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From 18 November 2025, all UK company directors, and LLP members, will be subject to mandatory identity verification with Companies House. The same applies to persons with significant control (PSCs). If they fail to comply they could face a criminal charge – against both their
A recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)*, concerning an appeal from the First Tier Tribunal’s decision about service charges and legal costs, has very usefully analysed the previous law and set out and confirmed the position on whether legal costs can be recovered
Late filing of company documents. It used to be said by professional advisers that it was unheard of for Directors to be prosecuted or fined by Companies House for late filing of annual accounts. That is certainly no longer the case, and regularly we are
DJ Murphy Solicitors act for and advise company Directors facing prosecution for the late filing of accounts and other documents. There is a “statutory” defence, that the Directors “took all reasonable steps” to comply with the legal requirements, but in many cases it is not