This guidance note speaks as of the close of business on 22 February 2021 and is divided into three sections.

Updated guidance on shareholder meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect changes to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act.

Specimen documents for the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), including a group-wide dealing policy, dealing code and dealing procedures manual.

In the absence of effective regulation, boards and senior management should consider how they can effectively govern the lawful, ethical and responsible use of AI and AI applications in their organisations and by their employees.

Ethical behavior is important for all organisations. It is good governance for boards and senior management to demonstrate a commitment to the lawful, ethical and responsible use of AI and AI applications in their organisation and the behaviour of their people in the deployment of AI.

Although 63% of companies cite people-related risks including staff and skills retention as one of their principal risks only 35% of company secretaries say their executive pipeline has a sustainable pool of talent.

Board Behavioural Dynamics is the Board’s ability to come together effectively as a collective body. This Handbook describes how to deliver Board Behavioural Dynamics to optimise Boards of large, highly regulated organisations across multiple jurisdictions.

Of general interest to all members.

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on the compensation process. The report criticises an “unnecessarily adversarial” approach and highlights systemic governance failures.