All posts tagged Unlocking Company Law
17 Transparency AIMS AND OBJECTIVES By the end of this chapter you should be able to: Identify the key public disclosures required of registered companies under the Companies Act 2006 Distinguish core company law public disclosure requirements from securities regulation disclosures required pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act . . . Read more
15 Restructuring, rescuing troubled companies and takeovers AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should understand: When section 110 schemes of reconstruction are available and when they are typically used When Part 26 schemes of arrangement are available and when they are typically used The object and effect of . . . Read more
10 Legally binding the company AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should understand: How companies execute and become bound by deeds When a company will be bound by an apparently properly executed deed or other formal document which in fact has been improperly executed The role and use . . . Read more
12 Directors’ duties: Conflict of interest duties AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: Distinguish: a director contracting (or having an interest in a contract) with his company other conflict of interest situations Understand the scope and operation of the two general conflict of interest . . . Read more
11 Directors’ duties: General considerations and management duties AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: Discuss the rationale behind reform of directors’ duties Discuss the extent to which the statutory statement of directors’ duties is a codification Understand to whom directors’ duties are owed Understand . . . Read more
13 Directors’ duties: Remedies and reliefs and director disqualification AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: Understand common law and equitable remedies for breach of directors’ duties Understand the civil consequences of failure to comply with statutory provisions governing directors contracting with their companies Recognise . . . Read more
6 Financing a company AIMS AND OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter you should be able to: Identify the basic methods of funding a company’s operations Recognise a financing lease distinct from an operating lease Identify six types of debt financing State the benefits to a lender of a secured loan . . . Read more