Corporate & commercial

Shareholder disputes can be highly disruptive, particularly in successful owner-managed businesses where personal relationships and commercial interests are closely intertwined. In this case, Willans acted for a minority shareholder and […]

The Companies Act 2006 introduced the most comprehensive legal framework for directors’ duties in UK company law. While many of these duties previously existed under common law and legal principles, the […]

Willans and accountancy firm Hazlewoods have advised on the successful launch of Fund Gloucestershire, a new registered charity providing a technology platform designed to make it easier for Voluntary, Community […]

Willans has strengthened its long-standing relationship with Cheltenham Festivals by becoming its official legal partner. The appointment builds on more than 20 years of working together, during which our firm […]

Willans’ corporate & commercial team has advised a Gloucestershire-based medical equipment specialist, Medical Graphics UK, on the sale of the company to one of Europe’s premier pharmaceutical contract development and […]

When a company is dissolved (or “struck off”) and removed from the Companies House register, it ceases to exist as a legal entity. However, in some circumstances it may be […]

The Supreme Court has recently confirmed that unfair prejudice petitions are not subject to statutory limitation periods. Our experts explain what this means. The Supreme Court’s decision overruled the Court […]

From 1 June 2026, under the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), organisations will be legally required to have a publicly accessible process for handling data protection complaints […]

Running a company with just one director is common in the UK, but recent legal developments have raised questions about how much authority that director really has. Can sole directors […]

People of significant control – or ‘PSCs’ – are required to have their information kept and maintained on Companies House. With some changes to the requirements having taken place, our […]