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Boyle & Birds' Company Law is a well established leading textbook based on Gore-Browne on Companies. It combines a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of law and practice with an examination of the theoretical issues, making it ideal reading for both students on degree courses and those taking professional examinations.
Now in its 8th edition, it has been revised in light of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2010 and case-law developments including:
- The Supreme Court decision in Re Paycheck 3 Services Ltd on meaning of de facto director
- Recent decisions regarding derivative claims - Kiani v Cooper, Mission Capital v Sinclair, Iesini v Westrop Holdings
- Consideration of the implications of Eurosail, Bloom v Pensions Regulator, Goldacre,and Re Stanford International
- Important new case-law on schemes of arrangement including Re Bluebrook and Re Lehman Bros International (Europe)
- Preface to the 8th Edition
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Statutory Instruments
- Chapter 1 The Development of the Registered Company
- Chapter 2 The European Community and Company Law
- Chapter 3 Legal Personality: Its Consequences and Limitations
- Chapter 4 Registration, Formation and Promotion of Companies
- Chapter 5 The Company’s Constitution
- Chapter 6 Company Contracts
- Chapter 7 Share Capital – Allotment and Maintenance
- Chapter 8 Rights and Liabilities Attached to Shares: Reorganisations of Capital
- Chapter 9 Transfer and Transmission of Shares
- Chapter 10 Debentures, Charges and Registration
- Chapter 11 Corporate Governance
- Chapter 12 Membership of a Company
- Chapter 13 Shareholders’ Meetings and Resolutions
- Chapter 15 Management of a Company
- Chapter 16 The Duties of Directors – General
- Chapter 17 The Duties of Directors – Specific Duties, Relief from Liability
- and Consequences of Breach
- Chapter 18 Shareholders’ Remedies
- Chapter 19 The Public Issue of Securities
- Chapter 20 Takeovers and Mergers
- Chapter 21 Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency
- Index
General Editor
John Birds, LLM, FRSA, Emeritus Professor in the School of Law, University of Manchester and Honorary Professor in the School of Law, University of Sheffield
Consultant Editor
A J Boyle, LLM, SJD, Barrister and Emeritus Professor of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Contributing Editors
Bryan Clark, Reader in Law, University of Strathclyde
Iain MacNeil, Alexander Stone Professor of Company Law, University of Glasgow
Gerard McCormack, Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds
Christian Twigg-Flesner, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Hull
Charlotte Villiers, Solicitor, Professor of Company Law, University of Bristol
Reviews for Boyle & Birds' Company Law 7th Edition
"well-researched, well-written and up-to-date account of contemporary domestic company law"
International Company and Commercial Law Review
"will take some beating as a reliable guide to the subject"
Accountancy
"superbly written combining authoritative text and excellent references ... excellent value for money and rightfully remains one of the leading company law texts"
Student Law Journal
"All too often, company law texts can degenerate into dense and overly technical accounts. It is therefore extremely refreshing that such a comprehensive text is alsowonderfully clear and fluid. The authors are to be commended on the clarity of the writing, and this book goes a long way towards making the topic more accessible ... Highly recommended. This is now the leading text for exposition of the law and itdeserves a place on any reading list"
The Times Higher Educational Supplement
