Business Law

Written by two experts in the field, Business Law provides practical, up-to-date coverage of company law, partnerships, taxation, EU law, and insolvency law, making the book ideally suited to the Legal Practice Course.

List of contents

• Part 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


• 6: The partnership agreement


• Part 2: Companies


• 7: Limited companies


• 8: Formation of a limited company


• 9: Directors and secretary


• 10: Shareholders


• 11: Company finance


• 12: Disposal of shares


• 13: Company meetings and resolutions


• 14: The articles of a private company


• 15: Disclosure obligations of companies and company accounts


• 16: Public companies


• Part 3: Taxation


• 17: Income tax: sole traders and partnerships


• 18: The corporation tax system


• 19: Taxation of directors' fees and employees' salaries


• 20: Taxation of distributions and debenture interest


• 21: Capital allowances


• 22: Capital gains tax and inheritance tax on business assets


• 23: Value Added Tax


• Part 4: Insolvency


• 24: Personal bankruptcy


• 25: Company insolvency proceedings


• 26: Liabilities arising from insolvency


• Part 5: Additional Topics


• 27: Choice of business medium


• 28: Limited Liability Partnerships


• 29: Sale of a business to a company


• 30: Shareholders' agreements

About the author

J. Scott Slorach MA (Oxon) is a Professor and Director of Learning and Teaching, York Law School, University of York.

Jason Ellis MA (Oxon), LLM is Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.

Summary

Written by two experts in the field, Business Law provides practical, up-to-date coverage of company law, partnerships, taxation, EU law, and insolvency law, making the book ideally suited to the Legal Practice Course.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Ellis, Ellis Jason, Scott Slorach, Scott (Professor and Director of Learning Slorach
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2022
• EAN: 9780192858863
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285886-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Legal Practice Course Manuals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, Wales, LAW / General Practice, LAW / Business & Financial, LAW / Legal Profession, financial law, Financial law: general, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, Law As It Applies To Other Professions, Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines, Wales / Cymru