Company Law Update
- Impact of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and implementation details
- Companies House changes
- New corporate offences, including recent guidance
- Implementation practicalities
- New filing penalties
- Directors’
- Duties – new cases and a look at the Post Office scandal and what it teaches us
- Incapacity of directors
- Shareholders
- Disputes and minority protection
- Forfeiture of Shares
- Succession in small businesses – two key cases and general issues
- Share Purchase Agreements – pitfalls and recent litigation
- Sale of a Business – issues to address
Business law update
- Professional Negligence – recent developments
- General Partnerships and what defines a partnership
- LLPs and the Significant Influence test
Employment Law Update
- Employment status – new cases and developments in this area
- Flexible working – practicalities and cases
- Payroll issues
- Holiday – recent cases, carry over and holiday pay for casuals
- Tips and Gratuities
- Minimum wage
- Employment Law Reform - summary of what we know and implications including family friendly rights, flexible working, harassment, unfair dismissal rights
- Issues around social media and beliefs
- Age discrimination and the Walker Morris case
- Absence management
- Disability and dealing with neurodiversity
- Dismissal – an overview
- Redundancy procedure and pitfalls
- Any recent developments including on restrictive covenants, franchisees and good faith (Vodafone), and professional negligence
