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This checklist highlights the principal matters to review when a new individual joins a limited liability partnership (LLP), covering legal, regulatory and practical considerations. Identity of new member Full name and residential or registered address of the incoming member? Confirm the individual is not an undischarged bankrupt and is not prohibited from acting as an LLP member or as a company director. Check whether any current agreements or restrictive covenants (eg employment, LLP, joint venture, finance documents) could limit their ability to join or commit to the LLP. LLP agreement and other documentation What mechanism in the current LLP agreement governs the admission of new members? Will a deed of adherence/accession be required? Are any amendments needed to the terms of the existing LLP agreement? Do any related contracts require variation or consent, eg leases and IP licences?...

Alrubie v Chelsea Football Club Ltd and another [2025] EWHC 541 (Comm) What are the practical implications of this case? This decision will particularly interest arbitration practitioners and professionals working in sports clubs, and could equally concern other organisations whose members are controlled by association rules. Commonly, those participating in professional sports clubs accept, by reason of their membership, that they are bound by the club’s rulebook and by the regulations of any national and worldwide governing bodies. Such regimes routinely incorporate arbitration agreements, owing in part to the confidentiality of arbitral proceedings, which protects against undesirable public attention, and in part to the ability to appoint arbitrators with specialist knowledge of the sport’s rules and industry practices. The case clarifies that these rules may have ‘horizontal’ contractual effect between members, as well as ‘vertical’ effect between each member and the governing body, notwithstanding the absence of any express bilateral agreement between members. It underlines how membership-based governance can, through the acceptance of rulebooks, generate binding obligations that...

In this issue: Employment taxes VAT International Individuals and income tax Taxes management and litigation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Employment taxes Appeal court rules that loans advanced through a remuneration trust were chargeable as disguised remuneration and that the linked costs were non-deductible (Marlborough DP Limited v HMRC). In Marlborough DP Ltd, the Court of Appeal dismissed the taxpayer’s case and upheld the Upper Tribunal (UT). It found that amounts lent to a director under a remuneration trust fell within the disguised remuneration regime in Part 7A of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ITEPA 2003), as they were made in connection with employment. The Court further concluded that the associated payments were not allowable for corporation tax, since they were not incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the company’s trade. See News Analysis: Court of Appeal...

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Film and TV glossary A–B Film and TV glossary E–H Film and TV glossary I–L Film and TV glossary M–P Film and TV glossary R–S Film and TV glossary T–W CAP Code for non-broadcast media The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the CAP Code) serves as the principal framework governing non-broadcast adverts, promotional sales activity and direct marketing messages. It is drafted by the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP), a self-regulatory body whose membership comprises organisations representing advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and media industries. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) polices the CAP Code and may require the withdrawal or amendment of any advertisement that contravenes these standards. Refer to Practice Note: Advertising law and regulation. Channel 4 Channel 4 operates as a ‘publisher-broadcaster’: it produces no programmes internally, commissioning content from production companies across the UK. Cinematograph film Under the Copyright Act 1956 (CA 1956), films gained protection as...

Subscription and shareholders’ agreement This Practice Note offers guidance for drafters preparing and/or reviewing a subscription and shareholders’ agreement relating to the allotment of shares (and, potentially, loan notes) in a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales by a private equity (or venture capital) fund investor (the investor) within a venture capital (VC) deal, where the structure provides for split exchange and completion, ie conditions must be met before completion of the subscription and shareholders’ agreement. The investment contemplated is into an existing company (the Company), with the current shareholders (typically the business’s founders) keeping the shares they have already been issued in the Company. Set out below are matters to weigh up when drafting and/or reviewing the principal provisions of a subscription and shareholders’ agreement (SSA). Parties The investee company Although the principal parties to the SSA will be the relevant investor and the Company’s founders, the Company will ordinarily be included as a party too, ie the vehicle in which the investor...

What must a DPA contain? The statutory rules defining the contents of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) appear in paragraph 5 of Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (CCA 2013). They prescribe two mandatory requirements and seven suggested terms; the latter are indicative rather than exhaustive, and the parties may agree further suitable provisions. The list of suggested terms is expressly non-exhaustive. Accordingly, the basis of the DPA and its detailed contents should be expressed with clarity, set out clearly and simply, and then put before the court for its consideration and approval. The decision in Guralp Systems Ltd v Director of the Serious Fraud Office highlights the consequences of failing to articulate DPA terms plainly and succinctly. Other appropriate terms may likewise be incorporated by agreement. Mandatory terms of a DPA Every DPA must include a Statement of Facts relating to the alleged offence. That statement can, but need not, record admissions by the organisation; this is not compulsory. See further below: DPA—Statement...

This Agreement is executed on [ date ] Parties 1 [ Name of company ] , a company constituted in [ Scotland ] bearing registered number [ number ] with its registered office at [ address ] (the Company ); and 2 [ Name of employee ] , of [ address ] ( you )...

STOP PRESS : Significant reforms to the UK prospectus regime came into force on 19 January 2026 Major changes to the UK regime for public offers and admissions to trading took effect on 19 January 2026. The framework for securities offers and UK market admissions is now chiefly contained in the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, SI 2024/105 (the POATRs), together with the FCA sourcebook, The Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market (PRM). The UK Prospectus Regulation and the FCA Prospectus Regulation Rules have been repealed. The reforms aim to simplify capital raising and substantially lessen the circumstances in which a company must publish an FCA-approved prospectus for a further share issue. For full details of the changes, see Practice Note: UK prospectus regime reform. This Practice Note sets out the prospectus regime that applied before 19 January 2026...

This Agreement is dated [ insert date ] Parties [ Insert name of investee company ], a company incorporated in England and Wales with number [ insert company number ], whose registered office is at [ insert address ], with brief particulars set out in Schedule 1 (the Company) The several persons whose names and addresses appear in Part A of Schedule 2 (together, the Founders) [ The several persons whose names and addresses appear in Part B of Schedule 2 (together, the Other Shareholders) and ] [ Insert name of investor ] [ incorporated in England and Wales under number [ insert company number ] whose registered office is at OR of ] [ insert address ] (the Investor) [ (each of the Company, the Founders, the Other Shareholders and the Investor is a Party and, together, the Company, the Founders, the Other Shareholder and the Investor are the Parties). ] BACKGROUND The Investor has agreed to...