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Serious Fraud Office recovers dividends paid to innocent parent company for bribes paid by foreign subsidiary without parent’s knowledge

20 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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New Bribery Act in force

1 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Bribery Act comes into force today. It is the biggest change to laws affecting business this year. It is a controversial piece of legislation because it is so wide-reaching. It creates the...

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High Court consider financial assistance and special resolution error relating to scheme of arrangement – Re Uniq plc, High Court

29 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Under section 678(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (CA), it is unlawful for a public company or its subsidiaries to give financial assistance to any person acquiring, or proposing to acquire, shares in that...

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When is a subsidiary company not a subsidiary company?

23 February 2010 | Emma Cameron | 1 comment

Introduction A recent Court of Appeal decision has the effect that in some circumstances a company which a holding company considers to be its subsidiary may not in fact be its subsidiary. Statutory...

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Latest news and views tagged subsidiary

Serious Fraud Office recovers dividends paid to innocent parent company for bribes paid by foreign subsidiary without parent’s knowledge

New Bribery Act in force

High Court consider financial assistance and special resolution error relating to scheme of arrangement – Re Uniq plc, High Court

When is a subsidiary company not a subsidiary company?

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