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

Recently, the Indian Supreme Court ruled on the scope of jurisdiction of the Indian capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), over an issue of

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

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

Corporate governance remains at the top of the UK political and business agenda at the moment. There are several consultations

Introduction
Under Dutch law, the assets of a debtor may be attached before court proceedings have even started. This pre-judgment attachment (“conservatoir beslag”) is used

The UK Government’s proposals on executive pay seem to represent a good compromise between giving shareholders more influence on executive pay and avoiding shareholders

As we have previously reported, Defra (the UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has been considering whether companies should be measuring and annually

Restrictions or total ban of bearer shares have been topic of several proposals for changes in the Czech statutory regulations. However, the Czech