ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION The administration of companies is a wide ranging topic, covering such issues as the conduct of meetings, voting rights and resolutions, the maintenance of statutory registers and the role of the company secretary. Indeed, the law relating to the administration of companies, particularly private companies, has been revised significantly by the Companies Act 2006. Administration is ‘everyday’ company law going on all the time in the background. It is not one of the most spectacular company law areas, concerning dispute and dissension, and questions on it tend to crop up less frequently. Some aspects of administration have arisen in previous chapters – the qualifications and powers of a company secretary, for example, and some are inherent in most questions – the passing of resolutions nearly always arises. This chapter seeks to consider some basic areas of the administration of companies, ending with a brief outline of administration of a failing company.
