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UK Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda update - July 2025

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs June 2025

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On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026. The new Code, effective from 1 January 2026, aims to foster long-term sustainable value creation and improve engagement quality...more

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Beyond Internal Controls: The Importance of Culture in “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Preparation

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The Failure to Prevent Fraud (FTPF) offence will officially come into force as part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act in September 2025. In a previous article, we explored the government’s guidance around...more

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The New UK Procurement Regime and the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act: Heightened Exclusion & Debarment Risks

The UK Procurement Act 2023 (the Procurement Act) came into force on 24 February 2025. It introduced significant changes to the UK public procurement landscape including a new regime for suppliers to be excluded from a...more

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: where are we and what’s next?

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) has made, and will continue to make, significant amendments to company law in the UK. Since the first raft of company law changes implementing parts of ECCTA...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - April 2025

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Preparing Organisations for the New UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

Fraud is the most common offence in the UK, amounting to 41% of all crime.  On 26 October 2023, the UK’s long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 20232  (the Act) received Royal Assent, setting out...more

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Enhancing Corporate Fraud Prevention: Guidance on the Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

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The final UK Government guidance on failure to prevent fraud has now been published Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Guidance to organisations on the offence of failure to prevent fraud (accessible version)...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: Additional Changes to Roll Out in 2025

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Following the implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, Companies House enacted some initial changes over the course of 2024 to improve transparency and ensure the accuracy of the information...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Government Publishes Guidance on the New ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Offence

On 6 November 2024, the UK government published its guidance on the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence, which was introduced in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023).1 We covered the details...more

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The UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 Published

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 have been published. The Regulations bring into force certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023....more

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UK Corporate Briefing - November 2024

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The Investment Association (“IA”) has published its Principles of Remuneration for 2025 (“Principles”) following a review to ensure they support a competitive remuneration environment and meet investor expectations....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New ‘Failure To Prevent Fraud’ Offence Expected To Come Into Force in the UK Shortly

The UK government introduced a major overhaul of its framework for addressing financial crime — and brought into force numerous significant changes — when the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK White Collar Crime Outlook

Below is a summary of recent developments and enforcement trends in the UK white collar crime space in the first quarter of 2024. I. New Legislation - The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)...more

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UK corporate criminal liability: changes so far and changes coming – have you prepared?

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On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act" or "EECTA")  received royal assent and became law. The Act introduced a number of changes, some of which came into effect immediately and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Unveiling the Chaos: Rogue Filings at Companies House and the Quest for Reform

Companies House, the UK’s official company register, has recently come under the spotlight due to a series of rogue filings that have affected over 190 companies, including several high-profile organizations such as...more

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Will Companies House powers clean up the register?

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Companies House has been granted new powers to crack down on fraud, but whether it has the resources to take advantage of these and properly clean up the register of companies is questionable. Originally published by...more

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ECCTA Moves Forward With Second Set Of Reforms

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On 4 March 2024, the second set of reforms to UK company law brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ("ECCTA") came into force. These introduce a major expansion of the powers of the Registrar...more

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

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The first set of company law changes implementing parts of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023) are now in force. These changes include: - new rules for registered office addresses; - a...more

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Key Developments

On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) became law in the UK. The Act represents a major overhaul of the UK government’s framework for tackling financial crime and has brought into...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: Initial Changes to Roll Out in March 2024

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Following government guidance that updates to UK Companies Registries brought about by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) would start to come into force over the course of 2024, the Companies House...more

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Key developments in corporate governance

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This briefing is the sixth in our series of briefings on corporate governance and is designed to provide a synopsis of topical corporate governance matters impacting companies in the United Kingdom. This briefing tracks the...more

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UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act: Updates to UK Companies Registries

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The UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), which will begin to come into force over the course of 2024, aims to prevent abuse of UK corporate structures and economic crime by improving the integrity of...more

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UK Criminal Justice Bill proposes further reforms to the identification doctrine

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The UK government is already proposing further expansion to the basis on which companies can be fixed with criminal liability. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), passed in October, significantly...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Fraud, Reform and the Registrar: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

A year and a half after the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 received Royal Assent, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act) came into law on 26 October 2023. Although the Act does...more

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