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Re-domiciliation in the UK: Independent Expert Panel Report Published

23 October 2024

Vanessa Knapp

The Nature of Stakeholder Capitalism and the Role of Corporate Law: Proposed Amendments to Chapter 2 of the Companies Act 2006

19 September 2022

John Gaffney

Dual Class Shares Won’t Bring Innovative Enterprise. Job Security and Education Will.

The UK is examining proposals for ‘dual class share’ structures in premium listed companies on the London Stock Exchange. The Kalifa Review and Hill Review suggested this could be desirable,...

3 September 2021

Ewan McGaughey

Corporate decision-making through strategic reporting: An empirical study

According to the Companies Act 2006, the directors of a company (except a small company: s 414A (2) CA 2006) must prepare a strategic report for each financial year of...

19 October 2017

Iain G MacNeil

Irene-marie Esser

Katarzyna Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna

Section 172 of the UK Companies Act 2006: Desperate Times Call for Soft Law Measures – A Post-Scriptum

In late August 2017, the Government published its response to the Corporate Governance Green Paper. Amongst other issues, the Government considered the utility of section 172 CA 2006...

22 September 2017

Georgina Tsagas

Section 172 of the UK Companies Act 2006: Desperate Times Call for Soft Law Measures

With the UK leaving the EU, it is a crucial time to discuss enlightened decision-making on boards, considering that, arguably, one of the key benefits of joining the EU with...

1 September 2017

Georgina Tsagas

Brexit: Corporate

Whilst the Companies Act 2006 and the raft of secondary legislation made under it have been heavily influenced by various European Directives (notably the Company Law Directives and Accounting...

19 April 2017

Herbert Smith Freehills

Corporate Governance Reform: UK Government Green Paper

In this Green Paper the Government floats a number of potential reforms in the area of executive remuneration (the main area for consideration in the Paper), making companies more...

2 December 2016

Paul Davies KC (hon)

Directors’ Duties and Stakeholder Interests: Comparing India and the United Kingdom

An existential (but problematic) question in company law relates to the very purpose for which companies are incorporated and managed. Are companies to be run solely for the purpose of...

28 August 2016

Mihir Naniwadekar

Umakanth Varottil

New Book: David Kershaw's "Principles of Takeover Regulation"

Principles of Takeover Regulation (OUP, 2016) explores the nature and optimality of the regulation of the UK’s market for corporate control through the Takeover Code, which is maintained and enforced...

14 April 2016

David Kershaw

Re-domiciliation in the UK: Independent Expert Panel Report Published

The Nature of Stakeholder Capitalism and the Role of Corporate Law: Proposed Amendments to Chapter 2 of the Companies Act 2006

Dual Class Shares Won’t Bring Innovative Enterprise. Job Security and Education Will.

Corporate decision-making through strategic reporting: An empirical study

Section 172 of the UK Companies Act 2006: Desperate Times Call for Soft Law Measures – A Post-Scriptum

Section 172 of the UK Companies Act 2006: Desperate Times Call for Soft Law Measures

Brexit: Corporate

Corporate Governance Reform: UK Government Green Paper

Directors’ Duties and Stakeholder Interests: Comparing India and the United Kingdom

New Book: David Kershaw's "Principles of Takeover Regulation"

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