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The Serious Fraud Office has successfully tried a new tactic in its enforcement of bribery and corruption laws. It has recovered the £130,000 in dividends paid to Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Limited...
Protect Your Position – Bristol-Myers buys Inhibitex for $2.5 billion
With the Patent Cliff looming and the lack of new drugs to fill the void keeping big Pharma bosses awake at night, we are seeing new strategies emerging in an attempt to off see the gloom and doom predictions...
The Bribery Act: first person faces prosecution
A Redbridge Magistrates’ Court employee has become the first person to face prosecution under the new Bribery Act.
Munir Yakub Patel is due to appear before Southwark Crown Court on 14 October 2011...
Directors’ duties
Background
The Companies Act 2006 sets out a director's fiduciary duties in statute for the first time. These include duties:
- to promote the success of the company;
- to avoid conflicts of...
SME equity financing made easier
The UK has introduced new rules which are aimed at making it easier for SMEs to raise equity financing a year earlier than originally intended.
With effect from 1st August 2011, companies will be able...
High Court rules on non-solicitation clause
Background
When a buyer purchases a business, it usually wishes to ensure that the seller cannot compete with the business of the target post-sale. We therefore recommend that restrictive covenants...
Employers: The Bribery Act is now in force – are you compliant?
If not, you need to act fast.
I have outlined some of the ways employers can ensure they comply with the new Act - please click here.
This article is only intended as guidance. There are many issues...
Do you want to be a director?
If you are asked to be a director of a company, you should ensure that you are aware of the directors' duties which will apply to you and understand the circumstances in which you may become personally...
How to: validly execute a deed on behalf of a company
In the first of a series of blogs addressing practical issues arising out of the Companies Act 2006 we consider how a company may validly execute a deed.
Section 44 of the Companies Act 2006, which...
Takeover Regime Consultation – Coming to an End
The time to respond to the consultation paper published by the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel in March 2011 is coming to an end. Officially, you have two weeks from today. The consultation was...