Company and Business Law Update

Objectives

To support accountants in practice with information relevant to companies, in particular recent developments affecting directors and shareholders of SMEs, including changes to the law contained in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill currently pending finalisation. We will also look at other hot topics in Business Law including changes in TUPE, data protection rules, professional negligence and other issues that arise prior to the course.

Key topics

• Directors’ duties and personal liability
• Shareholders, shareholder agreements and minority protection
• Economic Crime and Transparency Bill
• TUPE and restrictive covenants – Implications of reform
• GDPR, Professional negligence and other relevant areas – interesting cases this year

Who should attend

Partners, managers and other staff in practice who need to stay current in company and business law and be aware of risks arising to clients and in their own business.