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Company denotes an association of individuals formed together for some common purpose.
The term 'company' is usually associated with a group of people who have joined together for a certain purpose with a more or less permanent character. Under the Companies Act 2006, the term 'company' means a company that has been formed and registered under the Act and is governed by its provisions (and includes companies formed and registered under earlier statutes). Company law recognises an incorporated company has a personality that is separate and distinct from its members and where the company has share capital, from its shareholders. Although there are a large number of different kinds of companies, the bodies corporate include: (1) those incorporated as per a general Act of Parliament which permits incorporation by any body of persons who fulfil certain conditions, e.g. building societies and industrial and provident societies; and (2) public corporations established to perform a special social or economic purpose and are created by royal charter or statute that defines the objects, constitution and powers of the corporation, e.g. British Broadcasting Agency and
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Checklist for compromises of FCA-regulated entities: information requirements The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the United Kingdom. It has a duty under section 1B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) to pursue certain objectives, one of which is the consumer protection objective. The FCA lists its statutory objectives as to secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers and to protect and enhance the integrity of UK financial markets, with a view to reducing the number of proposed compromises that they do not consider to be appropriate (see FG22/4, para 1.2). On 5 July 2022, the FCA published guidance on compromises of regulated firms (see FCA Guidance FG22/4 July 2022 and updated in January 2024) following their significant concerns about these tools being proposed and used by firms to avoid paying customers redress (see: LNB News 05/07/2022 72). Practitioners will need to take note of the guidance where the proposed compromise involves regulated companies, meaning...
Sentencing Guidelines for Corporate offenders鈥擬oney laundering checklist This Checklist summarises the Sentencing Council鈥檚 guidelines for money laundering offences committed by a corporate (Money Laundering Guidelines). The Money Laundering Guidelines can be accessed here: 鈥 Magistrates鈥 Court Sentencing Guideline鈥擟orporate offenders: fraud, bribery and money laundering鈥攆or use in cases involving corporates being sentenced in the magistrates鈥 court 鈥 Crown Court Sentencing Guideline鈥擟orporate offenders: fraud, bribery and money laundering鈥攆or use in cases involving corporates being sentenced in the Crown Court The Sentencing Council also publishes a number of overarching guidelines, which should be considered in respect of all sentencing exercises. These include: 鈥 Totality guideline (Crown Court) 鈥 Totality guideline (magistrates鈥 court) 鈥 General guideline鈥攐verarching principles (Crown Court) 鈥 General guideline鈥攐verarching principles (magistrates鈥 court) 鈥 Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea (Crown Court) 鈥 Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea (magistrates鈥 court) For more information, see Practice Note: Sentences imposed following conviction. Among these overarching guidelines, the General guideline: overarching principles (the General guideline) is specifically designed...
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Listed company share buybacks (on-market)鈥攆lowchart STOP PRESS: A significant restructuring of the UK listing regime came into effect on 29 July 2024, which included the removal of the premium and standard listing segments and the creation of a single listing category for equity shares in commercial companies. The commercial companies category is heavily disclosure-based and sits alongside other listing categories
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There are many forms of business vehicle and it is important that the most appropriate form of vehicle is chosen to carry on a business; the choice of vehicle may have a bearing on the business鈥檚 success or failure.Not every vehicle will suit the needs and demands of a business. Each vehicle has its advantages and disadvantages. The decision as to which vehicle to use to carry on a particular business will be complex and is dependent on various legal, tax and commercial considerations; there may not be a perfect fit.In addition, the vehicle originally chosen to carry on a particular business may not continue to be the right choice for that business as it develops and matures. The vehicle chosen to carry on a business should be kept under periodic review. If the original choice of vehicle to carry on a business becomes unsuitable, an alternative vehicle may take over that business, although a change of vehicle may be costly, depending on the circumstances.This fundamentals note considers the different...
STOP PRESS: The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It is intended to enhance corporate transparency in the UK, principally through Companies House reforms and amendments to provisions of the Companies Act 2006. It also seeks to modernise the regulatory framework for limited partnerships and create stronger powers to tackle economic crime. ECCTA 2023 is to come into force in stages. A number of its provisions came into force on 4 March 2024 and may impact this content. For further information, see Practice Notes: Implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, particularly the legislation and consultation tracker.What is a company?A company is a separate legal entity, distinct from its members. It is owned by its members and it is managed by its directors. It is regulated by the聽Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).The company is a very commonly used business vehicle; there are over 5 million registered companies in...
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Insert the following definitions as new definitions into clause 1 of Precedent: Share purchase agreement鈥攑ro-buyer鈥攃orporate seller鈥攃onditional鈥攍ong form: 1 Definitions and interpretation Claim means a claim by the Buyer for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement (including a claim for breach of the Warranties); Data Room means the data room relating to the [Company OR Group] comprising all contracts, agreements, licences, documents and other information made available to the Buyer and its advisers, as listed in the Data Room index attached to the Disclosure Letter; The ScheduleLimitations on the Warranties ...
ALTERNATIVE 1: PROVISION FOR FUTURE LOANS BY SHAREHOLDERS Clause 1 Insert a new definition as follows (if not already included): Respective Proportion means, in relation to a Shareholder, the proportion which the number of Shares held by that Shareholder bears to the total number of issued Shares of the Company; Replace clause 9.3 with the following new clauses 9.3 and 9.4: 9.3 In the event that, at any time during the term of this Agreement, any such borrowings are not available or do not satisfy the working capital requirements of the Company as determined by the Board, each of the Shareholders, when requested from time to time, lend to the Company its Respective Proportion of the amount specified by the...
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Can an insurer refuse to provide internal correspondence and case notes relating to an insurance claim where a subject access request (SAR) is made under the UK GDPR for such information? This Q&A assumes that the organisation that has received the SAR is a 鈥榗ontroller鈥 of the relevant data. For an introduction to the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) regime, including key data protection terms and concepts, such as 鈥榩ersonal data鈥, 'processing', 'data subject' and 鈥榗ontroller鈥, see: Data protection toolkit. As further explained in Practice Notes: The UK GDPR and DPA 2018 for insurers and Data subject rights鈥攁ccess, Article 15 of the UK GDPR gives individuals a right to obtain confirmation from a data controller as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed, and where it is, access to the personal data and certain further information. A request for such information is commonly known as a 鈥榮ubject access request鈥 (or a 'SAR' or 'DSAR'). In order to assist...
Under section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill, is there a need for a life insured at the outset of the Policy to be valid? Does section 2(5) allow for categories of lives being insured, even if there are not lives in these categories? Does section 2(5) apply to all life policies or group life policies? For the purposes of this Q&A, it has been assumed that the question is are referring to the Insurable Interest Bill dated June 2018. In conducting our research we have focussed on the Insurable Interest Bill dated June 2018. For this answer, we refer you to the following resources: 鈥 June 2018 Draft Insurable Interest Bill 鈥 June 2018 Accompanying notes to the draft Insurable Interest Bill Under section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill, does there need to be a life insured at the outset of the Policy to be valid? Section 2(1) of the draft Insurable Interest Bill (the Bill) states: 鈥楢 contract of life-related insurance is void unless at...
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MLex: The UK's Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office (ICO) would have a new obligation to report annually on its enforcement under an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill (Bill) passed by lawmakers on 28 January 2025. A package of amendments was also passed intended to protect copyright from web crawlers used for AI training. The amendments could be removed during future parliamentary debate on Bill. The government did agree, however, to require the ICO to put out a statutory code of practice on data processing in children鈥檚 education.
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