Bourne on Company Law

Nick Bourne (LLB, LLM (Wales), LLM (Cantab)) is a Barrister of the Hon Society of Gray's Inn and visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is a former Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales.

1. Introduction 2. The Salomon principle and the corporate veil 3. Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts 4. Shares and payment of capital 5. Financial Services Authority - issue of shares to the public 6. The company's constitution - some vital considerations 7. The articles of association 8.The payment of dividends 9. The maintenance of capital 10. Directors 11. Powers of directors 12. Directors' duties 13. Corporate governance 14. Insider dealing and market abuse 15. Minority protection 16. Company meetings 17 .Accounts and returns 18. Auditors and annual return 19. S ecretary 20. Debentures and the law of mortgages 21. Receivership 22. Voluntary arrangements and administration 23. Investigations 24. Takeovers, reconstructions and amalgamations 25. Liquidation