Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine directors’ duties and tax free bonuses in Hunt, exclusion clauses in Virgin Mobile and beneficial ownership registration
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine High Court decisions on breach of warranty claims in Drax and Finsbury Food acquisitions, plus investment screening under the National Security and Investment Act 2021
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine voting rights for directors and shareholders in Hikari, breach of statutory duties in Shell, and revised insider dealing rules
Accountants need to prepare for the introduction of a failure to prevent fraud offence as unlimited fines can be issued for non-compliance. Simon Taylor, partner, and managers, Jorge Lopes and Blair Sprott, Forensic Risk Alliance, give five tips on compliance
A rule change in October means that businesses will have more certainty when pursuing a claim for debt through the courts, due to the fixed recoverable costs regime, explains Liam Tolen, senior associate at Ashfords LLP
In this month’s legal round-up, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley, explain risks of de facto subsidiary director, failure to prevent fraud offence and conversion of shares under articles void
MPs have written to HMRC calling for a meeting to discuss concerns about Apostle Accounting after clients said they had to repay tax refunds arranged by the firm
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley, explain directors’ duties post liquidation in Mitchell, execution of deeds in Euro Securities and unfairly prejudicial conduct in Durose
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley, reviews rulings validity of signature in an email in Hudson v Hathaway and test of reasonableness in Benkert cases
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine High Court ruling on back-dated dividends in Manolete Partners, corporate implications of the Economic Crime And Transparency Bill and overseas property register
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw assess Paddington Bear ruling on contractual audit clause, tax liability on interim dividend payments and EU backtracks on European register of interests
In this month’s round-up of cases, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley examine decisions on shareholder agreements in Compound Phototonics, buyer's warranty in TP ICAP and electronic signatures
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley plc, examine the latest rulings in Sequana over directors’ duties, restrictive covenants in Credico Marketing and articles of association in Active Wear decision
In this month’s legal roundup, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley, review the cram down decision in Houst, lease costs in Nuffield Wellbeing and changes to investment rules in high risk national infrastructure
A clampdown on overseas property owners means all property sales now need to be listed on the register of overseas entities, explains Dhruv Patel ACA CTA, director of tax and accountancy at Elemental CoSec
