Clifford Chance

For the 2025 AGM season, we expect to see more focus on early, proactive shareholder engagement where changes are proposed to executive remuneration and where there are shareholder-requisitioned resolutions.

The debate about the competitiveness of executive pay for UK companies (inparticular for those listed on the LSE’s Main Market) continues.

The new offence of failure to prevent fraud will make large organisations criminally liable for failing to prevent fraud committed by their employees, agents, subsidiaries or other associates, unless they can demonstrate that they had reasonable fraud prevention procedures in place.

New UK legislation raises the stakes for corporates as regards consumer protection law. It replaces the previously weak enforcement system with a robust consumer protection regime involving substantial fines.  This tougher regime makes it essential for businesses selling to UK consumers to ensure compliance. 

This article reviews the 2024 AGM season to identify the latest trends and explore the wider context. We also consider what this might mean for next year’s AGM season.

Corporates need to take notice of the increasing numbers of group claims being litigated in the English courts. Group litigation is now an inherent risk of doing business in the UK.

Businesses are under pressure to make public commitments to reach net-zero. However, many of the commitments announced to date have been set aspirationally, without clear and detailed plans as to how to achieve them. We explore the UK's new TPT Disclosure Framework and give guidance for listed companies on reporting against it.