Business Law

J. Scott Slorach, Board Member for Programme Design, College of Law; and Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, and Jason G. Ellis, Practice Head: Business Law, College of Law

1: PARTNERSHIPS; 1. Characteristics of partnerships; 2. Partnership management and finance; 3. Liability of partners to outsiders; 4. Partnership disputes; 5. Termination of and retirement from a partnership; 6. The partnership agreement; 2: COMPANIES; 7. Limited companies; 8. Formation of a limited company; 9. Directors and Secretary; 10. Shareholders; 11. Company finance; 12. Disposal of shares; 13. Company meetings and resolutions; 14. The articles of a private company; 15. Disclosure obligations of companies and company accounts; 16. Public companies; 3: TAXATION; 17. Income tax: sole traders and partnerships; 18. The corporation tax system; 19. Taxation of directors' fees and employees' salaries; 20. Taxation of distributions and debenture interest; 21. Capital allowances; 22. Capital gains tax and inheritance tax on business assets; 23. Tax consequences of leaving and joining a partnership; 24. Value Added tax; 4: INSOLVENCY; 25. Bankruptcy; 26. Company insolvency proceedings; 27. Liabilities arising from insolvency; 5: ADDITIONAL TOPICS; 28. A debenture document; 29. Shareholders' agreements; 30. Sale of a business to a company; 31. Limited liability partnerships; 32. Choice of business medium; 33. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Articles 101 and 102; 34. The right of establishment, the right to provide services, and the free movement of goods; 35. Business contracts - agency or distribution agreements