Topic 1 X Introduction to Company Law LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this topic‚ you should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. List the types of business entities and its distinctions; Identify the various forms of companies and the changing of status; Discuss the doctrine of separate legal personality and lifting of the veil of incorporation; Describe the agency principles related to company law; and Evaluate the duties of a promoter and the pre-incorporation contracts. X INTRODUCTION
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On a proper interpretation of the case law of the European Court of Justice‚ there can be no doubt that the real seat theory is dead throughout the EU Discuss. Since the Treaty of Rome entered in force in 1958‚ companies were allowed to be formed across the EU benefit from the basic right of the freedom of establishment. The principle of freedom of establishment set out in Article 49 (ex Article 43 TEC) enables an economic company to operate an activity in one or more Member States. At present
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Legal Issues Main legal issues and conforming to these: 1. Copyright Act – this act has existed since 1911 and in alternative forms even before this. It was amended in 1992 so that computer programs and digital work was included within other areas of the same act. In particular all the rules governing Literary work became applicable to Computer Software. Latest Copyright Act – Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 was updated in 1992 and more recently in 2009 What is actually covered by the
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Q1. At the beginning‚ in this case‚ we may identify two issues needed to be discussed. The first one is whether Kwan or Lau&Kwan Co. would be liable for the debt incurred by Lau. The second issue is whether Lau&Kwan Co. has established a place of business in Hong Kong. In the light of s.7 of the Partnership Ordinance‚ “acts of every partner‚ who does any act for carrying on in the usual way business of the kind carried on by the firm‚ bind the firm and his partners‚ unless the partner
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STUDIES DEPARTMENT : FINANCE COURSE : COMPANY LAW 2 CIN 2206 LECTURER : MR MAKUYANA QUESTION “By becoming a shareholder in a company‚ a person undertakes by his contract to be bound by the decisions of the prescribed majority of shareholders‚ if those decisions on the affairs of the company are arrived at in accordance with the law‚ even when they adversely affect his own rights as a shareholder
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COMPANY LAW – EXAM NOTES Incorporation and Its Effects S117 - All companies must register with ASIC S118 – All companies must have a Number S119 – Once the company is registered with ASIC‚ the company has a separate legal existence. Separate Legal Entity The separate legal entity notion is shown in Salomon v Salomon where a company shareholder is limited to the amount of share capital they have contributed and they can not be held personally liable for the dealings of the company. This notion of
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This paperwork of LAW 421 Week 5 Article Review includes: Resource: Article Review Format Guide located on the student website Locate an article specifically related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002. Write a 350- to 700-word review of the article. Your review should discuss how the SOX Act may affect ethical decision making in today’s business environment‚ and the criminal penalties for which the act provides. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
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International Institutional Law‚ Hoorcollege 8 Decision-making 1. Concept of decision-making in IOs Most import activity‚ process of coordination of the will of the members of a given body of the IO. The word decision denotes legally binding and non-binding decisions. Complex process. Final decision might be result of a chain of previous decisions. Legal‚ procedural and political aspects of decision-making. Example: art. 288 TFEU: various types of decisions which the EU adopts. It also includes
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burning of fossil fuels as well as the deforestation. Therefore‚ government intervention seems to be tremendously essential to combat with global warming issues. However‚ this essay will focus more on how the government policies regarding on global warming specifically on fossil fuels combustion (oil‚ coal and gas) issue affect the international business including the arguments. The positive and negative sides it could also be the opportunities and challenges. According to Dinica (2002)‚ energy
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unique. John signs a contract to sell some of his property to Mark on August 1st‚ but John delays the date until November 1st and we do not know the reason for Johns delay. This makes Mark must incur additional expenses for his national dog breeding company called Remington Sporting Dog Breeders. Mark must find a suitable alternate location to house his dogs until the new November closing date. Before I read the chapters this week I looked over this question so I could think about it while reading the
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