https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2603.1.2004/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comCorporatehttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I83ee121e29bd11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I83ee121e29bd11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 27 March 2026, the FCA published Handbook Notice 139 which sets out, among other things, changes that have been made by the Prospectus Rules (Miscellaneous Amendments) Instrument 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I83ee121e29bd11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide25b7d9283411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide25b7d9283411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Greensill [2026] EWHC 639 (Ch), the High Court dismissed an application for strike out in director disqualification proceedings, rejecting the argument that a causal link was required between the proposed misconduct of the director and the insolvency of the company for a disqualification under section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide25b7d9283411f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c90a50290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c90a50290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTDraft regulations proposing amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 have been laid before Parliament. The draft regulations would revise due diligence requirements in relation to cryptoasset businesses, unusually complex or large transactions, high‑risk jurisdictions and pooled client accounts, and make changes to the trust registration regime.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c90a50290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8809c8ce282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8809c8ce282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe government has published a response to its consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, confirming its intention to introduce this requirement for employers with 250 or more employees.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8809c8ce282f11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id93368c6288d11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id93368c6288d11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Textor v Iconic Sports Eagle Investment LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 355, the Court of Appeal found that, under a put option agreement for the sale of shares, the seller's obligation at completion to deliver share transfer documents and the buyer's obligation to pay the purchase price were concurrent, not sequential. Wording in the completion clause stating that the buyer's payment obligation was "subject to" the seller's compliance with its delivery obligations was insufficient to rebut the presumption that delivery and payment were concurrent conditions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id93368c6288d11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c93234290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c93234290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe International Sustainability Standards Board has published an exposure draft of proposed amendments to three SASB Standards and consequential amendments to the Industry-based Guidance on Implementing IFRS S2.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I12c93234290b11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bc9cc6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bc9cc6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Gardner Aerospace Holdings Ltd v Upton [2026] EWHC 555 (Ch), the High Court found that a director and interim CEO of the claimant companies breached his directors' duties under sections 171, 172, and 175 of the Companies Act 2006, and his employment obligations, by covertly seeking to frustrate a board-backed transaction regarded as critical to the claimants' survival and solvency, that required mandatory notification and government approval under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bc9cc6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3438bdf2288111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3438bdf2288111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 26 March 2026, the Cabinet Office published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between it and the CMA on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021. The MoU replaces a June 2022 MoU between BEIS and the CMA.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3438bdf2288111f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I51afcced284711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I51afcced284711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 25 March 2026, the Insolvency Service published a consultation on proposed reforms to the corporate civil enforcement regime including in relation to director disqualification.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I51afcced284711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1842e27cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1842e27cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Business and Trade has published a consultation paper seeking views on a proposed framework for a corporate re-domiciliation regime for companies seeking to relocate to the UK.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1842e27cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad4782d0278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad4782d0278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Department for Business and Trade has published its response to the consultation on measures to tackle the late payment of invoices.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad4782d0278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia2385a4724a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia2385a4724a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Zaha Hadid Ltd v The Zaha Hadid Foundation [2026] EWCA Civ 192, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court decision to find that a trade mark licence expressed to continue "indefinitely" was terminable by either party on reasonable notice. The existence of one-sided termination rights in favour of the licensor did not prevent this finding.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia2385a4724a911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Finance Act 2026 was published on 20 March 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcd3269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcde269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcde269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 have been published.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1175dcde269711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Finance Bill 2026 had its second and third Lords readings on 17 March 2026 and received Royal Assent the following day.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I470a6ec120cf11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9cbf9ef221ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9cbf9ef221ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIOSCO has published an updated statement on the disclosure of non-GAAP financial measures.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9cbf9ef221ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12dd6212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12dd6212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTCompanies House has published a statement on a security issue relating to the WebFiling service used to file documents with the Registrar of Companies.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12dd6212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I126915fe1f4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I126915fe1f4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe FRC has published updated guidance on comply or explain reporting used by companies departing from provisions under the UK Corporate Governance Code.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I126915fe1f4711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib8a055c71dfe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib8a055c71dfe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Cabinet Office has published its response to the consultation on proposed updates to the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1264), setting out the changes it intends to make to the mandatory notification regime.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib8a055c71dfe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Toolkit that curates Practical Law resources to support legal practitioners navigating challenges from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I82d9b28c1bc011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I82d9b28c1bc011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Home Office has published a call for evidence on economic crime information sharing.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I82d9b28c1bc011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97a11a0219ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97a11a0219ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Parker Review Committee has published its annual report for 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I97a11a0219ef11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id587bd0d194711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id587bd0d194711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe FCA has published Quarterly Consultation Paper No 51 (CP26/8), in which, among other things, it consults on amendments to the Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market sourcebook and the UK Listing Rules.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id587bd0d194711f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTWe have updated our resources for trainees, new joiners and those putting together training materials for them.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebc8584317c011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebc8584317c011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe DBT has published statutory guidance for companies and LLPs on the meaning of "significant influence or control" under the regime for people with significant control.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebc8584317c011f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If0ab409e17b111f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If0ab409e17b111f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTThe FCA has published a final notice fining John Wood Group PLC for breaches of LR 1.3.3R and Listing Principle 1 by publishing inaccurate information in its financial results.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If0ab409e17b111f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia13212a716e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia13212a716e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn Zavarco Plc v Nasir [2026] EWHC 338 (Ch), the High Court held that the limitation period in respect of a claim for payment for unpaid shares subscribed for on a company's incorporation commenced on subscription and was therefore time-barred.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia13212a716e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e1a603163311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e1a603163311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn Synthos Spolka Akcyjna v Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd [2026] EWHC 83 (Comm), the High Court considered the scope and operation of a pre-completion obligation in a share purchase agreement requiring the defendant seller to notify the claimant buyer of events or developments that could affect the financial or trading prospects of the target business to any material extent. The court found that a contractual time bar in the SPA applied only to warranty claims (not notification-breach claims), "to any material extent" meant more than de minimis and that the notification obligation was not subject to seller awareness of the notifiable event. The court also considered that the non-disclosure breached knowledge-qualified warranties in the SPA (assessed by reference to composite knowledge obtainable on reasonable enquiry) and fell within a fraud carve-out, so contractual liability limits did not apply.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I31e1a603163311f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5eda4a1131f11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5eda4a1131f11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn THG Plc v Zedra Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd [2026] UKSC 6, the Supreme Court considered whether unfair prejudice petitions are subject to limitation periods in sections 8 or 9 of the Limitation Act 1980 and, allowing Zedra's appeal, held by a majority of four to one that they are not.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib5eda4a1131f11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29