The paper should begin with an outline of Directives which affected the UK Corporate Governance code – Central argument surrounds the shareholder primacy norm in the UK – needs to be explained – The argument of the essay should centre around whether UK will align or diverge post-Brexit = this is the focus of the essay, shareholder primacy can be a supportive argument of divergence from the EU, which is about to take a more pro-stakeholder approach as signalled by the latest Non-financial Reporting Directive proposal – Good place to start -> ‘Company law and corporate governance after Brexit: from short-term disruption to long-term sustainability?’ Andrew Johnston
