Corporate Law and Governance
Contact Points
Accounts And Financial Reporting
Accounting requirements, including EC directives
on accounts, i.e. Fourth and Seventh Directives, also
Bank Accounts Directive, Eleventh and Bank Branches
Directives; EU Regulation on the adoption of International
Accounting Standards; review of accounting disclosures,
particularly for small companies; dormant companies;
International Accounting developments:
Auditors and Accountancy Services
Auditing standards; auditor qualifications and registration;
8th Company Law Directive/Part II of Companies Act
1989; recognition of overseas audit qualifications;
regulation of the accountancy profession; auditor
liability; company law issues affecting Gibraltar.
Partnership, Limited Partnership and Limited Liability
Partnership Law
Review of Partnership and Limited Partnership Law;
removal of the 20 partner limit on partnerships and
limited partnerships; issues in respect of LLPs
Modernising Company Law
The three-year review of British company law concluded
with the publication of the independent Steering Group's
Final Report on 26 July 2001. The Government published
its response to the Final Report and set out its core
proposals for simplifying and modernising company
law in a White Paper (Cm 5553) dated 16 July 2002.
The consultation period for the receipt of views on
the proposals concluded on 29 November 2002. For further
information get in touch with the Companies Bill Team
via the contacts below:
Company Law Reform
Directors' duties under the Companies Act 1985;
shareholders' statutory rights, remedies and obligations.
Corporate Governance
UK corporate governance; directors' remuneration;
shareholder voting.
Global corporate governance (Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development, World Bank and Commonwealth
initiatives).
European Legislation
First and Second Company Law Directives on co-ordination
of safeguards for shareholders and others; prospective
10th Directive concerning cross-border mergers of
plcs; prospective 14th Directive concerning
transfer of registered office; proposed 13th Directive
concerning takeovers.
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The European Company Statute (ECS). European Economic
Interest Groupings (EEIG) Regulations.
Additional Projects
Share buybacks (treasury shares), share buybacks by
investment companies. Implementation of the Companies
Act 1989. Directors’ home addresses.
Electronic Communications and the Companies Act 1985;
redenomination of share capital.
Investigations
Investigations under the Companies Act 1985 and
1989 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(FiSMA):
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020 7215 3120
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Limited Liability Partnerships
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Publications
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