced with a power to meet needs. These provisions ran from 31 March 2020 and expired

Law360: A Lloyd's of London syndicate has sued several underwriters and insurance companies for at least US$90m to recover losses it claimed it incurred when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shuttered venues across the US and UK.