Running of Company in UK Law
- Paul Strelitz And Oliver Hyams Successful In The Court Of Appeal In The Latest Hearing In A Long Running International Shareholding Dispute Concerning A UK-based Technology Company
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SFO Prevails In First Contested Overseas Corruption Trial
The U.K.’s Serious Frauds Office prevailed in its first overseas corruption trial, securing a jury verdict in its favor and against two former Innospec executives. The case stems from a referral by...... ... The verdict also brings to a close the long running corruption investigations involving the company ... The SFO’s case ... ...
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UK Equality Commission issues new sexual harassment guidance
Earlier this month, the Equality and Human Rights Commission issued new guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work. The guidance is very comprehensive, running to some 82 pages, but if yo...
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SAP’s Licensing Time-Bomb - Software giant’s victory in “indirect use” case is cause for concern for companies worldwide
On February 16, 2017, the High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom held that Diageo plc, a global drinks company, was liable for unauthorized use of SAP software as a result of failing to secure...... ... in the United Kingdom held that Diageo plc, a global drinks company, was liable for unauthorized use of SAP software as a result of failing to ... sales representatives who used certain third party applications running on a Salesforce platform that accessed and exchanged data with SAP ... ...
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Supreme Court Rules Bakery Did Not Discriminate Against Gay Customer
The Supreme Court has this week handed down judgment in the long-running “gay cake” case (Lee v McArthur and Ashers Baking Company Limited). The bakery, which is in Northern Ireland and run by indi...... The Supreme Court has this week handed down judgment in the long-running “gay cake” case (Lee v McArthur and Ashers Baking Company Limited). ... ...
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Setting the Tone for Bribery & Corruption Disclosure
Take a look at the contexts of the top-10 FCPA fines of all time and you will soon spot a trend: mostly European-based organisations where corrupt activity has been uncovered within the day-to-day ...... ... where corrupt activity has been uncovered within the day-to-day running of the business. Bribery and corruption creeps in through the disconnect ... and the pressure to bend the rules for the sake of achieving company targets. When asked about the payment of bribes, a former accountant from ... ...
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UK Pension Regulator Issues New Guidance to Employers and Trustees for Pension Risk Transfers to “Superfunds”
For some time, the UK has been working to implement the concept of “superfunds” to consolidate defined benefit (“DB”) plans. We wrote about this early on here. In essence, a superfund would be akin...... ... to be less than that of a “buyout” or transfer to an insurance company. For that reason, once up and running – no transfers have taken place ... ...
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Is It All Now Transparent? UK Supreme Court Case on Delaware LLCs Leaves Open Questions on Entity Classification for UK Tax Purposes
The UK Supreme Court delivered an unexpected final judgment on 1 July 2015 in the long-running case of Anson v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [2015] UKSC 44. Reversing the decisi...... ... judgment on 1 July 2015 in the long-running case of Anson v ... Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & ... LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”), was ... entitled to credit against UK tax for US tax ... ...
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Aviation: Service Of Proceedings On A General Sales Agent Was Ineffective
...If a foreign company does not provide an address for service of proceedings upon it, service is ... showed Ms Joyce wearing a uniform bearing the defendant's logo and running a stall at an exhibition promoting the defendant. Emails following ... ...
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Pensions and Employee Incentives Newsletter: Spring 2012
Budget 2012 The March 2012 budget contained few surprises and no nasty shocks for pensions and employee incentives. The big news for personal pensions was that there were no further changes t...
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