Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

Part I –

Public Meetings

1.The legal right

2.Breach of the peace and other aspects of criminal law

3.The maintenance of order

4.A public meeting

Part II –

Meetings for the Transaction of Business

5.Convening the meeting

6.Constitution and adjournment of the meeting

7.The conduct of the meeting

8.Minutes

9.The committee system

10.The principles of natural justice

Part III –

Meetings Relating to Companies

Section A: Introduction

11.Applicable law and other matters

Section B: Meeting of members

12.Members’

meetings: status and convention

13.Constituting a members’

meeting

14.Members’

meetings: attendance and voting

15.Members’

meetings: resolutions

16.Members’

meetings: minutes

17.Class meetings

18.Meetings under s.425 (compromises and arrangements)

19.Meetings of members of companies: examples in practice

Section C: Meetings relating to directors

20.Powers and duties of directors

21.Appointment to and departure from office

22.Constitution and conduct of directors’

meetings

23.Board meetings: examples I practice

Section D: Meetings company insolvency situations

24.Meetings in insolvency situations, short of winding up

25.Meetings in insolvency situations, winding up

26.Proxies and company representation in an insolvency

27.Members’

voluntary winding up

Part IV –

Meetings of Local Authorities

28.Meetings

29.Local authorities and other bodies –

access to meetings and information

Part V –

Defamatory Statements

30.Defamatory statements

Acknowledged for many years as the authoritative source of information on the law and practice of meetings, Shackleton is a practical reference guide on conducting meetings for legal professionals, company secretaries, administrators, directors and local authorities, and covers a wide range of meetings from public assemblies to board meetings. It explains the law surrounding the practice of meetings, and rules that must be adhered to when conducting a meeting, with reference to relevant case law, legislation and precedents.

• Comments on all aspects in great detail, from selecting a venue, preparations, press arrangements, the agenda and filing resolutions to closing a meeting;
• Highlights problems that may potentially arise during meetings and suggests ways of resolving them;
• Addresses the implications of the Companies Act 2006 on this area of law;
• Deals with public processions, marches and assemblies and the protocol to follow for each;
• Examines meetings in a variety of insolvency situations;
• provides forms and precedents to accompany the commentary;