Table of contents
Every topic of Lanbuk on the Law of Companies, with the cases, the quiz and the model answers.
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Topics
- 1What company law isThe company, its sources and the Companies Act 2009
- 2Forms of businessSole traders, partnerships and companies compared
- 3Types of companiesLimited by shares, by guarantee, unlimited; private and public
- 4PromotersWho they are, their fiduciary duties and their pay
- 5Pre-incorporation contractsWho is bound before the company exists
- 6The memorandum and articlesThe company's constitution and how it binds
- 7Registering a companyDocuments, registration and the certificate of incorporation
- 8Separate legal personalitySalomon and the consequences of incorporation
- 9Lifting the veilWhen the courts look behind the company
- 10Capacity and ultra viresActing beyond the objects, and protection for outsiders
- 11Company liability in tort and crimeVicarious liability and the directing mind
- 12Directors: appointment and removalWho directors are, how they are appointed and removed
- 13Directors' dutiesGood faith, proper purpose, care and skill, and conflicts
- 14Members, shares and capitalWho is a member, what a share is, and capital maintenance
- 15Debentures and chargesBorrowing, fixed and floating charges, and registration
- 16Meetings and resolutionsAnnual and extraordinary meetings, notice, quorum and voting
- 17Protecting the minorityFoss v Harbottle, derivative actions and oppression
- 18Corporate governanceWho controls the company and how it is held to account
- 19Winding upCompulsory and voluntary liquidation and dissolution
Study tools
- Cases57 case summaries: facts, issue, held and principle.
- Quiz97 questions, with a timer and saved scores.
- Model answers4 essay and problem questions with IRAC answers.
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