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Companies House has reported that more than one million individuals have now verified their identity, in advance of mandatory identity verification (IDV) coming into force this month.

The Government is seeking views on the UK's national security investment (NSI) screening regime, including how it can be made more business-friendly...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin (PMB) 55, in which it has provided an update on changes to its Knowledge Base and is consulting on further changes.

The Bill was debated in the House of Commons this week following amendments made by the House of Lords before Parliament's summer recess.

The High Court has found two former BHS directors liable for wrongful trading and misfeasance, emphasizing directors' duties to minimize creditor losses and rational decision-making, while confirming its jurisdiction to extend scheme of arrangement deadlines.

Regulations have been published which will bring mandatory identity verification (IDV) for company directors, members of limited liability partnerships (LLP members)...

The Supreme Court has settled an area of uncertainty under UK law, clarifying that petitions for unfair prejudice under the Companies Act 2006 are not subject to statutory limitation periods.

The Parker Review Committee has published its latest update report on progress towards improving ethnic diversity among the senior management of UK companies.

The Court of Appeal ruled in Providence v. Hexagon (2023) that contractors may terminate JCT contracts for repeated employer defaults without prior clause 8.9.3 termination rights. This decision raises risks for employers in cases of repeated late payments.

The changes, which follow reforms to the circumstances in which a company or other entity may offer its equity securities to the public, bring rule-making power closer to the regulator...

On 6 March 2025, the CMA cleared the completed acquisition of CWT Holdings, LLC (CWT) by Global Business Travel Group Inc (GBT) after reversing the findings of its Interim Report.

A theme of self-regulation pervades the results of the FCA's non-financial misconduct survey, with the onus put on firms to draw the necessary conclusions.

Despite having certain common features that were considered indicative of undue influence, the judges in each of Copley v Winter EWHC 1712 Ch 2023 and Rea v Rea EWHC 1901 Ch 2023...

This article builds on our previous briefing on the UK SRS exposure drafts, Delayed but not derailed: the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards consultation.

HMRC has announced a significant policy shift by publicly naming Petrofac in a £569,157 compound settlement for Russia sanctions breaches, ending its longstanding practice of anonymising offending companies. This marks a fundamental change in UK sanctions enforcement strategy, aligning HMRC's approach with other enforcement bodies like OTSI and OFSI, while potentially altering how companies calculate their response to trade sanctions investigations.

Four years on from the entry into force of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the UK Government is set to implement its first update to the mandatory notification categories, increasing the number of “sensitive sectors” under the regime.

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