Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

""Formation of a company. Corporate personality. Alteration of the memorandum and articles of association. Contracts, torts and crimes. Protection of persons dealing with a company. Capital. Classes of shares. The marketing of securities. Allotment, payment of the issue price and membership. Dealing with shares. Profits and dividends. Debentures and debt securities. The registration of company mortgages and charges. Promoters. Directors and secretaries. Meetings of members. Principle of majority rule. Accounts, audit and annual return. Groups of companies. Private companies limited by shares. Companies limited by guarantee and unlimited companies. Index.""

""Like the three preceding editions of this book, this eighth edition is concerned with the law governing companies while they are going concerns. Since there has not been any major new legislation in this area the author concentrates on important cases such as Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd (1973) AC 360 and O'Neill v Phillips (1992) 2 BCLC 1. These have made a big impact on the implementation of the existing companies Acts 1985 and 1989. Vital for all those studying or practising in company law, this classic text is long established as one of the leading works on its subject.""