| 1 | Corporate insolvency: a guide An introduction to the aims of and background to corporate insolvency law, together with a brief overview of the various insolvency procedures available. This note also contains links to a multi-jurisdictional guide to restructuring and insolvency and a detailed note on US bankruptcy procedures. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Registration of charges created by companies and limited ... A note outlining the law under the Companies Act 2006 on the registration at Companies House of security interests (including mortgages and charges) created on or after 6 April 2013 by companies and limited liability partnerships registered in England and Wales. To listen to a podcast discussing this regime for registering security at Companies House, see Podcast, New regime for registration of charges at Companies House. For information on the registration regime under the Companies Act 2006 that applied to charges created before 6 April 2013 by companies and limited liability partnerships registered in England and Wales, see Practice note, Registration of charges created by companies and limited liability partnerships on or after 1 October 2009. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Joint, several and joint and several liability Where two or more persons are liable to another, they may be jointly liable, severally liable or jointly and severally liable. This note explains the concepts of joint, several, and joint and several liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Notaries and notarisation This note explains the role of notaries and what notarisation means. It outlines the types of documents that are notarised and explains what legalisation and apostille mean. It includes a checklist of what to consider when instructing a notary. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Perfection and priority of security (for corporate lawyers) An overview for corporate lawyers of the different methods of perfecting security, the basic rules governing priority and some contractual ways in which those rules can be varied. For a more detailed note on perfection and priority of security, see Practice note, Perfection and priority of security. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Registration of charges created by companies and limited ... A note outlining the law under the Companies Act 2006 on the registration of charges created on or after 1 October 2009 (but before 6 April 2013) by companies and limited liability partnerships registered in England and Wales. The relevant sections of the Companies Act 2006 referred to in this note came into force on 1 October 2009. For a note setting out the registration regime under the Companies Act 1985, the regime that applied to charges created before 1 October 2009, see Practice note, Registration of charges under the Companies Act 1985. Note: The regime for registering charges at Companies House changed on 6 April 2013. For more information, see Practice note, Registration of charges created by companies and limited liability partnerships on or after 6 April 2013. | Practice notes | 05-Apr-2013 |
| 7 | Registration of company charges: comparison between ... A note outlining the changes to the law on the registration of company charges and mortgages made by the Companies Act 2006. The changes came into force on 1 October 2009. For more detailed information on the law on the registration of charges under the Companies Act 2006, see Practice note, Registration of charges created by companies and limited liability partnerships on or after 1 October 2009. | Practice notes | 01-Oct-2009 |
| 8 | Retention of title An introduction to the law applying to retention of title clauses. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Set-off clauses A note on boilerplate clauses that create or limit contracting parties' rights to set off monetary cross-claims against each other. It also outlines the following non-contractual rights of set-off: legal set-off, equitable set-off, banker's set-off and insolvency set-off. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Taking security (for corporate lawyers) A brief overview for corporate lawyers of the options available to lenders when taking security for loans. For a more detailed note on taking security, see Practice note, Taking security. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Taking security over intellectual property A note on taking security over intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, copyright and design rights. This note also contains links to a multi-jurisdictional guide to finance (which includes issues relating to taking security over intellectual property) and to a detailed note on taking security over intellectual property in the United States. | Practice notes | Maintained |