Directors’ Duties: Third Edition

The third edition of Directors' Duties provides a detailed analysis of the general duties of directors contained in Chapter 2, Part 10 of the Companies Act 2006. This new edition is completely updated to include: a greater discussion of the issues of the limitation of actions, derivative actions and relief; an examination of the UK Supreme Court decisions in Williams v. Central Nigeria Bank, Eclairs Group Ltd v. JKX Oil & Gas plc, AIB Group (GB) v. Redler, and FHR European Ventures LLP v. Cedar Capital Partners LLC; an examination of the Privy Council decision in Central Bank of Ecuador v. Conticorp SA and the recent decisions of Court of Appeal, such as in Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd v. Fielding, Goldtrail Travel Ltd v. Aydin, Novoship (UK) Ltd v. Nikitin and Smithton Ltd v. Naggar; consideration of some superior court decisions in other common law jurisdictions, such as that of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in Chen Wai Too v. Poon Ka Man Jason, the Australian Federal Court in ASIC v. Mariner, and the New Zealand Court of Appeal in Morgenstern v. Jeffreys. Company and commercial lawyers, academics, and students will find this book invaluable. [Subject: Company Law, Commercial Law]