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1 week ago |
gowlingwlg.com | Gus Wood |George Nixon
Our Energy team has advised Habitat Energy on an optimisation agreement with Pulse Green Energy, under which Habitat Energy will optimise Pulse Green Energy's 22MW/49.5 MWh battery storage project at the Hirwaun Industrial Estate in Aberdare, Wales. The facility was successfully activated in November, and marks Pulse Clean Energy’s first battery with a two-hour duration.
Understanding ECCTA: New corporate offence of 'Failure to Prevent Fraud' – what do you need to know?
2 weeks ago |
gowlingwlg.com | Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor |David Lowe |Teresa Edwards
ArticleOn 1 September 2025, the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud will come into force - under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA). The implementation of this offence marks a significant step change in corporate accountability, shifting the focus from reacting to fraud, to proactively preventing it. There are potentially serious consequences for organisations that fall short and do not take preventative action as required.
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2 weeks ago |
gowlingwlg.com | Sharon Ayres |Caroline Williams
In this latest article in our 'Understanding ECCTA' series, we focus on the new requirements for key persons associated with Companies House entities to verify their identity via a mandatory identity verification (IDV) regime. Since March 2025, it has been possible to carry out IDV on a voluntary basis, but the new mandatory requirements are due to commence in the Autumn.
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1 month ago |
gowlingwlg.com | Sharon Ayres |Caroline Williams |Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act), whose progress we have reported on in earlier articles (see "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) – what you need to know" and "Latest updates to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act"), has already introduced a series of changes to UK company law, with more to come.
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1 month ago |
gowlingwlg.com | Daniel Wood
What happens when a claim form is served late—does the claim automatically expire, or must defendants actively challenge service? This "important and novel point of law" was considered by the High Court in a January 2025 decision (recently published).[1] In that ruling, Master Dagnall rejected the contention that late service alone renders a claim "dead" or permanently "in limbo."What are the implications of this decision for both claimants and defendants when facing missed service deadlines?
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