Boyle and Birds' Company Law

Boyle & Birds' Company Law is a well established leading textbook for practitioners and those involved in the day-to-day administration of UK companies. Based on Gore-Browne on Companies, the book combines a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of law and practice with an examination of the theoretical issues making it ideal reading for both students on degree courses and those taking professional examinations. This seventh edition has been extensively revised in light of final implementation of the UK's Companies Act 2006, with appropriate discussion of the mass of secondary legislation. Other revisions are: the new model articles, full coverage of recent UK case law, recent developments at the European level, the Combined Code and an updated Institutional Shareholders' Statement of Responsibilities, implementation of the Market in Financial Instruments Directive, and the liability regime for statements and documents under the Transparency Directive and the Davies Review. Table of Contents include: The Development of the Registered Company . The European Community and Company Law . Legal Personality: Its Consequences and Limitations . Registration, Formation and Promotion of Companies . The Company's Constitution . Company Contracts . Share Capital: Allotment and Maintenance . Rights and Liabilities Attached to Shares: Reorganizations of Capital . Transfer and Transmission of Shares . Debentures, Charges, and Registration . Corporate Governance . Membership of a Company . Shareholders' Meetings . Accounts and Reports . Management of a Company . The Duties of Directors . Shareholders' Remedies . The Public Issue of Securities . Takeovers and Mergers . and Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency.