This was a sad case where an employee who was asked to work in a part of a factory where he did not usually work was killed by a piece of equipment that he was not familiar with. He was doing a job that he had not been trained to do.

Our corporate lawyers work with a vast range of businesses from start-ups and SMEs through to large family run businesses and multinational corporations.

All companies must adhere to various reporting requirements under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act). Freya Summers, Partner in our Corporate team discusses corporate reporting and ESG.

In recent months corporate governance has become somewhat of a buzzword. The government has placed great emphasis on how corporate bodies are run from the way in which top employees are incentivised to the make-up of boards in terms of race, sex and gender.

Podcast from Caroline Benfield and Elizabeth Taylor on the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Bill 2020.

Much has been written and discussed about the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020 since its publication in May 2020 and its passage through Parliament at break neck speed.

Our corporate disputes team are expert problem solvers and have worked with both public and private companies, owner-managed businesses, minority shareholders, high net worth investors and entrepreneurs.

Accidents do happen even in the biggest and best run companies and the consequences when they do can be both dramatic and devastating.

There is usually a great deal of excitement around a corporate acquisition, but regrettably our lawyers deal with a lot of disputes arising from these deals, many of which would have been avoided if litigators had been involved at the outset to advise on the risks (and remedies) around company sales and purchases.

On 24 September 2020 the government announced an extension to the temporary provisions contained within the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA 2020).