Company, business and employment law update

This event was recorded on 20th May 2026

Overview

A comprehensive review of the critical legal developments in the last year or so relevant to SMEs and the accountant advising them. We will look at the key issues in employment law, including all elements of the Employment Rights Act coming into force 2026/7 and the other key case law from the year. In addition, we will look at all the important developments in the last year, including those in relation to discrimination, particularly disability and neurodiversity, and in employment status and payroll. In company law, we will look at a number of important issues around succession, the management of companies, as well as the sale of a company. We will also examine the key elements of ECCTA 2023 and its implications for companies, and will also review cases from the last 12 months. As far as time allows, we will consider any other developments in professional negligence and late payment.

Employment Law

• The 2026/7 numbers
• Employment Status, including
  • Illegal workers and umbrella companies
  • The Ryanair pilots case
  • Partners in LLPs
  • IR35
• Payroll developments
  • Minimum wage - recent cases
  • Tips and gratuities – latest
• Employment Rights Act 2025 – all the provisions and implications

Company Law

• Directors’ duties – new developments
• Incapacity and Succession – things to consider for SMEs
• ECCTA 2023 latest and new offences
• Shares and shareholders – classes of shares and their uses
• Articles of Association and Shareholder agreements
• Shareholder disputes and new cases
• Share Purchase Agreements and recent case law
• Selling shares in a private company – a checklist

Other business law

• Late payment reform
• Professional negligence update

Louise Dunford

Louise has been continuously involved in training and consultancy since 1987 and am a qualified barrister. Louise provides advice and assistance to employers through a consultancy company, CompleteHR Ltd, and have also engaged in CPD training for most of the national accountancy training bodies and district societies in the UK for many years. Louise is involved in management training, particularly in employment and HR, for many large multinational and national commercial companies. Louise has also worked as an occasional associate senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, mainly on the MBA, MA Personnel Management and MA Business Law. Louise has published academic papers in refereed journals, chiefly on employment status and corporate manslaughter

6 CPD units

ACCA members can use this learning to meet their CPD requirements provided it is relevant to their career. If the event contributes to general knowledge and skills, it should be recorded as non-verifiable CPD. If the learning can be applied in the workplace, it will contribute to verifiable CPD.

1 hour of learning = 1 unit of CPD.

Fee: 136 GBP + VAT (£163.2) per delegate

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