February 2011

Post-implementation evaluation of the Companies Act 2006

The UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills recently published a post-implementation evaluation of the main provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”), for the purpose of assessing the main outcomes of the Act and the consequences of the regulatory changes for companies, shareholders and other stakeholders.  In this article, Simon W. Holden discusses the Evaluation’s objectives, whether they have been achieved and what the future holds for the Act.

Reprinted with the kind permission of Company Secretary’s Review, published by LexisNexis

Please click below for the full article.

CA_2006_Evaluation_-_final_version.pdf