Directors’ Legal Duties & Governance Risks - A Practical Guide

Introduction

Company directors play a crucial role in corporate governance and can be held accountable by the company itself, shareholders, creditors, regulators, and other stakeholders. In the evolving legal and business environment, awareness of directors’ duties and effective governance practices is more critical than ever.

Aimed at advisors and directors, this webinar explores key duties under the Companies Act 2006 and provides practical tools to help you address and mitigate common governance issues for your clients.

By attending, you will gain an up-to-date understanding of directors’ legal duties and accountability, awareness of emerging risk areas and governance red flags, and strategies to address and prevent governance issues through both legal and practical tools.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Understanding Directors’ Duties
• Overview of directors' statutory duties under the Companies Act 2006
• To whom are these duties owed? Clarifying the relationship with the company, shareholders, creditors, and other stakeholders
• Recent trends in regulatory enforcement and litigation risks
• Common Governance Oversights
• Conflict of interest and related party transactions
• Duty to promote the success of the company as a whole
• Duty to exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence
• Oversight in group structures, nominee directorships, and shadow directors
• Impact of ESG and sustainability considerations on directors’ decisions
• Preventing and Resolving Governance Disputes
• Avoiding litigation: using authorisation, disclosure, and ratification mechanisms
• Practical use of mediation and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) tools in governance contexts
• Recent case studies on dispute prevention and resolution in boardroom conflicts

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 3rd September 2025

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