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Owner-shareholders and top executives exercise immense power in society, both globally and locally, but are not responsible in law for their actions due to the law of limited liability. As the authors of this powerful report argue: “<i>The owners and directors of corporations must be made accountable in law for their actions</i>”. </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.8pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/future-company-law-fat-cats-corporate-governance-and-workers"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=169 height=227 id="Picture_x0020_72" src="cid:image011.png@01CCBB2A.C2A4C2E0" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/fat%20cats%20cover.img_assist_custom.png"></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=544 style='width:407.95pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/future-company-law-fat-cats-corporate-governance-and-workers"><span style='color:#5BAFAC'>The Future of Company Law: Fat Cats, Corporate Governance and Workers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN>By Bill Wedderburn</span></b><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All too often we hear news stories about “fat cat” employers paying themselves huge pay increases and massive bonus packages. The <span class=caps>CBI</span> claim that the problem is “confined to a few instances”. The <span class=caps>TUC</span> on the other hand call this a “crisis in the legitimacy of capitalism”. However described, what is certain is the discrepancy in pay is fuelling inequality in our society. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.8pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/yes-referendum"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=201 id="Picture_x0020_80" src="cid:image010.png@01CCBB23.C2F2E710" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/yes%20to%20a%20referendum.img_assist_custom.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=544 style='width:407.95pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/yes-referendum"><span style='color:#5BAFAC'>Yes to a Referendum? A Labour View</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN>By Bill Wedderburn</span></b><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 2008, Bill Wedderburn, QC, an ex-President of the Institute of Employment Rights, and an expert on European labour law, offered his informed opinion on the Lisbon Treaty, the failure of politicians to fulfill their manifesto pledges and allow a referendum on the Treaty, and the implications of both for the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now Europe is very much back in the news. Talk of veto’s, qualified majority voting and opt-outs from workers’ rights once again fill the headlines. 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