A Guide to The Companies Act 2006

Dr Saleem Sheikh, LLB (Hons), LLM (Lond), PhD (Lond) is a solicitor.

Preface. Foreword. Table of Cases. Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments. Glossary. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. Company Law Reform. 2. Overview of the Act. 3. Company Formation. 4. Company’s Constitution and Corporate Capacity. 5. Company Re-Registration. 6. Company and Business Names. 7. Shareholders and Exercise of their Rights. 8. Directors: Appointment and Removal. 9. Directors: General Duties. 10. Directors: Specific Duties and Liabilities. 11. Directors: Foreign Disqualification. 12. Company Secretaries. 13. Registrar of Companies. 14. Resolutions and Meetings. 15. A Company’s Share Capital. 16. Certification and Transfer of Securities. 17. Information about Interests in a Company’s Shares. 18. Distributions. 19. Acquisition by Limited Company of its Own Shares. 20. Debentures. 21. Company Charges. 22. Accounts and Reports. 23. Auditors. 24. Statutory Auditors. 25. Derivative Claims and Proceedings. 26. Arrangements and Reconstructions. 27. Mergers and Divisions of Public Companies. 28. Takeovers. 29. Dissolution and Restoration to the Register. 30. Offences under the Companies Act. 31. Transparency Obligations and Related Matters. 32. Control of Political Provisions and Expenditure. 33. Miscellaneous.