Dignam & Lowry‚ Company Law‚ 5th edition (2009)* ** • Hicks & Goo’s Cases and Materials on Company Law‚ 7th edition 2011** • Mayson‚ French and Ryan on Company Law‚ 26th edition (2010) • Bourne on Company Law‚ 5th edition * Dignam & Lowry‚ Company Law‚ 6th edition (2012) may be published August 2012 ** These books will be used as the module readers Additional reading: The latest editions of: • Gower and Davies’ Principles of Modern Company Law‚ Even if you do
Premium Corporation
business decisions on behalf of companies. Under the present rules‚ directors’ duties are enshrined in the common law rules and equitable principles as well as in statutes such as the Companies Act 1985 as amended by Companies Act 1989. It is considered that these principles lack certainty and are not easily accessible. Quite often‚ directors usually have to take advice in these kinds of areas so that they do not accidentally breach any duty enshrined in the case law. Therefore the government believes
Premium Common law Corporation Company
Company Law Reforms in Tanzania: The Companies Act 2002 Prior to the 1st of March earlier this year‚ the main legislation relating to companies in Tanzania was the Companies Act Cap. 212 which was enacted in 1929. This legislation regulated trading companies and other associations including the imposition tax on nominal capital‚ regulation of dividends and surpluses and related matters. This legislation was in force for over 77 years which period covered not only the tail end of the colonial period
Premium Dar es Salaam Tanzania Company
and Control There are several ways in which membership of a company may be acquired: These are as follows: i) By subscribing the Memorandum. When the company is registered‚ the persons who subscribed the memorandum automatically become members‚ and must be put on the Register of Members‚ though they are deemed to be members without such an entry and even without allotment. ii) In the case of a director of a public company‚ by delivering a written undertaking to the Registrar to take
Premium Law Common law Shareholder
Question 1. [Section 126] stated that a company is allow to contract through an agent and a company will be bound by the acts of its agents in the same way as any other principal. An agent’s acts bind the company into a contract with an outsider when rules of agency law applied. In this case an agent’s apparent or ostensible authority arise. This authority arise because when the receptionist represents Harry out to Micky and Harry did not specify that he wasn’t the factory manager‚ given Micky
Premium Corporation Finance Company
City University of Hong Kong School of Law LW3902 The Law Relating to Companies Mid-Semester Coursework Assignment Semester B‚ 2010/2011 Instructions to Students: 1. The assignment is worth 50% of the overall mark for this course. The total word limit is 2‚000 words‚ excluding footnotes and bibliography. You must do a word count and indicate the number of words on the cover page. If a paper exceeds the allowable word limit‚ only the first 2‚000 words will be read and marked. You must type the answers
Premium Construction Building code Building
Company law tutorial question year 3 Semester1. 1."Under the ordinary rules of law‚ a present company and a subsidiary company‚ even a 100 per cent subsidiary company‚ are distinct legal entities and in the absence of an agency contract between the two companies‚ one cannot be said to be the agent of the other. This seems to be clearly established by the rule in Salomon v. A. Salomon &
Premium Corporation
information: s 157(2) Financial assistance to director-related companies: s163 Directors remuneration and benefits: s168‚169&172 Interested persons transactions: SGX Listing Manual Section 156 disclosures: s156(1)&(5) Duty to retain discretions Duty to avoid conflicts of interests Duty to use powers for a proper purpose Duty to act in good faith in the interests of the company Liability for fraudulent trading: s 340(1) General law Duties Loyalty and good faith THE DUTIES Care and
Premium Law Tort Tort law
invested large amount in producing a range of products for supermarkets. The company is facing financial difficulties due to unsuccessful. In that situation director fear the company may now be insolvent. The accountant now wants to understand the issues surrounding insolvency. According to Brown Bothers current situation it has been recommended to their director to follow the following issues. Insolvency A company which is insolvent may be put into liquidation sometimes referred to as winding-up
Premium Bankruptcy Liquidation
(10 points each) 1. The Blowout Company is a German corporation and manufacturer of the California Custom tire‚ a tire that is compatible with Harley Davidson motorcycles manufactured in the United States. Tofu Granola‚ a resident of Santa Cruz‚ California‚ purchased a pair of California Custom tires for his Harley. Granola purchased the tires from Goodstone Tires‚ Inc.‚ a California corporation‚ at its store in Half Moon Bay‚ California. The Blowout Company and Goodstone provided assistance
Premium United States Law Jurisdiction