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Preface
x¡¡
Table of cases
xiii
Table of statutes and directives
xxiii
1
The reasons for forming companies
1
1.1
The elements of a company
3
1.2
Outsiders
4
1.3
'Parent' and 'subsidiary' company
5
1.4
Single member companies
5
Hot Topic: Corporate governance
6
Summary
6
Case note
6
Exercises
8
2
Starting a company
9
2.1
Limited and unlimited companies
9
2.2
Public and private companies
10
2.3
Minimum capital requirements for a public company
11
2.4
Change of status from public to private company and vice versa
12
2.5
Groups
12
2.6
The memorandum of association and registration
13
2.7
Incorporation
14
2.8
Duty of Registrar
14
2.9
Off-the-shelf companies
15
Hot Topic: Community interest companies
15
Summary
15
Exercises
16
3
Corporate personality
17
3.1
The legal basis for the separate personality doctrine
17
3.2
Problems caused by the personality doctrine and exceptions
21
3.3
Statutory intervention
22
3.4
Lifting the veil
22
3.5
Fraud
24
3.6
Groups
25
3.7
The criminal and civil liabilities of companies
31
3.8
What crimes?
31
3.9
Why convict companies?
32
3.10
Identification of the company's alter ego
32
3.11
Civil liability
33
Contents
Hot Topic: Performance of Companies and Government Departments
(Reporting) Bill
(2004) (1) 33
Summary
34
Case notes
34
Exercises
35
4
The memorandum of association
36
4.1
The new law
36
4.2
Ratification
38
4.3
Ultra vires
-
the old law
39
4.4
Constructive notice
40
4.5
Justification of the doctrine
40
4.6
How to determine whether an act is ultra vires
40
4.7
The old case law
41
4.8
Objects and powers
42
4.9
Ultra vires and objects
43
4.10
Knowledge by an outsider that a transaction is outside objects or powers
43
4.11
Can borrowing ever be an object?
44
4.12 1980s
cases
44
Summary
46
Exercises
47
5
The articles of association
48
5.1
The articles as a contract
49
5.2
What rights are governed by the contract in the articles?
50
5.3
Outsiders
51
5.4
Entrenched provisions
53
5.5
The articles as evidence of a contract
53
5.6
Alteration of the articles of association
54
5.7
Bona fide
for the benefit of the company
55
5.8
Remedies
58
Summary
59
Case notes
59
Exercises
60
6
Power to represent the company
61
6.1
Power of directors to bind the company
61
6.2
Protection
63
6.3
Transaction and dealing
63
6.4
Decided on by the directors
63
6.5
Good faith
64
6.6
Unauthorised agents
65
6.7
Usual authority
67
6.8
Promoters
67
6.9
Who are promoters?
68
6.10
Duties of promoters
68
6.11
Disclosure
69
6.12
The loss of the right to recission
70
6.13
Actions for damages 7u
6.14
Remuneration of promoters 7u
6.15
Pre-incorporation contracts
71
Contents
6.16
Liability of the company
72
Summary
72
Exercises
73
7 Public
issue of securities
74
7.1
Shares
74
7.2
Direct offers, offers for sale, issuing houses
74
7.3
The two regimes
75
7.4
Rights offers and public offers
75
7.5
Placing
75
7.6
Pre-emption rights
75
7.7
Authority to issue shares
76
7.8
Directors' duties
76
7.9
The structure of the rules
76
7.10
Admission to Stock Exchange Listing
77
7.11
Contents of listing particulars
77
7.12
Continuing obligations
78
7.13
Remedies for defective listing particulars
78
7.14
Liabilities for misstatements in prospectuses and listing particulars
80
7.15
The EC Prospectus Directive
81
7.16
Market abuse and insider dealing
82
Summary
83
Case notes
84
Exercises
85
8
The regulation of investment business
86
8.1
Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 -
'regulated business'
87
8.2
How the range of regulatory tools is used in practice
91
8.3
Financial Services Authority: authorisation provisions
91
8.4
Complaints
92
8.5
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
93
Summary
94
Case notes
94
Exercises
95
9
Maintenance of capital
96
9.1
Fundamental rule
96
9.2
Payment of money to members
96
9.3
Distributions
97
9.4
Rules governing distributions
97
9.5
Dividends
98
9.6
Public companies
99
9.7
Members' liability
99
9.8
Other permitted payments to members
99
9.9
Reductions of capital
100
9.10
Interests of creditors
101
9.11
Procedure
102
9.12
Bonus shares
102
9.13
Redeemable shares
102
9.14
Purchase of own shares
104
Q
1R
literal transactions
104
Contents
9.16
Serious loss of capital by a public company
108
9.17
Accounts
108
9.18
Company accounts
108
9.19
FRSs and FREDs
109
9.20
The obligation to prepare accounts
109
9.21
Keeping the records
109
9.22
Duty to prepare individual company accounts and 'true and fair view'
110
9.23
Group accounts
110
9.24
Conclusion
112
Summary
112
Exercises
113
10
The balance of power inside the company: corporate governance
114
10.1
Proxy voting
115
10.2
Solicitation of proxies
115
10.3
Formality of procedure
115
10.4
Meetings
116
10.5
Management of the company
122
10.6
Appointment of directors
123
10.7
Removal of a director
126
10.8
Validity of directors' acts
128
10.9
Disqualification
128
10.10
Directors'meetings
128
10.11
Managing director
129
10.12
Relationship between the board of directors and the general meeting
130
10.13
Where the board of directors ceases to function
131
10.14
The secretary
132
10.15
Employees
132
Hot Topic: International debate on corporate social responsibility
133
Summary
135
Case notes
135
Exercises
149
11
Directors' duties: the general duties
150
11.1
The Cadbury, Hampel and Combined Code initiatives
151
11.2
Duty owed to the company
153
11.3
What is the company?
