A Guide to The Companies Act 2006

by Sheikh; Saleem

• ISBN13: 9780415421072
• ISBN10: 0415421071
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-03-12
• Publisher: Routledge-Caven

Summary

The Companies Act 2006 is a historic piece of legislation. It is by far the largest Act in the history of UK Parliament covering three volumes of legislation, consolidating many parts of the Companies Acts 1985-1989.

Author Biography

Dr Saleem Sheikh, LLB (Hons), LLM (Lond), PhD (Lond) is a solicitor

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Table of Cases	p. xi
Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments	p. xv
Table of European Legislation	p. cxxix
Glossary	p. cxxxi
Abbreviations	p. cxxxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Company Law Reform	p. 11
Overview of the Act	p. 129
Company Formation	p. 171
Company's Constitution and Corporate Capacity	p. 219
Company Re-Registration	p. 261
Company and Business Names	p. 285
Shareholders and the Exercise of their Rights	p. 321
Directors: Appointment and Removal	p. 357
Directors: General Duties	p. 371
Directors: Specific Duties and Liabilities	p. 438
Directors: Foreign Disqualification	p. 501
Company Secretaries	p. 510
Registrar of Companies	p. 519
Resolutions and Meetings	p. 563
A Company's Share Capital	p. 617
Certification and Transfer of Securities	p. 703
Information about Interests in a Company's Shares	p. 717
Distributions	p. 743
Acquisition by Limited Company of its Own Shares	p. 761
Debentures	p. 813
Company Charges	p. 823
Accounts and Reports	p. 846
Auditors	p. 935
Statutory Auditors	p. 991
Derivative Claims and Proceedings	p. 1041
Arrangements and Reconstructions	p. 1062
Mergers and Divisions of Public Companies	p. 1068
Takeovers	p. 1092
Dissolution and Restoration to the Register	p. 1152
Offences under the Companies Acts	p. 1178
Transparency Obligations and Related Matters	p. 1187
Control of Political Donations and Expenditure	p. 1218
Miscellaneous	p. 1234
Index	p. 1279
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