The Liver Building

Directors Duties: the fundamentals – incl the new voluntary code of conduct (online)

Details

Speaker: Jackie Sheldon

Date: Thursday 20th March, 2025

Time: 13:00 - 14:30

Areas of Law: Company & Commercial

Competencies: B

Venue:
ONLINE

Course Code: S4874

Description

The Institute of Directors launched a voluntary Code of Conduct (“Directors Code”) on 23 October 2024. Directors appointed to the board of a private company in the UK now have even more complex considerations while navigating their role.

This online  course will cover the key company law implications when accepting an appointment as a UK director, including a full refresher on the statutory duties of directors under the Companies Act 2006 as well as discussing how best to brief a new director for their role and considering the implications of the new Directors Code.

It is appropriate for trainee solicitors, apprentices, paralegals, newly qualified solicitors or anyone involved in the appointment of a new director of a private UK company.

This online course will cover the following:

  • Directors – who is a director, who cannot act as a director and how directors are appointed?
  • A refresher of each of the statutory duties together with practical guidance and recent case law considerations
  • Key implications for board minutes and other action points to aid compliance
  • Consequences of breach including lessons to learn from recent judgement/current failures
  • Directors Code
  • Q&A

Can’t make the date/time or need to revisit the training? No problem, booking onto any online or hybrid event means you will receive a link to access a recording of the event at your leisure!

Speaker Biographies

Jackie Sheldon (LLB (Hons), PGDip (Law), FHEA, PGCPE, CMBE) qualified and practised as a corporate solicitor in a large City firm before moving to the North West where she worked at two commercial firms including Hammonds where she specialised in advising on corporate acquisitions. Jackie has been teaching for over 18 years, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, has a Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education and is a Certified Management and Business Educator. She has also co-authored a book: ‘Advising Effectively on the Employment Aspects of a Corporate Transaction – A Practical Guide for Junior Lawyers’, Law Brief Publishing, 2021.

Prices

Member £65
Non-member £90
Training Passport Free
Note: 20% VAT added at checkout