Company law / Brenda Hannigan

Table of cases: pages xiv-xxxix.

Table of legislation: pages xl-lxiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I The Corporate Structure1: Formation, classification and registration of companies2: The framework of company law3: Corporate personality4: Rules of attribution - corporate acts and liabilities5: The company constitutionPART II Corporate Governance - Directors' Roles and Responsibilities6: Corporate governance - board structure and shareholder engagement7: Board composition - appointment and removal of directors8: A statutory statement of directors' duties9: Duty to act within constitution and powers10: Duty to promote the success of the company11: Duty of care, skill and independent judgement12: Duty to avoid a conflict of interest13: Specific conflicts - CA 2006, Part 10, Ch 414: Directors' liabilities for breach of duty15: Directors' liabilities and vulnerable transactions on insolvencyPART III Corporate Governance - Shareholders' Rights and Remedies16: Membership and the incidents of membership17: Decision-making and company meetings18: Informed shareholders and stakeholders-disclosure and the limited company19: The unfairly prejudicial remedy and the minority shareholder20: The derivative claim and the rule in Ross v HarbottlePART IV Corporate Finance - Share and Loan Capital21: Share capital - capital raising and payment22: The doctrine of capital maintenance23: Loan capital - secured creditors and company chargesPART V Corporate Liquidation, Takeovers and Schemes of Arrangement24: Liquidation and dissolution - winding up the insolvent company

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