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The “new” Corporate Manslaughter Act - five years since introduction

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

July last year saw conviction and sentencing in only the third successful corporate manslaughter prosecution since the Corporate Manslaughter and

Simpler rules for buying back shares from employees and other small shareholders

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2013

As of 30 April 2013, it has become slightly easier for private companies to buy back their own shares, including shares held by employees. At first

Women on boards progress report?

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 15 2013

Lord Davies has published the second annual progress report on his 2011 Women on Boards Review, revealing an increase in the number of women in UK

New regulations pave the way for increased employee owned companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 28 2013

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) published on 4 July 2012 the final report from the Nuttall Review of Employee Ownership

New statutory regulations for share buybacks

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 22 2013

A revised draft of the Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 18) Regulations 2013 has now been published, which is intended to come into force on 30

Employee owner scheme defeated in House of Lords

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 22 2013

Following the Chancellor's announcement of a proposed new "employee-owner" scheme last October, we've been monitoring its progress with our article

NAPF in UK calls on FTSE 350 to show restraint on boardroom pay

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 12 2013

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) in the UK has written to FTSE 350 companies setting out the pay guidelines they expect to see

Financial Reporting Lab of the FRC report on pay and performance

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab (the Lab), which was set up by the FRC to improve the effectiveness of corporate

PIRC publish updated UK shareholder voting guidelines 2013

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 12 2013

The UK shareholder advisory group Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) has released the 17th edition of its UK Shareowner Voting

Chief executives reminded of fire safety duties

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 8 2013

Following an investigation into a fire at a hospital in October 2011, the local fire and rescue service (FRS) felt that there was sufficient evidence