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Bereavement damages: an award or an insult?
Sevim Ahmet
18 December 2019
Is the FRC considering whether Sarbanes-Oxley should cross the waters?
The general election is now over, and Parliament has more time to deal with matters other than Brexit. The spotlight has therefore returned to corporate governance, with The Sunday Times reporting that the FRC is developing a “British version of Sarbanes-Oxley”. It reported that this would “heap more responsibility on to directors, asking them to vouch regularly for the integrity of their financial controls and – if passed into law in the UK – opening the possibility of criminal proceedings against chief executives and finance directors for reporting misleading statements to the market.”
11 December 2019
A change of direction in director disqualification for breaches of competition law?
The recent practice of regulators – and the potential for future developments – means that company directors need to be increasingly aware of the risks associated with competition law compliance.
15 November 2019
The role of a Financial Director – a life in the spotlight
BBC news alerts on our phones seem to be constant these days. There is of course the small issue of Brexit which is keeping journalists occupied. However, the state of the economy also features heavily in the news: large corporate collapses have dominated the headlines in recent times.
30 September 2019
Unfair prejudice petitions: can a director’s breach of duty bar their claim?
Treating a director who is a minority shareholder fairly in both their involvement in the management of a company and in any offers to acquire their shares is of paramount importance to defeating an unfair prejudice petition.
25 April 2019
Identity Fraud: company directors at double the risk of other individuals
Company directors increasingly have to deal with personal identity theft on top of already substantial compliance requirements to meet their directors’ duties. The risk of identity theft is even greater for those company directors based in London than in other areas of the United Kingdom.
