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Corporate weekly highlights—30 January 2020

Published on: 30 January 2020

Table of contents

  • Brexit
  • The UK leaves the EU on 31 January 2020
  • European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 receives Royal Assent
  • Brexit Bulletin—examining the final preparations for exit day
  • European Commission answers questions on UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU
  • CMA publishes new guidance on its role post-Brexit
  • Corporate joint ventures
  • Entitlement to act (honestly) in one’s own interest—Russell v Cartwright and others
  • Equity capital markets
  • Survey reveals investor concerns over de-equitisation
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Article summary

This week's edition of Corporate weekly highlights includes the latest developments on Brexit, including the Royal Assent of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, final preparations for exit day and the European Commission’s Brexit Q&As, as well as guidance from the Competition and Markets Authority on how Brexit will affect its powers and processes. It also looks at a recent case, Russell v Cartwright and others, on whether fiduciary duties or obligations of good faith were found or implied between parties in a joint venture and a Quoted Companies Alliance survey showing investor concerns over de-equitisation.

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