This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes news analysis pieces looking at the Takeover Panel’s proposal to narrow the scope of companies to which the Code applies and on the impact of FCA listing reforms on FTSE Russell's ground rules and the composition of the FTSE UK Index Series. The highlights also include publication by the Panel of amendments to Practice Statement 31 and a revised version of the Code. Additionally, it includes news of publication of FCA Primary Market Bulletin 48 which includes consultation on proposed changes to guidance in the FCA Knowledge Base and FCA Handbook Notice No 118 which confirms changes to sponsor competency requirements. Also included is news on the adoption by the European Parliament of proposals for a regulation and directive enhancing public capital markets and SMR access and proposals on multiple-vote share structures.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: the FRC publishing (i) its Annual Review of Corporate Reporting for 2024/2025 and (ii) four consultations which propose, among other things, changes to the FRC’s audit enforcement procedure, two key auditing standards and three auditor reporting standards and a Court of Appeal case, Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd, looking at the meaning and contractual effect of the phrase ‘capable of remedy’ and whether a repudiatory breach of a clause is incapable of remedy.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: updated HMLR guidance on dissolved overseas entities, the FCA's assessment of T+1 settlement readiness and amendments to prospectus requirements reflecting changes introduced by the EU Listing Act.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes publication of guidance by Companies House on ACSPs and identity verification standards, ESMA’s decision to launch a consultation on guidelines for supplements that introduce new types of securities to a base prospectus and HM Treasury’s announcement that it plans to transition to a T+1 securities settlement cycle by October 2027. In addition, it also includes the High Court’s judgments in: (i) Re Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd, a restructuring case relevant to corporate lawyers, and (ii) Hughes v CSC Computer Sciences Ltd, a case involving the validity of service of deferred consideration determinations.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes analysis of Drax v Scottish Power, a case in which the Court of Appeal considered what constitutes compliance with a notification clause in a share purchase agreement. It also notes the publication of the judgments in Invenio Business Solutions Ltd v Goyal, which relates to breach of directors’ duties, and J.P. Morgan International Finance Ltd v WEREALIZE.COM Ltd, which considers a dispute arising out of call options.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: Companies House’s (a) publication of two guidance documents on identity verification, and (b) launch of a new ACSP registration service, the FCA’s publication of Primary Market Bulletin 54, the re-laying by the DBT of Companies Act 2006 (Recognition of Third Country Qualifications and Practical Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 before Parliament and HMT’s publication of an action plan for regulatory reform.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: a news analysis of the timelines and steps for individuals to verify their identities at Companies House and the publication of guidance by Companies House on how it will enforce compliance with new mandatory identity verification requirements, the publication of the FRC’s annual review of corporate governance reporting under the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code, and details of executive remuneration in the Investment Associations' principles of remuneration for 2026.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes news of Member States adopting a significantly revised version of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the publication of the Spring Finance Bill 2024.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes: details of Parliament’s withdrawal of the draft Register of Overseas Entities and LLP amendment regulations and the publication by: (a) the FRC of a report highlighting digital reporting improvements, (b) the FSRIF of the tenth edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid, and (c) Companies House of its 2026-2027 Business Plan and statement of priorities.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes publication of Glass Lewis’ 2025 proxy voting policy guidelines, FCA Primary Market Bulletin 52 on issuers’ ability to identify and make public information that is inside information under MAR, HMT’s PISCES consultation response together with draft legislation to establish PISCES and HMT’s consultation on the value and use cases of a UK Green Taxonomy. Also included, are news of the adoption of the EU ESG Ratings Regulation and the announcement that EU due-diligence reporting duties are to be simplified through an ‘omnibus’ regulation.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the Takeover Panel’s announcement that it will increase the PTM levy rate. In addition, it also includes publication of judgments in (i) Fulstow v Francis, which relates to a dispute about share transfers, and (ii) Procter v Procter, which relates to a partnership dispute.

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes publication of the PLSA Stewardship & Voting Guidelines 2024. It also includes publication of draft SI: the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024, as well as publication of the following SIs: Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024 and Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.