Business Law 2007-2008

J. Scott Slorach formerly practised as a corporate and insolvency solicitor in London. He is Director of the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law and Visiting Proessor at Strathclyde University Jason G. Ellis formerly practised as a corporate solicitor in Manchester. He is Director of Course Design at the 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; 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; 4: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; 21. The right of establishment, the right to provide services and free movement of goods; 22. Treaty of Rome, Articles 81 and 82; 5: INSOLVENCY; 23. Bankruptcy; 24. Company insolvency proceedings; 25. Liabilities arising from insolvency; 6: SPECIAL TOPICS; 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