ABSTRACT

In the last twenty five years, company law in the Commonwealth Caribbean has undergone dramatic changes, from a model influenced by English law to a new, harmonised collection of regional legislation based on the Caricom and CLI model Acts that vary substantially across Caricom member states.

The variation within Caribbean company law presents an enormous challenge, both in terms of the breadth of the subject and in addressing the difference in provisions of one state’s Company Law Act as opposed to another. Using the Caricom model Act and CLI model Act as a basis for its structure, Commonwealth Caribbean Company Law examines and compares regional implementation of company law in an accessible and comprehensive manner that will be invaluable to students and practitioners in the region.

chapter 2|24 pages

Classification of Companies

chapter 3|27 pages

Company Formation

chapter 5|22 pages

Corporate Personality

chapter 6|24 pages

Corporate Capacity and Corporate Agency

chapter 7|19 pages

Raising Share Capital

chapter 8|31 pages

Capital Maintenance

chapter 9|18 pages

Shares, Classes of Shares and Class Rights

chapter 10|31 pages

Directors and other Officers

chapter 11|18 pages

Directors’ Statutory Fiduciary Duty

chapter 12|16 pages

Directors’ Duty of Loyalty

chapter 14|9 pages

Directors’ Liabilities

chapter 15|33 pages

Shareholders’ Decision-Making Rights

chapter 16|29 pages

Shareholders and the Complainant Remedies

chapter 17|13 pages

Other Shareholders’ Remedies

chapter 18|17 pages

Dissenting Shareholder’s Appraisal Remedy

chapter 19|18 pages

Prospectuses

chapter 20|16 pages

Liabilities for Misleading Prospectuses

chapter 21|27 pages

Company Charges

chapter 22|17 pages

Debentures and Trust Deeds

chapter 23|21 pages

Receivers and Receiver-Managers

chapter 24|10 pages

Insider Trading

chapter 25|33 pages

Fundamental Company Changes

chapter 26|29 pages

Financial Disclosure and Audit Requirements

chapter 27|12 pages

Transfers of Shares and Debentures

chapter 28|12 pages

Corporate Registers and Records

chapter 29|21 pages

Takeover Bids