Guidance Notes

Advice for anyone considering joining a board on how to create a due diligence process to ensure that you have confidence in the company, and will be well suited to it.

An overview of the key changes to the Shareholder Rights Directive, including practice notes and other recommendations.

Guidance based on on the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act of 2007 – for directors, trustees and others playing a significant role in an organisation.

Member resource – this guidance explores how the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 give private companies more scope to use written resolutions outside an AGM – company secretarial guidance notes and best practice guides

Corporate governance in the UK is regulated by the UK Corporate Governance Code, which requires companies to either comply or explain why they are choosing a different course.

Recommendations on the additional voting facilities for shareholders to give their appointed proxy.