Business Law

Detailed contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Regulations; 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; 2: COMPANIES; 6. Limited companies; 7. Formation of a limited companies; 8. Directors and secretary; 9. Shareholders; 10. Company finance; 11. Disposal of shares; 12. Company meetings and resolutions; 3: TAXATION; 13. The taxation of the income profits and losses of sole traders and partnerships; 14. Capital gains tax and inheritance tax on business assets; 15. The corporation tax system; 16. Taxation of directors'fees and employees' salaries; 17. Taxation of distributions and debenture interest; 18. Capital allowances; 19. The tax consequences of leaving a partnership; 20. Value Added Tax; 20. The right of establishment, the right to provide services and the free movement of goods; 21. The right of establishment, the right to provide services and the free movement of goods; 22. Treaty of Rome, Articles 81 and 82; 22. Bankruptcy; 23. Bankruptcy; 24. Company insolvency proceedings; 25. Liabilities arising from insolvency; 25. The partnership agreement; 26. The partnership agreement; 27. The articles of a private company; 28. A debenture document; 29. Shareholders' agreements; 30. Company searches and company accounts; 31. Sale of a business to a company; 32. Choice of business medium; 33. Public companies; 34. Business contracts - agency or distribution agreements; 35. Limited liability partnerships; 36. Developmental questions