Legislation: Company meetings and filings during lockdown:

In late March the government announced that it would be introducing legislation to help alleviate the practical difficulties that companies have faced when holding shareholder meetings under the Covid-19 lockdown. On 20 May the draft legislation, the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill 2019-21, was finally published.

At the time of publication, the legislation is still in draft form and it may change as it completes its passage through parliament.