LawBriefs: Company Law - Book

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The Table of Contents of this Lawbrief

1. Regulation of companies

2. Nature of companies

3. Registration and types of companies

4. Company capacity and constitution

5. Company liability: contracts and wrongs

6. Members’ rights and powers

7. Directors and officers

 8. Directors’ duties: duty of care and duty to prevent insolvent trading

9. Directors’ duties: fiduciary duties – good faith

10. Directors’ duties: fiduciary duties – conflicts of interest

11. Members’ remedies

12. Equity capital

13. Debt capital

14. Maintenance of share capital

15. Fundraising and disclosure documents

16. Financial reporting and disclosure

17. Auditors’ role and liability

18. Transactions with company securities

19. Receivers

20. Voluntary administration

 21. Winding up