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Risks For Parent Company Executives When A Foreign Subsidiary Fails

UK insolvency professionals are experienced in advising the executives of struggling businesses about the potential personal risks if their company files for insolvency.

United Kingdom Insolvency

GGI Global Alliance

EXPLAINER: New UK Guidance On Identifying Persons With Significant Control (PSCs)

Companies House has issued updated draft guidance to assist businesses to identify who really holds ‘significant influence or control' in a company for the purposes of the Register of People with Significant Control.

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Sovereign Verify – The Smart Way To Confirm Your Identity With UK Companies House

Individual Directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs) of companies registered in England & Wales (E&W) are now required to verify their identities with Companies House.

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Football Club Owners Take Heed: Inside The IFR's New Owners, Directors And Senior Executives Test

English football has entered a new era. In July 2025, after a long journey set in motion by the attempted breakaway European Super League and the Fan-Led Review led by Tracey Crouch MP...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

UK Corporate Briefing February 2026

United Kingdom Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

2026 Outlook: Are UK Liquidators Able To Limit Their Liability?

United Kingdom Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

A Guide To The Taxation Of Share Plans In The UK

United Kingdom Tax

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Travers Smith LLP

Half-yearly Corporate Update – Our Latest Briefing

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Fines Former Finance Directors Of Carillion Plc

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Law Update: 20 December 2025 - 16 January 2026

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

UK Government Launches Consultation Overhauling The CMA's Competition Regime

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Baker Botts LLP

Lewis Silkin's Data, Privacy & Cyber Team Watch Outs For 2026

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

FCA Enforcement Watch And Beyond – Five Headline Trends For 2026

United Kingdom Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

New National Minimum Wage Rates For April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Liquidators And Liability Caps: The Core VCT Litigation

The dispute arose from a (solvent) members' voluntary liquidation of three venture capital trust companies (the Core VCT companies). In March 2015, Begbies Traynor...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gatehouse Chambers

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

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by the joint liquidators (the "Liquidators") of MBI International & Partners Inc (the "Company"), reinstating a substantial compensation...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Understanding ECCTA: Compulsory Identity Verification For PSCs

A lot of information has been published recently about the requirement for directors to have their identity verified under the new ECCTA requirements.

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

The High Court has determined a number of applications for summary judgment/strike out in two claims for breach of mandate and the 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

Corporate Law Update: 8 - 14 November 2025

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

How To Verify ID With Companies House

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

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

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

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

Regulations have been made under which in-scope companies will be required to include certain information regarding their payment practices in their annual report and accounts.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Professional And Management Matters: October 2025

In this instalment we touch on a mixture of recent news stories and legal developments of relevance to professionals and directors and officers alike.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

Directors And Officers: ESG And Litigation

Directors and officers (D&Os) now face a dramatically changed liability environment. Shareholder class actions and derivative actions, which were once rare, are increasingly used to hold company executives accountable.

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

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

When the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received Royal Assent in October 2023, one of the significant reforms was the introduction of mandatory identity verification for company directors...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gardner Leader

Corporate Law Update: 18 - 24 October 2025

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin 58, in which it has laid out the next steps in the run-up to the commencement of the UK's new public offers...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Sole Trader Or Limited Company: Choosing The Right UK Business Structure

United Kingdom Commercial

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Halliday Styan

Your Guide To ID Verification For ECCTA 2023: Private Equity Funds, Portfolio Companies

United Kingdom Commercial

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Browne Jacobson

UPC Court Of Appeal And UK Supreme Court Concur On High Threshold For Director Liability

United Kingdom IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Identity Verification A New UK Legal Requirement Under ECCTA

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

UK Companies House Confirms Identity Verification Rollout From 18 November

United Kingdom Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Exit Plans, Good Faith, And Statutory Duties

United Kingdom Commercial

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Teacher Stern

A Guide To The New Companies House Mandatory Identity Verification Requirements

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

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