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In this month’s podcast we highlight changes for companies coming into force on 4 March under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023; explain the limits of a limitation of liability clause; and consider when a negotiating party may owe fiduciary duties to another.

In this month’s podcast we review a case about directors’ interests and conflicts; summarise the FCA’s proposals for significantly overhauling the UK’s listed company regime; and highlight changes to certain key exemptions from the financial promotion prohibition.

In this month’s podcast we consider whether a document is valid if it has been executed on behalf of a company in the wrong place and by non-statutory directors; explain why an assignment signed on behalf of an individual by their attorney was not valid; and summarise the Government’s review of the national security regime for intervening in transactions.

In this month’s podcast we summarise the changes to be introduced by the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023; consider the relevant decision point in relation to an unlawful preference; and explain how the Court of Appeal construed a ‘material adverse change’ warranty.

In our latest podcast episode our expert delivers key aspects of our written corporate update, including a consideration of the FCA’s new rules on authorised firms approving financial promotions by unauthorised persons, and also looks at a case involving the disputed novation of a debt between a lender and a football club.

In this month’s podcast we consider the Government’s proposals for changes to the Employee Ownership Trust regime; look at a case involving a dispute over a company’s registered name; and review the impact on AIM companies of the Government’s overhaul of the UK’s prospectus regime.