Podcasts

Company law update March 2008

In this, the first Erskine Chambers’ podcast, a number of recent developments are considered along with looking ahead to various statutory provisions coming into effect in April 2008 and October 2008. In particular, the following topics are covered:

• Ben Griffiths outlines the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 which will come into effect in April 2008, looking in particular at the impact of the Government’s announced delay to the implementation of various provisions of the 2006 Act. Ben outlines which provisions will come into effect in October 2008 and which provisions will now not come into effect until October 2009.
• John Cone discusses The Companies (Reduction of Capital) (Creditor Protection) Regulations 2008 which come into effect on 6 April 2008 and the impact of those regulations on the procedure for implementing a reduction of capital. John also considers the change in procedure for reductions of capital and schemes of arrangement following the introduction of a practice direction of the Companies Court on 1 October 2007.
• John Cone also looks ahead to the abolition of the prohibition on private companies providing financial assistance for an acquisition of its shares and considers whether abolition is all that it seems to be.

The podcast is approximately 18 minutes long.

This podcast is the first in a series of quarterly podcasts, the next of which will be live from the start of June 2008. Anyone wishing to be notified of the addition of future podcasts please send an email with "subscribe" to podcasts@erskine-chambers.co.uk

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