A Guide to the Companies ACT »

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

An easy to use guide to the Companies Act 2006 and packed full of helpful features, this book provides detailed commentary on the new Companies Act.

Offering a chapter by chapter analysis of the legal and practical implications of the Act, the author traces the background to the act, considering the various Consultation Documents and White Papers issued by the Government, the proposals for company law reform and their culmination in the Company Law Reform Act.

It contains:

• helpful checklists for the busy practitioner


• section by section commentary


• useful appendices of materials and extracts on an accompanying Companion Website.

This is an invaluable and handy resource for undergraduate students and practitioners studying or working in business and company law.

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