17 February 2010 | Emma Cameron
Background
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act came into force in April 2008. It created a new offence of corporate manslaughter, committed by organisations rather than by individuals....
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15 February 2010 | Emma Cameron
Why amend the articles of association?
The Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act) came fully into force on 1 October 2009. The Act aimed to simplify company law procedures, particularly for smaller companies....
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10 February 2010 | Richard Phillips
The implementation of a set of behavioural rules usually arises out of some form of crisis or misdemeanor. So it was that the Combined Code grew out of reports commissioned following scandals such as...
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10 February 2010 | Emma Cameron
Reports last week suggested that, after more than a year of talks, the proposed merger between British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia is due to take place during the first quarter of 2010. This merger...
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5 February 2010 | Bob Fahy
Make sure when you are carrying out your due diligence exercise that you also check that all employees can legally work in the UK. If there are employees who are transferring to you and have been granted...
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26 January 2010 | Emma Cameron
Background
The claimant (Invertec) and the first defendant (De Mol Holding BV (DMH)) entered into a sale and purchase agreement for the sale by DMH to Invertec of all of the issued shares in Volante...
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18 January 2010 | Emma Cameron
What is the Association of British Insurers?
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is the trade association for the UK's insurance industry. The ABI has around 400 companies in its membership....
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18 January 2010 | Emma Cameron |
The Financial Services and Markets Tribunal (FSMT) published a decision on 11 January 2010 which upheld findings made by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on market abuse by a research analyst and...
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6 January 2010 | Emma Cameron |
Background
A derivative action is an action brought by a shareholder on behalf of the company. Owing to the complexity of the previous law, very few derivative actions succeeded. When the Companies...
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5 January 2010 | Emma Cameron
The Duties
Directors of companies have always been subject to various duties but until the Companies Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act") came into force, these duties had not been consolidated and set out...
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