Subjects:

Legal Manuals

Contents:

1: Partnerships

1. Characteristics of partnerships

2. Partnership management and finance

3. Liability of partners to outsiders

4. Partnership disputes

5. Termination of and retirement from a partnership

2: Companies

6. Limited companies

7. Formation of a limited companies

8. Directors and secretary

9. Shareholders

10. Company finance

11. Disposal of shares

12. Company meetings and resolutions

3: Taxation

13. The taxation of the income profits and losses of sole traders and partnerships

14. Capital gains tax and inheritance tax on business assets

15. The corporation tax system

16. Taxation of directors' fees and employees' salaries

17. Taxation of distributions and debenture interest

18. Capital allowances

19. The tax consequences of leaving a partnership

20. Value Added Tax

4: The European Community

21. The right of establishment, the right to provide services and free movement of goods

22. Treaty of Rome, Articles 81 and 82

5: Insolvency

23. Bankruptcy

24. Company insolvency proceedings

25. Liabilities arising from insolvency

6: Special topics

26. The partnership agreement

27. The articles of a private company

28. A debenture document

29. Shareholders' agreements

30. Company searches and company accounts

31. Sale of a business to a company

32. Choice of business medium

33. Public companies

34. Business contracts - agency or distribution agreements

35. Limited liability partnerships

36. Developmental questions

Business Law has been written to meet the requirements of the Legal Practice Course, and provides all of the relevant material students need to understand the latest legal developments affecting business law transactions. The guide provides practical, up-to-date coverage of company, partnership, taxation, and insolvency law, plus all relevant aspects of EU law.

This 2007-2008 edition includes detailed information on the Companies Act 2006; discussion of the parts of this legislation which are not in force until 2008 are clearly marked for the student. Fuller coverage of partnership offers students a more in-depth exposition of this topic.

Development questions are included at the end of the book to test students' awareness of issues raised. Extensive and updated statutory references allow students to cross-refer to appropriate primary sources, or use the guide to interpret such sources.

New to this edition:-

• Thorough coverage of the Companies Act 2006 is integrated into the text where relevant, ensuring that students can rely on the book for the latest information on this new legislation
• A new text design highlights to the reader areas where the text discusses provisions of the new Act which do not come into force until 2008. This ensures that students are not confused over what is, or isn't, in force.
• Throughout these sections, the authors have highlighted the anticipated effects of these reforms
• Four new student learning activities offer students support on various aspects of the new Companies Act 2006 and how the legislative regime will change as a result of the new legislation