Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom

Related legal acts

Key definition

Plans definition

What does Plans mean? Describes the set of design and technical documents for a project. In practice, parties use Plans to mean the drawings and related information that describe the works and are relied upon for design, planning, procurement and construction. The term is not generally defined by statute or case law; its scope is fixed by the contract or licence. Plans means all plans, drawings, models, specifications, reports, design documents and any other materials provided by the Licensor for the purposes of the Project, in hard copy or electronic form, including (without limitation) CAD/BIM models, federated models, schedules, surveys, calculations, method statements, datasheets and...

Micklefield Clauses: Excluding Compensation for Share Awards on Termination—UK Case Law, CRA 2015 and Drafting Considerations

Published by a LexisNexis Share Incentives expert

Practice notes

What is a Micklefield clause?

It is now typical for employee share schemes to state that, when employment ends (or when an employee gives or is given notice of termination), any outstanding share awards are forfeited and any outstanding share options lapse. It is likewise increasingly standard for these schemes (and at times employment contracts) to include provisions by which the employee agrees to waive any entitlement to compensation for the loss of those awards on termination of employment. Such provisions are commonly called Micklefield clauses, taking their name from the leading authority on their effectiveness, Micklefield v SAC Technology Limited. More and more, these clauses are also framed to seek to preclude claims an employee might otherwise pursue alleging an unlawful exercise of discretions by the company under the employee share plan, and are deliberately drafted to capture attempts to challenge the way such discretions have been used...

To view the latest version of this document and thousands of others like it, sign-in with LexisNexis or register for a free trial.

Sam Whitaker

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Sam is an International Counsel in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. He provides the full range of employment and benefits advice on transactions and stand-alone employment matters. He has substantial experience of advising on the employment and benefits aspects of various transactions, including UK listings, share and asset acquisitions and disposals (both UK-based and multi-jurisdictional transactions), joint ventures and other transactions. He provides the full range of stand-alone employment advice including the implementation of employment and benefit arrangements for senior executives, implementing executive severance arrangements, managing UK and international redundancy exercises and related consultation requirements, the establishment of share incentive and bonus plans, employment litigation involving restrictive covenants, unfair and wrongful dismissal and discrimination issues. He also advises on compliance with regulatory requirements on remuneration, in particular the FCA/PRA’s Remuneration Codes and, at a European level, CRDV....

Web page updated on 21/05/2026

Popular documents

Using the Judicial College Guidelines to assess general damages in personal injury claims

When evaluating a general damages claim, the practitioner ought initially to refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG)...

Tomlin orders in England and Wales: CPR guidance on drafting, confidentiality, approval, variation, enforcement, limitation, CCA issues, court-specific requirements, sample wording and precedents

This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...

Precedent: Deed of Surrender of Lease with Optional Premium, Settlement and Release, Landlord, Mortgagee and Guarantor Consents, Reimbursement and HM Land Registry Provisions (England and Wales)

Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...

Precedent Statutory Declaration: Standard Wording under the Statutory Declarations Act 1835

I, [ name ], of [ address ], solemnly and sincerely state that: [ Matters to be verified, set out in numbered paragraphs ] I make this solemn statement in good conscience, believing it to be true, and pursuant to the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. DECLARED at [ details ] this [ day ] day of [ month and year ] Before me ................................................................................ [ signature of the person before whom the declaration is made ] A [ commissioner for oaths OR [ solicitor OR [ insert other qualification ] ] authorised to administer oaths ]...