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Mandatory "say on pay" measures introduced in the UK

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

In the UK, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act) has been passed into law, introducing a number of changes to the disclosure and

Goodbye "hello money"?

  • William Fry
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 2 2013

In the early stages of the horsemeat scandal, the Government announced that a statutory code of conduct to regulate the retail sector and eliminate

Corporate manslaughter - update

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 18 2012

Another UK company has been charged with Corporate Manslaughter. A Norfolk garden nursery, PS & JE Ward, has been charged in relation to the death of an

To consent or not to consent

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 30 2012

In Porton Capital Technology Funds v. 3M UK Holdings Ltd & 3M Company, the English High Court considered the concepts underlying the requirement to seek and obtain consent on the one hand, and the countervailing measure of other parties entitlement not to consent

Recent developments in corporate governance

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 24 2012

We have set out here a round-up of some of the recent developments in corporate governance over the last month

Third UK company convicted of corporate manslaughter

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 24 2012

A third UK company, Lion Steel Ltd, has been convicted of corporate manslaughter under the UK Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, for the death of an employee who fell more than 40ft from the factory’s roof, onto which he had gone to repair a leak

The extent of a limited partner’s right to inspect the partnership’s books

  • LK Shields
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 12 2012

The High Court in England recently considered the extent of a limited partner’s right to inspect the partnership’s books

The intention to create legal relations and agreements to agree

  • LK Shields
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 24 2012

Quite often in transactions or when signing an agreement, an issue may crop up which the parties agree to deal with post completion or post execution of an agreement

English courts consider “unreasonably withheld” consent clause

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 27 2012

In the recent case of Porton Capital Technology Funds v 3M UK Holdings Ltd & 3M Company 2011 EWHC 2895 (Comm), the English High Court considered the meaning of the commonly used phrase “subject to consent, consent not to be unreasonably withheld”

New UK consultation on shareholder voting rights on executive pay

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 20 2012

On 14 March, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, announced a consultation on enhanced shareholder voting rights on executive pay in UK quoted companies

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