The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 has been commenced with effect from 1 July 2024.

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (the Act) was signed into law on 9 May 2024 but has not yet been commenced.

The European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022 have amended the Companies Act 2014 so as to require for the first time in statute that directors of companies unable, or likely to be unable, to pay their debts, must have regard to the interests of creditors.