Part 1 – Introductory:
1. Types and Functions of Companies;
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Incorporation;
3. Sources of Company Law;
4. Formation Procedures;
5. Corporate Mobility;
6. The Nature and Classification of Shares;
Part 2 – Separate Legal Personality in Action:
7. The Limits of Separate Legal Personality and Limited Liability;
8. Corporate Actions;
Part 3 – Regulating Boards and Individual Directors:
9. The Board and its Directors;
10. Directors’ Duties;
Part 4 – Shareholders:
11. The Constitutional Role of Shareholders;
12. Shareholder Decision-Making;
13. Controlling Members’ Voting;
14. Personal Claims and Unfair Prejudice;
15. Corporate Litigation and the Derivative Action;
Part 5 – Creditors:
16. Legal Capital, Minimum Capital and Verification;
17. Capital Maintenance;
18. Distributions and Transfers at an Undervalue;
19. Undermining Creditors’ Claims;
Part 6 – Public Enforcement:
20. Disqualification of Directors;
21. Breach of Corporate Duties: Administrative Remedies;
Part 7 – Accounts and Audit:
22. Accounts and Reports;
23. Audits and Auditors;
Part 8 – Equity Finance:
24. Share Issues: General Rule;
25. Public Offers of Shares;
26. Transfers of Shares;
27. Continuing Obligations and Disclosure of Information to the Market;
28. Takeovers;
29. Arrangements, Reconstructions and Mergers;
30. Market Abuse;
Part 9 – Debt Finance:
31. Debts and Debt Securities;
32. Company Charges;
Part 10 – Winding Up and its Consequences:
33. Managing Distressed or Defunct Companies;
Conclusion;
Index.