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Zusatztext Saleem Sheikh's "Company Law Handbook 2016" is the first annual update of this handbook which provides a wide-ranging overview of company law that will be of interest to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. The handbook covers all the stages in the life of a company and its structure will enable readers to pinpoint what they are looking for easily. Informationen zum Autor Saleem Sheikh is a solicitor and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of East London. Company Law Handbook 2017 addresses the key features and principles of modern company law from a practitioner's viewpoint in a practical, clear and user-friendly style by charting the company lifecycle from pre-incorporation, through incorporation and the winding up process, and keeps you up to date with changes in the law as it affects the running of a business. Zusammenfassung Company Law Handbook 2017 addresses the key features and principles of modern company law from a practitioner's viewpoint in a practical! clear and user-friendly style. Company Law Handbook 2017 is designed to keep you up to date with changes in the law as it affects the running of a business.Rather than taking an encyclopaedic approach! Company Law Handbook 2017 takes a more practical approach by charting the company lifecycle from pre-incorporation! through incorporation and culminates with the winding up process! addressing! in detail! the essential requirements in establishing a company! including the steps! procedures and documents that are required during the existence of the corporation.A significant feature of the handbook is the consideration of new topics including legal aspects of corporate social responsibilities! human rights! corporate bribery and corporate manslaughter and topics that have a direct bearing on the legal and practical aspects of company law.The handbook also highlights significant cases and principal judgments that impact on UK company law. Checklists guide you through legislative provisions and their application to the day-to-day running of a business throughout its life-cycle! and key definitions at the end of each chapter make it accessible by simplifying the legal concepts involved. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Regulatory framework of company law 2 Pre-incorporation 3 Classification of companies 4 Corporate personality 5 Formation and registration of a company 6 The company's constitution 7 Corporate capacity and related matters 8 Company and business names 9 Company re-registration 10 Shareholders and exercise of rights 11 Corporate governance and the code 12 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility 13 Directors: types! appointment and removal 14 Directors' duties 15 Directors: specific duties 16 Directors' remuneration 17 Directors' disqualification 18 Derivative claims 19 Unfair prejudicial conduct 20 Company secretaries 21 Resolutions and meetings 22 Control of political donations and expenditure 23 Accounts and reports 24 Audits and auditors 25 Company share capital 26 Acquisition by limited company of its own shares 27 Debentures 28 Certification! transfer of securities and people with significant control 29 Information about interests in a company's shares 30 Distributions 31 Annual confirmation 32 Company charges 33 Dissolution and restoration to the register 34 Company investigations 35 Registrar of companies 36 Offences under the Companies Acts 37 Statutory auditors 38 Auditors General 39 Corporate manslaughter 40 Bribery and commercial organisations ...
