For many employers, the ability to enforce restrictive covenants when key employees leave can be of grave concern.  Generally, the more senior an employee is, the wider the

The first employers have now auto-enrolled their relevant workers. It is very early days, but so far there have been a variety of favourable and unfavourable comments from employers

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) published new guidance¹ in June this year regarding best practice for

A lot has happened in the corporate governance world since our last update in July. Among others, Professor John Kay published his final report on the review of UK equity markets and

After some significant delay and indecision by the Government, it has now been determined that quoted companies must from 2013 report on a mandatory basis on greenhouse gas

In a recent decision¹ the Court of Appeal clarified the meaning and effect of a restoration order under the Companies Act 2006 procedure by holding that a court order restoring a

Vince Cable MP, the UK Business Secretary has announced the establishment of a new Government funded wholesale bank to help small and medium sized UK businesses.

In October 2011 we reported on the England and Wales High Court decision in Chandler v Cape plc. The Court of Appeal has now upheld the High Court decision confirming that the

George Osborne has this month proposed a new type of “employee ownership” arrangement where employees will be given shares in return for them giving up certain employment rights

George Osborne has this month proposed a new type of “employee ownership” arrangement where employees will be given shares in return for them giving up certain employment rights