In this month’s legal updates, cash consideration for shares in Zavarco, prejudicial offer on shares rejected in Cardiff City FC case, and reform of secondary capital rules
Natalie Todd, partner at Cooke, Young and Keidan, examines the impact of the recent Luckhurst case on whether fraud suspects can use frozen funds to pay legal expenses in civil litigation
In this month’s roundup of legal news, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw assess rulings on contracts in DD Classics, informal novation of contract in Gama Aviation and implications of National Security and Investment Act
In this month’s roundup of legal news, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley Legal, consider share sales in private equity backed company, share purchase agreements and listings rules
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw, Gateley Legal, examine earn out payments in Asher, quasi-partnership and unfair prejudice, and serving claims on directors
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner and Debbie Shaw, director at Gateley, examine rulings on contractual variation clause, financial promotion restrictions and plans for a register of overseas property owners
In the third of a three-part series, Simon Fawell, Paul Brehony and Kate Gee at Signature Litigation LLP focus on the steeply heightened risks directors face from tough corporate criminal liability rules
From 6 April 2022, over 1,300 of the largest UK-registered companies, LLPs and financial institutions will have to disclose climate-related financial information on a mandatory basis
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw of Gateley plc examine non-compete restrictive covenants, company's articles of association and transparency of property ownership
Donna Stofberg ACA examines the various compliance requirements for accountants to follow to ensure that sanctions against Russia are not contravened, including year end reporting and audit advice
In the second of a three-part series looking at some of the key areas for directors to keep front of mind, Simon Fawell and Paul Brehony, partners, and Kate Gee, counsel at Signature Litigation LLP, focus on heightened risk to directors from external claims by shareholders and investors
Debbie Shaw, director at Gateley Legal, examines a force majeure decision relating to covid-19, shareholder claims for untrue or misleading statements in the Autonomy case and changes to UK financial promotions exemptions
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner at law firm Gateley, examines the judgment on worker status in Rainford, the new arbitration scheme for rent arrears and High Court interprets pre-emption on transfer provisions in articles of association
In this month’s legal update, Sophie Brookes, partner at Gateley, examines the meaning of an ‘all reasonable endeavours’ clause, changes to the LSE Listing Rules and new procedure to report PSC discrepancies at Companies House
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner at Gateley, examines multimillion pound fine for company breaking bribery rules, data breach waived at High Court and further guidance on National Security and Investment Act
In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner at Gateley, examines Court of Appeal ruling on unjust enrichment claim and unfair prejudice petition