RCI Guide: The what, when, who, how and why
16 November 2022
With the amnesty period for registration running out, we examine the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land.
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The Risk of Witness Evidence
10 November 2022
Litigation risk is the risk that, however strong your case may seem, the Court may still be against you. It is something which every litigant should be aware of. The nature and degree of that risk will differ from case to case. It may be that there is a potential for the court to come form a contrary position on the law. However, most commonly, it refers to the prospect of the Court preferring the other side’s witnesses to your own.
Shareholder Disputes – A Guide to Unfair Prejudice
07 November 2022
What is unfair prejudice? Section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 allows a minority shareholder to bring an unfair prejudice petition if:
Unlucky 13? Social Media Giant TikTok Under Further Scrutiny Regarding UK and EU Data
03 November 2022
Popular social media platform TikTok (with an estimated active user count of over 1 Billion) has told users that its workers in China will have access to data of account holders based in the UK and EU.
Sole directors may not be able to take legitimate decisions
26 October 2022
It is incredibly common for single director, single owner companies to use the Model Articles (the standard form constitution provided for by law) as the company’s first constitution. This is because the Model Articles were designed to serve new companies that want to establish an enterprise quickly. The Model Articles should be a ready-made rule book for governing a company that can apply to all situations. However, to the surprise of many, the recent English case of Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing [2022] EWHC 191 (Ch) (02 February 2022) has called into question the legitimacy of sole director decision making if a company uses the Model Articles as its constitution.