Business Law and Corporate Law

Regulations have been made to extend the identity verification (IDV) regime to further types of legal entity, namely limited liability partnerships (LLPs), overseas companies and unregistered companies.

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month's issue we discuss...

The Investment Association (IA) published the long-awaited update to its Principles of Remuneration (Principles) in October 2024.

The European Commission has extended the deadline for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) to submit its technical advice on simplifying...

On 3 July 2025, the UK's Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Practice Statement 36 (PS36) on unlisted share alternatives (also referred to as stub equity or partial share alternatives).

The Law Commission issued an interim statement in June 2025 following their consultation on the future of Security of Tenure for business tenants under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

Recent tragic events in motorsport, with the deaths of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli in IndyCar and MotoGP respectively, have brought into focus the role event organisers and venue owners play in ensuring the safety of those participating in sporting events and where liability rests when accidents do occur.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd has lost an appeal against conviction for corporate manslaughter. The BBC reports that the Court also upheld the company’s £385,000 fine at the Court of Appeal in London last week.

As the SRA continues with its timetable to implement outcomes-focused regulation (OFR), it has recently published its new Handbook, containing a principles based Code of Conduct.

With appetite for private equity, private debt, venture capital and real assets showing no signs of slowing, fund managers face a critical early decision: where to domicile.

Significant changes were introduced to the UK's tax rules for non-domiciled individuals from 6 April 2025. The remittance basis for non-UK domiciled individuals has been replaced with a residency-based system.

Within the venture capital investment universe, artificial intelligence (AI) and medical technology (MedTech) stand out as transformative asset classes.