10@12 Webinar: 10 overlooked Companies Act provisions corporate litigators need to know
16th October 2026 1200
The Companies Act 2006 is the longest piece of legislation ever passed by Parliament. Its 1,300 sections include numerous tools and traps that can have significant consequences in corporate disputes. This session explores 10 important but commonly overlooked provisions, explaining their effect and offering practical guidance on how litigators (and their corporate colleagues) can avoid being caught out by them.
- Directors (1): The limits of ratification
- Directors (2): The “cap” on directors’ loans
- Directors (3): Restrictions on conflict authorisation
- Documents (1): Members’ rights – audit and accounts
- Documents (2): Serving corporate notices – pitfalls
- Documents (3): Serving overseas PSCs
- Shares (1): Share transfers – timeout risk
- Shares (2): Void buybacks
- Shares (3): Unenforceable buybacks
- Parent company liability
