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Provides the perfect balance between depth, succinctness, and accessibility, demystifying complex areas of law.
Company Law gives a clear and authoritative account of the law, including key principles and valuable coverage of corporate governance and theory, as well as current debates surrounding these areas.
Key Features
- Condenses an extremely complex subject and focuses on core principles helping students to understand the subject without compromising on academic integrity
- Includes analysis of corporate theory, offering students a broader contextual understanding of the evolving law
- Includes a strong pedagogical structure with: chapter introductions - enabling students to orientate themselves within the various aspects of company law; further reading - providing avenues for further study; and self-test questions - reinforcing learning, supporting revision, and assisting with examination recall
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this Edition
- Expanded coverage of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in Chapters 13 and 14, ClientEarth v Shell plc [2023]
- Covers the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 (effective from 2025) and Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulation 2024 (SI 2024/105)
- Discussion of trading misfeasance in BHS litigation Wright v Chappell [2024]
- Includes new legislation: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- Includes new cases: Stanford International Bank Ltd v HSBC Bank plc [2022], BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022], Byers v Saudi National Bank [2023], Re UKCloud Ltd (in liquidation) [2024], Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2024], Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman [2025], Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025]
PART I: Fundamental Principles
1:Introduction to company law
2:Corporate personality and limited liability
3:Lifting the veil
4:Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts
5:Raising capital: equity and its consequences
6:Raising capital: debentures: fixed and floating charges
PART II: Behind the Corporate Veil
7:Share capital
8:The constitution of the company: dealing with insiders
9:Classes of shares and variation of class rights
10:Derivative claims
11:Statutory shareholder remedies
PART III: Issues of Corporate Authority
12:The constitution of the company: dealing with outsiders
13:Corporate management
14:Directors' duties
15:Corporate governance 1: corporate governance and corporate theory
16:Corporate governance 2: the UK corporate governance debate
17:Corporate rescue and liquidations in outline
Περιγραφή
Provides the perfect balance between depth, succinctness, and accessibility, demystifying complex areas of law.
Company Law gives a clear and authoritative account of the law, including key principles and valuable coverage of corporate governance and theory, as well as current debates surrounding these areas.
Key Features
- Condenses an extremely complex subject and focuses on core principles helping students to understand the subject without compromising on academic integrity
- Includes analysis of corporate theory, offering students a broader contextual understanding of the evolving law
- Includes a strong pedagogical structure with: chapter introductions - enabling students to orientate themselves within the various aspects of company law; further reading - providing avenues for further study; and self-test questions - reinforcing learning, supporting revision, and assisting with examination recall
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this Edition
- Expanded coverage of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in Chapters 13 and 14, ClientEarth v Shell plc [2023]
- Covers the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 (effective from 2025) and Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulation 2024 (SI 2024/105)
- Discussion of trading misfeasance in BHS litigation Wright v Chappell [2024]
- Includes new legislation: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- Includes new cases: Stanford International Bank Ltd v HSBC Bank plc [2022], BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022], Byers v Saudi National Bank [2023], Re UKCloud Ltd (in liquidation) [2024], Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2024], Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman [2025], Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025]
