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January 2016

D&O and FI Newsletter - Winter 2016

D&O and FI Newsletter - Winter 2016

DAC Beachcroft's D&O and FI newsletter features topical issues for our global clients and contacts

Resolving mistakes in pensions and trust documentation: A glimmer of hope

Resolving mistakes in pensions and trust documentation: A glimmer of hope

The recent High Court decision in December 2015 of Re BCA Pension Plan [2015] All ER(D)38 (Dec) has highlighted the rarely used, straightforward and i ...

Are US style class actions really coming to the UK?

Are US style class actions really coming to the UK?

On 1 October 2015, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 came into force and introduced “opt-out class actions” for the first time in the UK.  

Illegality defence: The position of directors considered – the latest from the Court of Appeal

Illegality defence: The position of directors considered – the latest from the Court of Appeal

In Sharma v Top Brands Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1140, the Court of Appeal refused to allow a former liquidator of a company (which was a vehicle for VAT fr ...

Exposure of D&Os to Liability for Environmental Damages in Brazil

Exposure of D&Os to Liability for Environmental Damages in Brazil

Environmental legislation is a key issue in Brazil. Brazil hosts one of the largest biomes in the globe, the Amazon rainforest, as well as other biodi ...

Professional indemnity claims in emerging economies: Accounting for IFRS 9

Professional indemnity claims in emerging economies: Accounting for IFRS 9

In its July 2009 report to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and its US equivalent, the FASB, the Financial Crisis Advisory Group (F ...

English High Court approves first Deferred Prosecution Agreement

English High Court approves first Deferred Prosecution Agreement

The English Court has approved its first Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) against ICBC Sta ...

Directors' Duties: Provision of information to shareholders when seeking approval of a transaction - The Lloyds Shareholder Litigation

Directors' Duties: Provision of information to shareholders when seeking approval of a transaction - The Lloyds Shareholder Litigation

In the Lloyds shareholder litigation (Sharp & Others v Blank & Others [2015] EWHC 3220 (Ch)), the High Court recently struck out various claim ...

Corbally v. The Medical Council –  One year on

Corbally v. The Medical Council – One year on

This is the third in a series of articles which examine the process by which the PSI supervises pharmacists and pharmacies and their compliance with t ...

GDPR agreement meets Christmas 2015 deadline

GDPR agreement meets Christmas 2015 deadline

Following the final round of trilogue discussions, political agreement has been reached between the European Parliament and the European Council on th ...