Smith and Keenan's Company Law

Combining clarity and accessibility with detailed coverage of this often complex subject, Smith and Keenan's Company Law offers a readable guide to all aspects of company law. In addition, the broad range of end of chapter questions and clear case summaries have been retained from previous editions, as has the additional resources in mylawchamber, offering you a company law text with unrivalled study support in the book and online.1. The nature of a company 2. The corporate veil 3. Companies and partnerships compared 4. Promotion and incorporation 5. The constitution of the company - the memorandum of association 6. The constitution of the company - the articles of association 7. The constitution of the company - altering the articles 8. The company and its contracts 9. The capital of a company 10. Capital maintenance - generally 11. Capital maintenance - company distributions 12. Company flotations 13. Shares - generally 14. Shares - transfer and transmission 15. Shares - payment for and insider dealing 16. Membership - capacity, registration, director and substantial holdings, annual return 17. The statutory derivative action 18. The protection of minorities 19. Directors and management - generally 20. Financial arrangements with, and fair dealing by, directors 21. The duties of directors 22. Vacation of office, disqualification and personal liability 23. Meetings and resolutions 24. Debentures and charges 25. Accounts and audit 26. Amalgamations, reconstructions and takeovers 27. Corporate insolvency - company rescue 28. Corporate insolvency - procedures other than rescue 29. Corporate insolvency - winding-up in context Answers to test your knowledge questions Appendix 1 - Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008, SI 2008/3229 Appendix 2 - Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 (SI 1985/805) as amended by SI 2007/2541 and SI 2007/2826 Index