Smith and Keenan's Company Law provides a clear and practical guide, ideal for those seeking to understand how company law works in a real life context. This new edition has been revised and rewritten to fully incorporate the Companies Act 2006.
Smith and Keenan's Company Law provides a clear and practical guide, ideal for those seeking to understand how company law works in a real life context. This new edition has been revised and rewritten to fully incorporate the Companies Act 2006.
Brief List of Contents
Preface Law Report Abbreviations Table of Cases
Some Important Statutory Materials
Chapter 1 The Nature of a Company
Chapter 2 Promotion and Incroporation
Chapter 3 The Constitution of the Company The Memorandum of Association
Chapter 4 The Constitution of the Company The Articles of Association
Chapter 5 The Constitution of the Company Altering the Articles
Chapter 6 The Company and its Extracts
Chapter 7 The Capital of a Company
Chapter 8 Capital Maintenance Generally
Chapter 9 Capital Maintenance Company Distributions
Chapter 10 Company Flotations
Chapter 11 Shares Generally
Chapter 12 Shares Transfer and Transmission
Chapter 13 Shares Payment for and Insider Dealing
Chapter 14 Membership Capacity, Registration, Director and Substantial Holdings, Annual Return
Chapter 15 The Statutory Derivative Action
Chapter 16 The Protection of Minorities
Chapter 17 Directors and Management Generally
Chapter 18 Financial Arrangements With, and Fair Dealings By, Directors
Chapter 19 The Duties of Directors
Chapter 20 Vacation of Office, Disqualification and Personal Liability
Chapter 21 Meetings and Resolutions
Chapter 22 Debentures and Charges
Chapter 23 Accounts and Audit
Chapter 24 Amalgamations, Reconstructions and Take Overs
Chapter 25 Corporate Insolvency Company Rescue
Chapter 26 Corporate Insolvency Procedures other than Rescue
Chapter 27 Corporate Insolvency Winding-Up in Context
Appendix: company law reform
Answers to questions set in the objective mode Index