This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: analysis of the case of Lipton v BA City Flyer in which the Supreme Court provided guidance on how the courts will approach causes of action accrued under EU law prior to Brexit and details of the case of Manolete Partners Plc v Freed & others which involved claims for breach of directors’ duties, knowing receipt, transaction at an undervalue and preference. Also included is news of two thematic reviews published by the Financial Reporting Council into offsetting and IFRS 17 disclosures.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: an updated ECCTA 2023 transition plan from Companies House with delays to presenter identity verification, Companies House guidance on fit and proper criteria for ACSPs, a new FCA inside information declaration form to accompany first submissions of equity documents and details of directors disqualified for filing failures in H1 2026.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: publication by Companies House of Registrar’s rules on identity verification and applying to become an Authorised Corporate Service Provider, the City of London Law Society Financial Law Committee’s note on execution of a legal assignment, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee report on the FCA's latest proposals to publicise enforcement investigations, the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce Technical Group’s UK Implementation Plan for T+1 securities settlement, the ICMA’s recommendations for simplifying EU sustainable finance legislation and the Platform on Sustainable Finance report on simplifying the EU taxonomy.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes new consultation document issued by the Institute of Directors on a proposed code of conduct for directors.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: Companies House confirmation of the launch date for its service for registering authorised corporate service providers, the Parker Review’s 2025 update report on ethnic diversity across boards and senior management of FTSE 350 companies and large private companies, DBT updated guidance on payment practices and performance, publication of the draft Companies (Directors’ Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Companies House and HMRC announcing future closure of the joint filing service for company accounts and tax returns and the FCA’s latest quarterly consultation with minor amendments proposed to the related party transaction provisions for closed-ended investment funds.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: the FRC’s release of a report to support the transition to the UK Stewardship Code 2026, the EU Commission’s publication of a ‘quick fix’ Regulation postponing certain sustainability disclosure requirements published in the Official Journal, and details of the case of Friend Media Technology Systems Ltd and another v Friend and another company which concerned breaches of restrictive covenants and director fiduciary duties.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: Companies House confirming the date of key changes to company registers as provided for in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, the findings of an FCA multi-firm review of share buybacks in UK listed equities and a case about a share purchase agreement which considers whether the ability to make a claim under an indemnity precludes (as a matter of construction or as a matter of implication) any warranty claim in respect of the same matter.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the 2024 update report from the Parker Review Committee on the progress of FTSE 350 companies and the largest 50 UK private companies in achieving improved ethnic diversity across their boards and senior management and the publication of the second tranche of new draft UK Listing Rules by the Financial Conduct Authority.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: UK competition reforms announced in the King’s Speech 2026, a review of Companies House policy on the retention period for dissolved company records, a European Commission consultation on voluntary EU sustainability reporting standards, ESMA guidance on prospectus requirements in view of delay to amendments to the EU Prospectus Delegated Regulation and a High Court case which found that company cash used to fund a share sale was a transaction at an undervalue under the Insolvency Act 1986.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the FRC launching a consultation on updates to the UK Stewardship Code, publication by the IFRS of a report on corporate climate-related disclosures, publication and the laying before Parliament of a revised draft of the Companies and LLPs (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, publication by the Takeover Panel of its response statement on amendments to the Takeover Code and News Analysis pieces on Autumn Budget 2024 announcements relating to (i) the government’s Corporate Tax Roadmap, and (ii) the taxation of carried interest.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the new Companies House business plan for 2024–2025, an assessment by the FRC on how large private companies are complying with the Wates Corporate Governance Principles, an FRC discussion paper on the future of digital reporting in the UK and an FCA consultation paper on enhancing the National Storage Mechanism.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes news of a delay in the adoption of European sustainability reporting standards under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the publication of Market Watch 77 and its discussion of the activities of organised crime groups and an appeal against an unfair prejudice decision based on whether signature of stock transfer forms had taken place.