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01 January 2010
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New UK Corporate Governance Code: NLJ free newscast link available now

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NLJ newscast: company regulation & directors duties

To view the panel discussion please go to:

http://www.lexisauditorium.com/theatre.aspx?c=529

Held on 3 June 2010, panel participants:

• Carol Shutkever, Herbert Smith
• Lucy Fergusson, Linklaters.
• Frances Le Grys, Hogan Lovells

Topics covered include:

• The overhauling of the Combined Code and the spectre of annual director
re-election
• The post Walker landscape – practical observations
• The growing trend in shareholder engagement
• Directors’ duties and derivative actions: lessons to be learned from the case-law so far.

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