Application to re-register—unlimited to limited meaning

In this issue: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Equity capital markets Private M&A (share purchase) Corporate governance—EU Members Company restoration Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New Q&As Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Protection and Disclosure of Information and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 SI 2024/1377: These Regulations update LLP company law to reflect recent changes under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and expand the scenarios in which a person’s residential address can be withheld from the company register, covering former registered office addresses, while maintaining corporate openness and aligning LLP provisions. They commence on 27 January 2025. See: LNB News 07/11/2024 27. Equity capital markets The Financial Conduct Authority has released Policy Statement PS24/19: Enhancing the National Storage Mechanism, setting out the feedback to Consultation Paper CP24/17, its longer-term vision for the NSM, and...

In this issue: Arbitration in England & Wales International arbitration Institutional and ad hoc arbitration Investment treaty arbitration Other arbitration and ADR-related news and developments Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Useful information Arbitration in England & Wales Court of Appeal clarifies approach to conflicting dispute resolution clauses In Tyson v GIC Re, India [2026] EWCA Civ 40, the Court of Appeal set out how to read competing dispute resolution provisions. If inconsistent terms—such as rival arbitration and jurisdiction clauses—appear within a single document, it should be construed holistically, aiming to give effect to all clauses where possible. That principle has limited application where the inconsistencies arise across different documents and a hierarchy provision or ‘confusion clause’ is engaged. In those circumstances, as in this case, the hierarchy clause prevails. This notable judgment underscores the value of a clearly drafted, express hierarchy provision when conflicts occur. See News Analysis: Court of Appeal...

For our first overview of HC 1691, concentrating on matters addressed in the EM, see LNB News 05/03/2026 54. Suitability All changes apply to decisions made on or after 26 March 2026. Extension of para SUI 11.3 to entry clearance applications In a notable development omitted from the EM, the discretionary basis for refusing permission to enter and stay applications at para SUI 11.3—introduced when Part 9 was replaced by Part Suitability on 11 November 2025—has now been extended to entry clearance applications. As set out in the Practice Note: Suitability grounds for refusal and cancellation of permission, this provides the Home Office with an additional basis to refuse an entry clearance application where an individual is, or has been, in breach of immigration laws, even if the mandatory, time-limited re-entry bans in para SUI 12.1 have expired, and even where the applicant has not taken steps to frustrate immigration controls...

A limited liability partnership (LLP) A limited liability partnership (LLP) is a corporate body established under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (LLPA 2000). Most rules governing LLPs derive from modified company law rather than partnership law (see Practice Note: The nature of a limited liability partnership and its legal framework). The requirements for incorporation are prescribed in the LLPA 2000 and the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), as adapted by the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/1804 (LLP (Application of CA 2006) Regs 2009). The method for forming an LLP closely mirrors the procedure for company incorporation...

PI & Clinical negligence horizon scanner—July 2025 [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. It summarises the principal legal developments relevant to personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners as at July 2025. For developments predating this horizon scanner, see PI and Clinical Negligence horizon scanning and key cases—overview. Key PI and clinical negligence developments The personal injury discount rate—a review In late 2024, the Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood MP, revealed the outcome of her five‑month review of the discount rate, initiated in July 2024. One month after the new +0.5% discount rate took effect, Thea Wilson (barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk) assesses its impact on cases, the responses from claimant and defendant representatives, and the consequences of the change for legal practitioners. See News Analysis: The personal injury discount rate—a review. MoJ announces reduction in CFO’s interest rates The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced lower interest rates for the Courts Funds Office’s (CFO) special and basic accounts...

Why restore an LLP to the register? If a limited liability partnership (LLP) has been removed from the register, an application can often be made to the Registrar of Companies to reinstate it through the administrative restoration process. Typical reasons for seeking administrative restoration are: the LLP was still trading or in operation when the Registrar struck it off, and the LLP still owned property at strike-off and dissolution, which has since vested as bona vacantia. Application of CA 2006 to LLPs An LLP is a corporate entity created under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (LLPA). In practice, most rules governing LLPs derive from modified company law rather than partnership law (see Practice Note: The nature of a limited liability partnership and its legal framework). The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 set out which provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) apply to LLPs, with suitable modifications, including those dealing with administrative restoration. ...

This Agreement is dated [ insert day and month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ insert name of Company ], a company registered in [ England and Wales ] with company number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (the Company); [ insert name of the nominated adviser ], a company registered in [ England and Wales ] with company number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ] (the Nomad); and the persons named and addressed in Schedule 1 (the Directors). Recitals (A) The Company was incorporated under the Companies Act [ insert relevant year ] as a [ public OR private ] company limited by shares with company number [ insert number ] on [ insert date ] under the name [ insert name of company on incorporation ]. [ On [ insert date ] the Company [ re-registered as a public company limited...

The Directors [ Enter company name ] [ Enter company address ] [ enter date ] Dear [ Company name or Directors ] [ Enter company name ] [ Limited or PLC ] (the Company) [ I, or We, ] [ enter name and address of individual applicant(s) ], [ writing on behalf of [ enter name and address of corporate applicant(s)...

Company number: [ insert number ] [ insert company name ] Minutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [ insert full name of company ] (the Company) Held at: [ insert place of meeting ] Held on: [ insert day, month and year of meeting ] at [ insert time of meeting ] [ am OR pm ] Present: [ Insert names of the director(s) physically present ] [ Insert names of any directors present by telephone as permitted by the Company’s articles of association ] (by telephone) [ Insert names of any directors present by other means permitted by the Company’s articles of association ] (by [ insert other means ]) In attendance: [ Insert name of anyone in attendance who does not count towards the quorum for the Meeting (eg the company secretary, any legal advisers) ] Apologies: [ Insert names...