Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 16 Jan 2024
The English courts have continued their slow-burning development of the law around valid execution of deeds in a judgment handed down in the High…
Ogier | Jersey | 13 Dec 2023
Jersey has a wide variety of entities or legal vehicles that can be used to meet a client's commercial objectives. These all have the advantages of a…
Stevens & Bolton LLP | United Kingdom | 5 Dec 2023
In the recent case of Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited v Aecom Limited [2023] EWHC 2620 (TCC) the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | United Kingdom | 29 Nov 2023
Two recent English cases illustrate a strict and a more flexible approach by the courts when considering whether the signing of a legal document has…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 14 Sep 2023
It is commonplace for a private limited company to have a sole director who is also the sole shareholder. However, problems can arise if a succession…
Mishcon de Reya LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Sep 2023
The death of a shareholder and director can give rise to a host of adverse consequences for a business. When so much time is taken up by building and…
Doyle Clayton Solicitors | United Kingdom | 5 Sep 2023
The development of company structures in England and Wales is an interplay between legal frameworks, economic needs, and societal transformations…
Anthony Gold | United Kingdom | 6 Dec 2022
In the event that a director loses mental capacity, the company is likely to seek to remove the director and replace them by reference to the…
Charles Russell Speechlys | United Kingdom | 31 Oct 2022
We have previously written about the removal of directors by ordinary resolution, which you can find here. A less talked about topic, but arguably of…
Morton Fraser MacRoberts | United Kingdom | 31 Oct 2022
A company can return value to its shareholders by buying back some of its shares. This is known as a "share buyback" or a "company purchase of own…