Boyle & Birds' Company Law

Boyle & Birds' Company Law is well established as a leading textbook on this complicated and fast moving area of law. This work combines a comprehensive and authoritative explanation of law and practice with an examination of theoretical issues. It is an invaluable reference work for students, practitioners and those involved in the day-to-day administration of companies. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated and includes: new chapters on European Company Law, Insider Dealing and Market Abuse and the Future of Company Law; a detailed analysis of the British Government's White Paper on reform of company law; a discussion of legislative developments such as LLPs, the Enterprise Act 2002 and the Companies (Audit, Investigation and Communities Enterprise) Bill 2004; an examination of company law developments at the European level such as the Consolidated Admissions and Reporting Directive and the European Commission's action plan for company law; and coverage of new case-law developments.