Company Law Concentrate

Description

Company Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Accurate and reliable, Concentrate guides help consolidate your learning, focus your revision, and maximise your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focused breakdown of the key topics and cases.

• Written by experts and covering all the key topics so you can approach your exams with confidence
• Clear, concise, and easy-to-use helping you get the most out of your revision
• Full of learning features and tips to show you how best to impress your examiner
• Revision guides you can rely on: trusted by lecturers, loved by students
• There is wide array of accompanying online resources, including interactive, key cases flashcards, self-test questions and advice on revision and exam technique
• The author's accompanying Twitter feed (@UKCompanyLaw) keeps you updated on all the latest developments in this area of law

New to this edition

• Updated coverage of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, and the impact this will have on the UK company law system
• Coverage of the Kingman Review and the plan to replace the Financial Reporting Council with the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority
• Coverage of the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code, Wates Corporate Governance Principles, UK Stewardship Code 2020, and Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018
• Coverage of proposed reforms to be introduced following the government's consultation on insolvency and corporate governance
• Coverage of new case law including: AAA v Unilever plc [2018] (duty of care); BAT Industries plc v Sequana SA [2019] (the s 172 general duty); Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd v Fielding [2019] (dividend payments); Parr v Keystone Healthcare Ltd [2019] (the s 176 general duty); Popely v Popely [2019] (de facto directors); Re Noble Vintners Ltd [2019] (disqualification compensation orders); Sevilleja Garcia v Marex Financial Ltd [2018] (no reflective loss principle); Singularis Holdings Ltd v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2019] (attribution); and Vedanta Resources plc v Lungowe [2019] (duty of care)

About the Author(s)

Lee Roach, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Portsmouth

Lee Roach is Senior Lecturer of Law at the University of Portsmouth. He is also the author of Card & James' Business Law (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Company Law (Oxford University Press, 2019), and co-author of Commercial Law (Oxford University Press, 2019).

Table of Contents

1:Business structures
2:Incorporation
3:The constitution of the company
4:Directors
5:Members
6:Corporate governance
7:Capital and capital maintenance
8:Members' remedies
9:Corporate rescue and liquidation

Reviews

"Provides the perfect amount of information. Detailed without being too long or cumbersome, succinct but doesn't miss anything out. Absolutely spot on. " - Hollie Walsh, law student, University of Manchester

"Clear, concise, and very useful for building your understanding of tricky concepts. A great help for revision, clarification, and seminar preparation! " - Meraj Sakaria, law student, Swansea University

Additional Resources

Packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more, Company Law Concentrate is also supported by extensive online resources to take your learning further (www.oup.com/lawrevision/):
- Pinpoint which areas you need to concentrate on with the diagnostic test
- Test your knowledge with the multiple choice questions and receive feedback on your answers
- Improve your essay skills using the outline answers for guidance on what to include and how to structure your answer
- Revise the facts and principles of key cases using the interactive flashcards
- Learn the important terms and definitions using the interactive glossary
- Explore the subject in more depth with extensive further reading recommendations
- Achieve better marks following the advice on revision and exam technique by experienced examiner Nigel Foster
- View the latest developments in the law from the author's Twitter feed