154
11.4
Duties of care and skill
156
Hot Topic: Performance of Companies and Government Departments
(Reporting) Bill
2004 (2)
159
11.5
Fiduciary duties
160
11.6
Are the prohibitions absolute?
163
11.7
The categories of duties
163
11.8
Consequences of a breach
173
Hot Topic: Performance of Companies and Government Departments
(Reporting) Bill
2004 (3)
174
Summary
174
Case notes
175
Exercises
179
Contents
12
Specific
duties of directors
180
12.1
Disqualification of directors
180
12.2
Insider dealing
191
Summary
198
Case notes
198
Exercises
203
13
Suing the company, suing for the company, enforcing directors'
duties
204
13.1
Suing the company
204
13.2
Suing for the company (the exceptions to the rule in
Foss
v. Harbottle
and derivative actions)
204
13.3
Ratification
206
13.4
The statutory remedy in section
994 216
13.5
Unfair prejudice
216
13.6
The relief that can be granted
220
13.7
Winding-up orders
221
13.8
When a winding-up order is likely to be made
221
13.9
BERR investigations
222
13.10
When inspectors have been appointed
223
13.11
Following investigations
223
Summary
224
Case notes
224
Exercises
227
14
Shares
228
14.1
Ordinary shares
228
14.2
Preference shares
229
14.3
Voting rights
230
14.4
The exercise of voting powers
231
14.5
Variation of class rights
232
14.6
Statutory right to object
235
Summary
235
Exercises
236
15
Lending money and securing loans
237
15.1
Debenture-holders'receiver
237
15.2
Fixed and floating charges
238
15.3
The characteristics of fixed and floating charges
240
15.4
Crystallisation of the floating charge
241
15.5
Legal and equitable charges
241
15.6
Floating charges and other claims against the company
242
15.7
Retention of title clauses
243
15.8
Registration of company charges
243
15.9
Which charges are registrable?
244
15.10
Salient points
244
15.11
Delivery of particulars and priorities
245
15.12
Priorities under the registration scheme and effect of registration
245
15.13
Duty to register and effect of non-registration
245
15.14
Payment of money secured by unregistered charge
246
Summary
246
Contents
Case note
246
Exercises
247
16
Takeovers, reconstructions and amalgamations
248
16.1
Public offers
248
16.2
Monopolies
248
16.3
The Takeover Panel
248
16.4
General principles and rules
249
16.5
Partial offers
250
16.6
Compulsory purchase provisions
250
16.7
Sell-outright
251
16.8
Reconstructions
251
16.9
Meetings
251
16.10
Approval of the court
251
16.11
Reconstruction in a liquidation
252
Hot Topic: International takeovers
253
Summary
255
Case note
255
Exercises
256
17
Insolvency
257
17.1
Voluntary arrangements
257
17.2
Proposal
257
17.3
The involvement of the court
257
17.4
Contents of the proposal
258
17.5
Meetings
258
17.6
Challenges
258
17.7
Administrators and administrative receivership
258
17.8
Liquidations
259
17.9
Voluntary winding-up
259
17.10
The liquidator
260
17.11
Order of payment of debts
260
17.12
Avoiding antecedent transactions
261
17.13
Fraudulent trading
263
17.14
Summary remedy against delinquent directors
-
section
212
Insolvency Act
1986 264
17.15
Wrongful trading
264
17.16
The destination of the money
265
17.17
Dissolution
265
Summary
266
Case notes
266
Exercises
271
18
The effect of the
EU on
English company law
272
18.1
The making of a Directive
272
18.2
The extent of the influence of
EU
rules
273
18.3
Sources of
EU
law
273
18.4
The institutions of the
EU 275
18.5
The
EU
Company Law
Harmonisation
Programme
277
Hot Topic: The European Company
277
Contents
18.6
Examples of important Company Law Directives
278
18.7
Securities regulation
282
18.8
Insolvency
283
18.9
Conclusion
286
Hot Topic: Takeover Directive
287
Summary
288
Exercises
288
19
Transglobal
corporations and world development
289
19.1
Development issues
290
19.2
The displacement of domestic production
291
19.3
The effects of the international money and banking systems
291
19.4
The undermining of political systems and the absence of control of
transnational
293
19.5
Environmental issues
293
19.6
Labour law issues
295
Hot Topic: Saro-Wiwa family v. Royal Dutch/Shell
295
Bibliography and further reading
297
Companies (Model Articles) Regulations
2008 300
Index
333 |
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