ABSTRACT

An easy to use guide to the Companies Act 2006 and packed full of helpful features, this book provides detailed commentary on the new Companies Act.

Offering a chapter by chapter analysis of the legal and practical implications of the Act, the author traces the background to the act, considering the various Consultation Documents and White Papers issued by the Government, the proposals for company law reform and their culmination in the Company Law Reform Act.

It contains:

  • helpful checklists for the busy practitioner
  • section by section commentary
  • useful appendices of materials and extracts on an accompanying Companion Website.

This is an invaluable and handy resource for undergraduate students and practitioners studying or working in business and company law.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|118 pages

Company Law Reform

chapter Chapter 2|42 pages

Overview of the Act

chapter Chapter 3|48 pages

Company Formation

chapter Chapter 4|42 pages

Company's Constitution and Corporate Capacity

chapter Chapter 5|24 pages

Company Re-registration

chapter Chapter 6|36 pages

Company and Business Names

chapter Chapter 7|36 pages

Shareholders and the Exercise of their Rights

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

Directors: Appointment and Removal

chapter Chapter 9|44 pages

Directors: General Duties

chapter Chapter 10|63 pages

Directors: Specific Duties and Liabilities

chapter Chapter 11|9 pages

Directors: Foreign Disqualification

chapter Chapter 12|9 pages

Company Secretaries

chapter Chapter 13|44 pages

Registrar of Companies

chapter Chapter 14|54 pages

Resolutions and Meetings

chapter Chapter 15|86 pages

A Company's Share Capital

chapter Chapter 16|14 pages

Certification and Transfer of Securities

chapter Chapter 17|26 pages

Information about Interests in a Company's Shares

chapter Chapter 18|18 pages

Distributions

chapter Chapter 19|52 pages

Acquisition by Limited Company of its Own Shares

chapter Chapter 20|10 pages

Debentures

chapter Chapter 21|23 pages

Company Charges

chapter Chapter 22|89 pages

Accounts and Reports

chapter Chapter 23|56 pages

Auditors

chapter Chapter 24|50 pages

Statutory Auditors

chapter Chapter 25|21 pages

Derivative Claims and Proceedings

chapter Chapter 26|6 pages

Arrangements and Reconstructions

chapter Chapter 27|24 pages

Mergers and Divisions of Public Companies

chapter Chapter 28|60 pages

Takeovers

chapter Chapter 29|26 pages

Dissolution and Restoration to the Register

chapter Chapter 30|9 pages

Offences under the Companies Acts

chapter Chapter 31|31 pages

Transparency Obligations and Related Matters

chapter Chapter 32|16 pages

Control of Political Donations and Expenditure

chapter Chapter 33|44 pages

Miscellaneous