Insights: Corporate governance

ClientEarth, in its capacity as shareholder, has announced it is to bring a "derivative" claim against Shell's board of directors in relation to the company's net-zero energy plan.

Ward Hadaway has teamed up with the University of York Law School to support postgraduate law students offering free legal advice to start-up businesses across the North.

The Home Office’s most recent deadline to publish Modern Slavery Statements expired on 31 March. Since then, they have written final reminder letters to businesses who they consider to be at risk of non-compliance.

The Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018 (the "Act") comes into effect on 1 April 2019. Its purpose is to promote the provision of advice and guidance on the processing of health and adult social care data in England.

The Home Office’s deadline for businesses like yours to publish an annual statement setting out what steps have been taken to combat modern slavery in your supply chains in 31st March. Are you ready?

Businesses who turnover more than £36m are required to publish an annual statement setting out what steps they have taken to combat modern slavery in their supply chains.

Ward Hadaway’s Corporate team continues to expand to meet growing demand across the SME sector.