When I was studying for the LLM at LSE under the late Lord Wedderburn of Charlton (a leading company law expert) and followed up with a PhD in company law at LSE – I enjoyed looking at the company as a separate entity in its own right and how corporate governance interacts with this legal entity through shareholders and directors and the impact of various stakeholders on the corporation including CSR aspects.
I am sure the next few years will see a surge in cyber related litigation. Whether that be in the field of actions taken regarding the setting up of NFT’s or cyber events leading to insolvency. The key, as always, will be to seek the best advice.
Greater regulation of corporate criminal liability/Restructuring of Companies House and the registrar’s functions/More legal guidance through judicial interpretation on directors’ general duties/More deregulation of company law administrative aspects.
Regulation is inevitable. However, regulators need to understand more about this area before that happens on a large or indeed any, scale. Too much innovation suffers from over regulation and, particularly in the use of blockchain, it is a product that has so much to give, it mustn’t be strangled by regulation.
Writing fiction novels.
