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Half-yearly Corporate Update – Our Latest Briefing

This consolidated corporate update summarises the major developments in UK corporate law and regulation which have occurred over the last six months and which will be of relevance to UK listed companies.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Fines Former Finance Directors Of Carillion Plc

The FCA has fined two former finance directors for their involvement in misleading statements being issued by Carillion plc.

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

Annual General Meetings In Oman: A Practical Readiness Guide (2026 Cycle)

If your financial year ends on 31 December 2025, your Annual General Meeting (AGM) timetable is already running. Under Oman's Commercial Companies Law, SAOGs/SAOCs must hold the annual...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Law Update: 20 December 2025 - 16 January 2026

The Government has published draft updated statutory guidance for companies and for LLPs on the meaning of "significant influence or control" under the PSC regime.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Listing Regime – Two Executive Directors Drop Appeal Against FCA Fines For Breaches Of Listing Rules And MAR

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next? - January 2026

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Shareholders' Rights & Shareholder Activism 2025

Worldwide Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Liquidators And Liability Caps: The Core VCT Litigation

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gatehouse Chambers

Supreme Court Clarifies Liability For Equitable Compensation For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Understanding ECCTA: Compulsory Identity Verification For PSCs

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

High Court Applies "Scope Of Duty" Principle To Limit Damages Claimed For Breach Of So-called Quincecare Duty

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Law Update: 22 - 28 November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Identity Verification For Company Directors, PSCs, And LLP Members

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

COP30: What Were The Key Outcomes?

Worldwide Environment

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Travers Smith LLP

Beyond The Buzz: What Is Driving Stablecoin Adoption? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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A&O Shearman

Reflections On 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

When Can Social Care Legally Remove Your Children? (4 December 2025) (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Corporate Law Update: 8 - 14 November 2025

A reminder to all our readers that mandatory identity verification (IDV) requirements come into effect on Tuesday 18 November 2025 for inpiduals who are company directors...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

How To Verify ID With Companies House

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) introduces a new identity verification regime to strengthen the integrity of the Companies House register and combat misuse of UK corporate entities.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Mandatory Identity Verification Is Coming: Here's What You Need To Know

On 18 November 2025, the UK enters a new era of corporate regulation. Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

Company Administration – Mandatory IDV And Abolition Of Certain Local Company Registers

The sixth commencement order for the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) has been made which brings into force from 18 November 2025...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Reporting – Summary Of Payment Practices In Annual Reports

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Professional And Management Matters: October 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

Directors And Officers: ESG And Litigation

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

Corporate Law Update: 1 - 7 November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Quarterly Listed Company Update – What's New And What's Next?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Corporate Law Update: 25 - 31 October 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 — Identity Verification And Companies House Filings (2025 Update)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Modern Slavery - Transparency In Supply Chains

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Statutory Books, Centralised Records And What Businesses Must Do Now

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gardner Leader

Corporate Reporting – Government Announces Reform Proposals

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 — Identity Verification And Companies House Filings (2025 Update)

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) is reshaping UK company administration. Aimed at preventing the misuse of UK corporate structures...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Modern Slavery - Transparency In Supply Chains

Although many organisations take steps to promote ethical business practices and have policies to protect workers from being exploited, so-called...

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Statutory Books, Centralised Records And What Businesses Must Do Now

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) heralds the most significant overhaul of UK company administration in a generation.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gardner Leader

Corporate Reporting – Government Announces Reform Proposals

The government has announced proposals to reduce the narrative reporting burden in the UK. This forms part of the government's Regulation Action Plan, aimed at reforming the UK regulatory framework...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ECCTA Identity Verification: What You Need To Know Now

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gardner Leader

Identity Verification A New UK Legal Requirement Under ECCTA

Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), UK directors, LLP members, persons with significant control and people filing information at Companies House will be legally required to undergo identity verification (IDV), following which they will be issued with a unique identifier.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

UK Companies House Confirms Identity Verification Rollout From 18 November

UK Companies House has confirmed that the legal requirements for directors and people with significant control (PSCs) of companies to verify their identities will begin on 18 November.

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Exit Plans, Good Faith, And Statutory Duties

This case explores the intersection of contractual duties of good faith in shareholder agreements and directors' statutory duties, highlighting the risks for directors of not being completely transparent...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

A Guide To The New Companies House Mandatory Identity Verification Requirements

Companies House has confirmed that the new mandatory identity verification requirements set out in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Privy Council Delivers A Useful Reminder Of The Limits Of The Re Duomatic Principle Of Informal Shareholder Assent

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Pension Scheme Trustee Directors – Identity Verification Requirements

United Kingdom Employment

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Mayer Brown

High Court Grants Permission To Bring Concurrent Derivative Claim And Unfair Prejudice Petition

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Company Administration – Regulations Made To Reflect The Simplification Of Company And LLP Registers

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Crime And The Senior Manager Test

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Identity Verification Updates For Leaders In Academy Trusts: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

UK Adopts Phased Approach For ID Verification At Companies House

United Kingdom Commercial

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Maples Group

UK To Introduce Mandatory Identity Verification For Directors And PSCs From November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

I. Frangos & Associates LLC

New Requirements To Verify Your Identity With Companies House

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

Company Administration – Companies House Announces Planned Start Date For Mandatory Identity Verification

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Refuses Interim Injunction To Suspend Business 'Transformation Plan'

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Criminal Risk Under Scrutiny In The Boardroom

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Jersey Company Formation Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Wealth Mgt

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Cavenwell Group

Court Of Appeal Finds PSP Liable For Deceitful Representations Made By Agent Acting With Apparent/ostensible Authority

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Companies House Claims New Powers Are Yielding "Real-world Impact"

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

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7 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Consider Offshore Trust & Corporate Services

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Dixcart Group Limited

BTI v SEQUANA – The Changing Nature Of Directors' Duties As A Company Flounders (Video)

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Quadrant Chambers

Unique Gun-Jumping Case Sanctioned By French Competition Authority (Video)

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McDermott Will & Emery

Protecting The Scheme In A Corporate Take-Over Situation (Video)

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Gowling WLG

CDR/Insolvency Series: You Shouldn't Have Done That: Post-insolvency Claims Against Directors (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

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