Company Law
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A company's directors are responsible for the management and operation of its business affairs, including its operating structure and strategic direction. It is important that directors are properly appointed and that the company is clear at all times as to who is validly appointed as a director.
This toolkit provides the practical know-how resources necessary to effect an appointment of an additional director to an existing board, including:
- Practice note: Appointment of directors
- Standard document: Consent to act as a company director
- Standard document: Board minutes: appointment of directors